Beirut blasts toll reaches 135, state of emergency declared

TIL Desk/World/Beirut/ The death toll from the two deadly explosions at the Beirut port has increased to 135, while the Lebanese cabinet has declared a state of emergency in the capital city of two weeks. The new toll was confirmed on Wednesday by Health Ministry Hamad Hassan.

He added that the number of the injured persons currently stood at 5,000. It also urged the Public Works Ministry to secure import and export activities through Port of Tripoli, given the destruction inflicted by the accident.

The High Relief Commission will work on opening schools and hotels for people who lost their houses. Investigations into the disaster are ongoing and the Higher Defense Council has promised to reveal some results within five days.