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Aug 15, 2021, 6 tweets

#BREAKING At least 20 killed in north Lebanon explosion: Red Cross

#UPDATES At least 20 people killed in fuel tanker explosion in northern region of Akkar, @RedCrossLebanon says

"Our teams have transported 20 dead bodies and more than 7 injured from the fuel tanker explosion in #AKKAR to hospitals in the area," it says

At least 20 people are killed and nearly 80 others injured when a fuel tank exploded in Lebanon's northern region of Akkar, overwhelming medical facilities and spurring a search for the missing, @RedCrossLebanon and state media say u.afp.com/UKSP

@RedCrossLebanon #BREAKING Death toll from northern Lebanon fuel blast climbs to 28: health ministry

@RedCrossLebanon VIDEO: 🇱🇧 Smoke billows from the property of a fuel tanker owner in northern Lebanon's #Akkar region after angry people set fire to the building following a tanker explosion that killed 28, according to a health ministry advisor

@RedCrossLebanon #UPDATE At least 28 people were killed and nearly 80 others injured when a fuel tank exploded in northern #Lebanon on Sunday, authorities and medics said, scalding a crowd that was clamouring for gasoline in the crisis-hit country u.afp.com/UKT8 #Akkar

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