Britain would send to Beirut humanitarian aid to 5 million pounds

the British Authorities intend to send to Lebanon the humanitarian help for the sum to 5 million pounds sterling in connection with the explosion in Beirut, said the Minister of foreign Affairs Dominique Raab in micro-blogging network Twitter.

Also helping Lebanese authorities suggested that Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Tunisia, France, Germany, USA and Canada. Russia sends in Lebanon five aircraft of EMERCOM mobile hospital and the necessary expertise.

Recall the evening of 4 August in the port of Beirut was a powerful explosion that destroyed half of the administrative area of the city. Killed about 150 people, injured more than 4 thousand the Authorities said the cause of the explosion improper storage 2750 tons of ammonium nitrate in one of the warehouses of the port. The damage is estimated at $3-5 billion.