The head of the Lebanese Ministry of Health, Hamad Hasan, noted that many people are reported missing, their search at night is difficult due to power outages.
Earlier it was reported about 70 victims and about 3.7 thousand injured in the explosion in Beirut.
On August 4, a powerful explosion took place in the Lebanese capital near the port. The Jordanian Seismological Observatory has determined that the explosion is equivalent to an earthquake of magnitude 4.5.
The Lebanese Supreme Defense Council has declared Beirut a disaster zone.