Article 5NBF1 At least 20 killed and 79 injured in fuel tank explosion in Lebanon

At least 20 killed and 79 injured in fuel tank explosion in Lebanon

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Hospitals were reportedly turning away burns victims after the blast at a storage tank that had been confiscated by the army

At least 20 people were killed and 79 others injured when a fuel tank exploded in Lebanon's northern region of Akkar, the Red Cross said on Sunday.

The cause of the explosion was not immediately clear.

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