The number of victims of explosion in Beirut increased to 171

According to recent data, as a result of explosion in port Beirut 171 persons were lost. Earlier it was reported about 164 victims. This number also can increase as 30 more people still are reported missing, reports "Skye to a news — Arabiya" with reference to Ministry health care of Lebanese Republic. Earlier it became known that rescuers of Ministry of the Russian Federation for Civil Defence, Emergency Situations and the Relief of Natural Disasters took from under blockages after explosion in Beirut bodies of eight victims. Explosion in port Beirut thundered in the evening on August 4, 2020. The authorities Lebanon declared that in port 2700 tons of ammonium nitrate blew up. It was confiscated in 2014 from the vessel Rhosus which made in...