the Lighting of the Eiffel tower extinguished in memory of those killed in the explosion in Beirut. Illumination one of the main attractions of Paris turned off at midnight local time. About the decision on his Twitter page, announced the mayor of the French capital, Anne Hidalgo.
“It’s a tribute to all the victims of the explosion. The government also intends to send emergency Lebanon financial and humanitarian aid,” with reference to the source TASS.
According to the Prosecutor of Paris, in Beirut, suffered more than 20 French citizens. A powerful explosion at a warehouse in the port of the capital of Lebanon occurred on Tuesday, the fourth of August. The blast destroyed or damaged dozens of homes, more than 300 thousand people were left homeless. 137 were killed, injured about five thousand people, dozens of people in the lists of missing persons.
According to police in Lebanon, the reason of explosion was the ignition of ammonium nitrate seized by customs services six years ago.
