2021 Akkar explosion

At least 33 people were killed by a fuel tanker explosion in Tleil, Akkar District, Lebanon on 15 August 2021. The disaster was reportedly exacerbated by the ongoing Lebanese liquidity crisis; in which the Lebanese pound has plummeted and fuel has been in short supply.[1]

The survivors were evacuated by the Lebanese Red Cross.[2]

An investigation is underway.[3] The fuel tanker had been confiscated by the Lebanese Armed Forces from black marketeers, the fuel was then distributed/taken by the locals.[4] The son of the man whose land the fuel tanker was located on, was later arrested, accused of deliberately causing the explosion.[5][6][7]

References
  1. Agencies (2021-08-15). "At least 20 killed and 79 injured in fuel tank explosion in Lebanon". the Guardian. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  2. "Lebanon fuel explosion kills 22 and injures dozens more". The Independent. 2021-08-15. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  3. "Lebanon: At least 20 dead and dozens injured after fuel tank explodes as residents blame 'careless' politicians". Sky News. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  4. Fuel explosion in Lebanon kills 20, wounding dozens, by Bassem Mroue and Zeina Karam, August 15, 2021, boston.com
  5. At least 28 killed, 79 injured in Lebanon fuel tank explosion, August 15, 2021, by Reuters
  6. Lebanon explosion: at least 28 killed in fuel tanker blast in Akkar, Gareth Browne, Elias Sakr, August 15, 2021,
  7. Lebanon rages after deadly fuel tank explosion, Mohamed Hassan, 16 August 2021, Middleeasteye

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