At least 20 people were killed in a fuel tank explosion in Akkar in northern Lebanon, the Lebanese Red Cross said on its Twitter account early on Sunday.
At least 79 were injured and being taken to local hospitals, which are in dire need of donated blood, the Red Cross said.
A military and a security source said that the Lebanese army had seized a hidden fuel storage tank, and was in the midst of handing out gasoline to residents when the explosion took place.The Red Cross said its teams were still searching the explosion site, sharing on Twitter a photo of several people walking around a large crater.
Hariri is the leading Sunni Muslim politician, the dominant religion in Lebanon's north, and has been in open opposition to Lebanese President Michel Aoun.
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