In respect of him, an order was issued to ban travel outside Lebanon.

Earlier, the director of the port in Beirut said that saltpeter was stored in the port in accordance with a court decision, and the port authorities did not know that saltpeter was so dangerous.

The Lebanese military court reported that more than 18 people from the council of the port administration and the customs department were interrogated in the case of the explosion in Beirut, and 16 people were detained.

A powerful explosion occurred on 4 August in the port area of ​​Beirut. According to preliminary data, the cause of the tragedy was the detonation of 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate confiscated by the customs services stored in the warehouse.

Alexey Dudarev, Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Russian Union of Rescuers, told Nation News that there is a lot of work to be done to find the victims.