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Lebanon's state power headquarters, Electricity du Liban building, decimated in blast, Beirut, Lebanon
Beirut, Lebanon, 17 August 2020. Clean up crew tasked with clearing debris from fourteen floors of the blast devatsted Electricite du Liban building, take a break with the blast epicenter visible through a gaping hole where windows used to be. Close to the center of the blast zone, Lebanon's state power provider's headquarters was decimated by the 4 August blast at the Port of Beirut. Just twenty five of a potential 600 people were in the building at the time, due to a staff member testing positive for COVID19 a day prior, necessitating a work from home program while testing was carried out. All twenty five present were either killed or injured.
Author: Elizabeth Fitt
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