Several days after the blast in Beirut, the city's governor said 250,000 people may have been left homeless. Across Lebanon, people have been opening their houses to those affected using social media with the OurHomesAreOpen
Soldiers in vehicles mounted with machine guns patrolled the area amid the clashes. Ambulances rushed to the scene. One teenager fainted after being overcome by tear gas.
The prime minister and presidency have said 2,750 tonnes of highly explosive ammonium nitrate, which is used in making fertilisers and bombs, had been stored for six years without safety measures at the port warehouse. “We have no trust in our government,” said university student Celine Dibo as she scrubbed blood off the walls of her shattered apartment building. “I wish the United Nations would take over Lebanon.”
Macron, who visited Beirut on Thursday, promised aid to rebuild the city would not fall into “corrupt hands”. He will host a donor conference for Lebanon via video-link on Sunday, his office said. U.S. President Donald Trump said that he will join.
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