Two dozen people have been killed and several more injured after a gas tanker erupted into flames in Lebanon’s northernmost Akkar region. Videos shared online show a massive blaze raging at the scene.
🔴 At least 10 people have been killed in the fuel tanker explosion in Tleil, #Lebanon pic.twitter.com/Y0fnZyM2dF
— Mete Sohtaoğlu (@metesohtaoglu) August 15, 2021
الاهالي يوجهون نداء الى كافة الاسعافات المتواجدة في #عكار التوجه الى مكان الانفجار في بلدة #التليل pic.twitter.com/6v4CYT3asC
— AlKhabar (@AlKhabarME) August 14, 2021
The Lebanese Red Cross reported that medics have uncovered bodies of 20 victims at the site of the blast. Seven people, injured as result of the explosion, have been taken to hospitals.
⚠️UPDATE⚠️: our teams have transported 20 dead bodies and more than 7 injured from the fuel tanker explosion in #AKKAR to hospitals in the area. pic.twitter.com/MgWdpC61Pn
— Lebanese Red Cross (@RedCrossLebanon) August 15, 2021
Twenty-two rescue squads have been dispatched to the scene of the explosion, which took place on Sunday morning in the Tleil area of Akkar region.
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