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    Loud Explosions Shake A Border Town In Baalbek-Hermel

    By Souad LazkaniJanuary 3, 2021Updated:January 3, 2021
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    Several loud blasts were heard on Sunday evening by residents in the border village of Qasr located in the Hermel District of the Baalbek-Hermel Governorate.

    According to local media, an explosion took place inside a warehouse of gas canisters. Preliminary information reported that the warehouse belonged to smugglers.

    https://twitter.com/Maa_niii/status/1345782121101729795?s=20

    The Lebanese Civil Defense and Lebanese Red Cross rushed to the scene. So far, there are 7 wounded and one person is missing.

    إنفجار مستودع الغاز : ٧ جرحى و شخص مفقود حتى الآن. تعمل فرقنا على اسعاف الجرحى ونقلهم الى مستشفيات المنطقة.#دايما_حدك pic.twitter.com/hbOAh5hfVz

    — Lebanese Red Cross (@RedCrossLebanon) January 3, 2021

    A military source cited by LBCI said that the blasts took place in warehouses belonging to a member of the Al-Obaid family.

    He added that the warehouse is located inside Syrian territories just adjacent to the Lebanese-Syrian border and that the explosions occurred from the army checkpoint and there were no casualties among soldiers.

    #Lebanon – another video sent to me documents something exploding and a fire spreading in what seems to be a gaz/ diesel warehouse in Al Qasr village.

    Voice notes of locals urging the army to send helicopters to control the fire have been widely spread too. pic.twitter.com/jLi56sd1hG

    — Luna Safwan – لونا صفوان (@LunaSafwan) January 3, 2021

    Update: According to LRC Secretary-General Georges Kettaneh, a total of 10 people were wounded in the explosion; 7 people, including one who was missing, were taken to the hospital while the others were treated on site.

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