13 janv. 2020 - Reports warns of danger

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"...the ammonium nitrate was stored with other products, some of which were highly flammable. This would be revealed by a report by the Directorate General of State Security, prepared in January 2020. The report re-ferred to a "highly flammable nitroglycerine-like liquid material" stored alongside "hazardous materials used in the manufacture of explosives."

The report, which could not be more explicit, warned against the risk of a fire "whose conse-quences would be a major explosion that would almost completely destroy the port." The report also identified another risk: that the goods could be stolen to make explosives, due to a breach on the southern facade of the building and a faulty door.

This was the only point that seemed to have been maintained by the public prosecutor, Ghassan Oueidat, who simply asked the port authorities to make the necessary repairs to secure the hangar.

The magistrate – who would normally be in charge of prosecutions after the investigation – said nothing about storage conditions, fire standards or the need to move or even destroy the goods. This he would do a few days after the August 4 explosion for hazardous materials stored at the Zouk power plant."

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