Lebanon – Fear of buildings collapsing and falling as a result of the explosion that has rocked Beirut

Central Beirut – Lebanon  05/08/2020

The Lebanese capital Beirut is still counting the extent of the human and material losses suffered as a result of a series of huge explosions that rocked the beirut port area on Tuesday, which killed at least 100 people and injured about 4,000 others, the mayor of Beirut, Jamal Itani, said that these explosions are a disaster for all of Lebanon, as he expressed his fear regarding the existence of buildings that are prone to fall and collapse, adding that the municipality has formed an integrated engineering team to work on scrutinizing buildings in the area and to identify the buildings that are prone to collapse and the extent of the damage suffered, after counting the human damage first and making sure that all the injured people are cured.