Overseas Network, August 5, according to CNN, "Guardian" and other foreign media reports, on Tuesday (4th) local time, a serious explosion occurred at the port of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon. According to the latest news from the Lebanese health department, the explosion has killed 78 people and injured more than 4,000. The number of casualties is expected to rise.

  Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab has declared the 5th as a national day of mourning, and the government will allocate 100 billion liras of emergency relief funds. Hassan Diab’s wife and daughter were injured in the explosion. The explosion caused many buildings to be destroyed and the local hospital was said to be overcrowded.

At around 6 pm on August 4, local time, a huge explosion occurred in the port area of ​​Beirut, the capital of Lebanon. Many houses were damaged, glass was shattered, and pink mushroom clouds and thick smoke rose in the sky.

  The mayor of Beirut, Marwan Abboud, couldn't help crying in an interview. "I have never seen such a big explosion. This is a national disaster, for Lebanon, it is a disaster." He likened the accident to a Hiroshima-Nagasaki disaster.

  The Supreme Defense Council of Lebanon has declared Beirut a state of emergency. Abbas Ibrahim, head of Lebanon’s security department, said that combustible chemicals are stored in port warehouses. According to a report by Agence France-Presse, the Lebanese Prime Minister confirmed that more than 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate had exploded.

  After the accident, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed condolences to the victims. According to a BBC report, the British Prime Minister, Iran’s Foreign Minister and other politicians have expressed their readiness to provide Lebanon with any necessary assistance. The German Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the explosion occurred near the German Embassy in Beirut, and German citizens cannot be ruled out for the time being. (Overseas Net Zhang Min)