About 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate were stored in the warehouse of the port of Beirut, which exploded Tuesday, causing deaths and unprecedented damage in the lebanese capital, has denounced the Prime minister, Hassan Diab.

" It is unacceptable that a cargo of ammonium nitrate, which is estimated at 2.750 tons, which is present for six years in a warehouse, without precautionary measures ", he said in front of the superior Council of defence, which held an emergency meeting.