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2021-08-15 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
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At least 20 people dead, several injured after fuel tanker explosion in Akkar
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Tank. not Tanker
[Sputnik] According to the Lebanese Red Cross, 20 people have died and 79 were injured in an explosion of a fuel tanker early on Sunday in Akkar, in northern Lebanon.
The blast was said to have occurred in the Tleil area of the Akkar district. According to first reports, in particular one by Al-Arabiya, more than a hundred people were injured in the explosion.
Ambulances and law enforcement are currently at the site, delivering the injured to hospitals. As the Lebanese Red Cross tweeted, at least 22 medical divisions are responding to the explosion.
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MTV Lebanon reported on Sunday morning that preliminary information showed that the fuel at the site of the explosion was being collected in preparation for it to be smuggled into Syria. Hezbollah has been accused of smuggling oil from Lebanon into Syria in the past.
In January, an explosion at a gas storage warehouse reportedly used by smugglers injured 10 people. Al-Araby Al-Jadeed reported at the time that the warehouse was owned by a person who is close with Hezbollah.
On Saturday, the Lebanese Army had announced that it was searching gas stations and confiscating hoarded fuel, as the country suffers from an oil shortage amid a worsening economic crisis.
Lebanon's Janoubia news reported that the explosion took place in fuel tanks that had been confiscated by the Lebanese Army. 
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Posted by Fred 2021-08-15 00:00||
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