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The German company had been expected "to deal with only 49 containers of hazardous material," he said. But they ended up "handling more than 75, of which 59 will be shipped". He said 15 others would be "disposed of within safe and environmentally sound procedures in situ", without providing more details. A chemicals expert managing the operation told AFP after finishing the job in February that Beirut only avoided a second chemical inferno by chance. Michael Wentler said he had "never seen a situation like this before", describing festering chemical mixtures so corrosive they burnt gaping ...

Ship prepares to ferry chemicals out of Beirut port Issued on: 30/04/2021 - 19:00 The explosion of hundreds of tonnes of fertilisers at the Beirut port in August 2020 killed more than 200 people and ravaged large parts of the Lebanese capital JOSEPH EID AFP/File 2 min Beirut (AFP) A ship prepared Friday to ferry dozens of containers of hazardous materials from Lebanon's capital to Germany, managers of a cleanup project said, months afer disaster struck on the dockside. German firm Combi Lift was tasked with removing dangerous substances from the p...

Share: “I have never seen a situation like this before in my life,” Michael Wentler, a chemical expert managing Combi Lift’s Beirut operation, said, describing festering chemical mixtures so corrosive they burned gaping holes right through massive shipping containers. “We found substances that, if mixed together, would lead to an explosion,” he told AFP. “I don’t think the port authorities know what they have on site, inside the port.” About 52 containers of hazardous chemicals were still at the port following the Aug 4 explosion . A German company was hired to dispose off the...

It has been six months since a huge explosion hit parts of Lebanon's capital, wreaking terrible devastation. So far, no one has had to answer for the blast, and more deadly chemicals were found during cleanup efforts.

It's been six months since a huge explosion hit parts of the Lebanese capital, wreaking terrible devastation. So far, no one has had to answer for the blast, and more deadly chemicals were found during cleanup efforts.