Rescuers EMERCOM of Russia removed the bodies of two more victims from under the rubble of an elevator in Beirut, reported on Sunday, August 9, at the operational headquarters.
“During the day, fragments of the bodies of two victims were found and removed. During the entire period of work, six people have been found and recovered, “the statement said, quoted by TASS.
On August 5, EMERCOM employees arrived in Beirut to deal with the consequences of a powerful explosion. The next day, mobile hospitals were deployed in the Lebanese capital. In the first two days of work, Russian doctors received more than 90 people, including 12 children.
The explosion in the port area in the Lebanese capital occurred on 4 August. Detonated 2.7 tons of ammonium nitrate during welding. The facades of dozens of buildings were destroyed and damaged. According to seismologists, the power of the explosion was comparable to that of an earthquake of magnitude 4.5.
Since August 8, protests have been taking place in the Lebanese capital, the participants of which demand the resignation of the current government because of an explosion in the port. The protesters are chanting: “The people want the fall of the regime”, “Revolution. Revolution ”, and they are holding posters with the words“ Go away, you are all murderers ”. Demonstrators occupied the building of the Lebanese Foreign Ministry.