Special Envoy in Beirut (Lebanon)
Masked face - Covid obliges - and jacket fallen, Emmanuel Macron advances in a universe of desolation. " We are at the epicenter of the explosion», Slips him an official of the Lebanese Red Cross, who accompanies him. The port area, where 2750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate exploded on Tuesday killing more than 120 people and injuring 4,000 others, is just a heap of rubble and metal bars thrown on the ground. The smell of nitrate still hangs in the air, as smoke continues to rise from some devastated buildings.
" We are still looking for seven to ten people stranded in the grain silo ," said Colonel Vincent Tissier to the head of state, dispatched from France to help the Lebanese. " What is your analysis of the situation? “Asks Emmanuel Macron. " We are still giving ourselves a little time, the heat underground is relatively bearable, " replied the firefighter. " It is the honor of France to be there ", pays homage to him the Head of State,
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