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Big Explosion In Zouk

June 7, 2007 · Mustapha Hamoui

A large explosion targeted a warehouse storing oxygen cylinders in Zouk Mosbeh, an industrial Christian Area in the North of Beirut. The cylinders are detonating one by one in a loud and scary cacophony.

*update 1:
The explosion left 2 guards injured. The area has many motor workshops that store combustibles like Thinner & paints..

*update 2:
The explosion was triggered by a booby-trapped car

*update 3:
one person has died.