“The situation is dire. It looks like a nuclear explosion. Thousands of injuries. The hospitals are damaged. There are no more hospital beds. The Foreign Office has been destroyed. The port is destroyed, we need any help, ”he said.
He noted that everyone is currently awaiting an investigation.
“Some Lebanese politicians were also injured. Many of the wounded are still under the rubble. Tomorrow will be a day of national mourning, "- explained the interlocutor of RT.
According to him, there was ammonium nitrate in the port.
The consul also added that his friends called and told him that Beirut "looks destroyed, like in war."
On August 4, a powerful explosion occurred in the Lebanese capital near the city's port.
According to initial data, at least ten people died. The Ministry of Health noted that hundreds of people could have suffered.