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Agence France-Presse

Two Filipinos were killed and 11 are missing after two massive explosions in the Lebanese capital of Beirut, while an Australian was killed and the country’s embassy badly damaged.
Ed Menez, a spokesman for the Philippines’ foreign ministry, on Wednesday said eight Filipinos were also wounded in the blasts that occurred at the city’s port on Tuesday.
All victims were in their employers’ houses during the explosions, he said.
“The Philippine embassy is in touch with the Filipino community in Lebanon to assess the situation and provide assistance to any affected Filipinos,” the department said in a statement.
Some 33,000 Filipinos live and work in Lebanon, with 75 per cent of them staying in the greater Beirut area, Menez said.
“Our hearts go out to the Lebanese people. And I hope material and medical help as well,” Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jnr tweeted.
‘Corpses everywhere’: apocalyptic scenes in Beirut
Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said the government would continue to bring home Filipinos, adding that it had issued a series of advisories against working in the country, which is facing a severe economic crisis that has ignited mass protests in recent months.
A Filipino domestic helper in Lebanon recalled her terrifying experience to CNN Philippines, saying she was in her employer’s home located about five minutes away from the blast site, and was thrown in the air by the impact of the blast.
Ursula Guira said she sustained a deep cut on her elbow and a wound on the side of her head, with shattered glass lodged in the sides of her face and mouth.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison told The Today Show that an Australian had died in the “horrific blast”, while foreign minister Marise Payne said some embassy staff had been injured.
“I’m advised that about 95 per cent of the windows in the front of the chancery of the embassy have been blown out and that staff have been affected by a number of glass injuries,” she said.
“Fortunately they are relatively minor and they have all been treated.”
Lebanese authorities are still investigating the cause of two enormous explosions that killed at least 100 people and injured thousands, shaking distant buildings and spreading panic and chaos in the capital.
Lebanon’s internal security chief Abbas Ibrahim said the area was housing highly explosive materials.


Initial reports said the blasts were inside a fireworks depot at the port.
Across Beirut, entire streets were wiped out, glass shards littered much of the inner city and the country’s Red Cross called for urgent blood donations.
Former Nissan Motor chairman Carlos Ghosn’s house in Lebanon was damaged in the blasts, a Brazilian newspaper reported, citing his wife Carole.

Carole Nahas told O Estado de S. Paulo that her family is safe but the house, located about five kilometres from the explosion site, has incurred damage.
Carlos, who is a Brazilian, French and Lebanese national, jumped bail late last year and fled to Lebanon from Japan, where he had been arrested for alleged financial misconduct at Nissan.
The Japanese government has sought Ghosn’s extradition through Interpol, but Lebanon has indicated it is unlikely to hand him over. Japan does not have an extradition treaty with the Middle Eastern nation.
Indonesia’s foreign ministry said a citizen was injured in the powerful explosions, The Jakarta Post reported.
The ministry said the Indonesian Embassy in Lebanon had contacted the victim, who was in stable condition.
Additional reporting by Kyodo and Associated Press



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Two Filipinos killed in Beirut blast along with one Australian citizen

A massive explosion rocked Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the city’s port. Photo: AP

04 September 2020, Lebanon, Beirut: A man carries away an injured girl following a massive explosion in Beirut's port that rocked the whole city. Photo: Marwan Tahtah/APA Images via ZUMA Wire/dpa

Beirut blasts: Lebanon in three days of mourning after twin explosions kill 100, injure 4,000

A wounded man is checked by a fireman near the scene of an explosion in Beirut on August 4, 2020. Photo: AFP

TOPSHOT - (COMBO) This combination of pictures created from UGC footage taken on August 4, 2020 and filmed from a highrise shows a fireball exploding while smoke is billowing at the port of the Lebanese capital Beirut. - Two huge explosion rocked the Lebanese capital Beirut, wounding dozens of people, shaking buildings and sending huge plumes of smoke billowing into the sky. Lebanese media carried images of people trapped under rubble, some bloodied, after the massive explosions, the cause of which was not immediately known. (Photos by Mouafac HARB / MOUAFAC HARB / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO /MOUAFAC HARB/HANDOUT " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - NO RESALE-DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

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epa08584317 A view of the damages after an explosion at the Beirut Port, Beirut, Lebanon, 04 August 2020. Dozens of people were killed and at least 2,500 injured in the explosion which also caused severe damage, while its cause is not yet known. EPA-EFE/WAEL HAMZEH

A helicopter puts out a fire at the scene of an explosion at the port of Lebanon’s capital Beirut. Photo: AFP

‘Corpses everywhere’: apocalyptic scenes in Beirut

The aftermath of an explosion at the port in the Lebanese capital Beirut. Photo: AFP

A man carries away an injured girl following a massive explosion in Beirut's port that rocked the whole city.

epa08584127 Smoke rises near a destroyed grain silo following an explosion at the Beirut Port, Beirut, Lebanon, 04 August 2020. According to media reports citing official sources at least 40 people were killed and 2,500 injured in the explosion which also caused severe damage, while its cause is not yet known. EPA-EFE/IBRAHIM DIRANI/DAR AL MUSSAWIR

A man evacuates an injured person after a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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Eleven other Filipinos are missing after massive explosions in the Lebanese capital of Beirut
An Australian also died and the country’s embassy was badly damaged



Eleven other Filipinos are missing and the Australian embassy was badly damaged.


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Two Filipinos killed in Beirut blast along with one Australian citizen

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Eleven other Filipinos are missing after massive explosions in the Lebanese capital of Beirut

An Australian also died and the country’s embassy was badly damaged