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Radio Leicester,8 mins
'One of the biggest mass casualty events I've ever seen'
Mid-morning on Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio LeicesterAvailable for over a year
On 4 August, a massive blast devastated the Beirut port area. A huge store of ammonium nitrate in a warehouse is thought to have been the cause of the explosion. The devastation stretches for miles. At least 180 were killed, 6 thousand were wounded, and hundreds of thousands have been left homeless. Well one man from Rutland is at the centre of the recovery. David Anderson is a Health Advisor with charity UK-Med and flew within days of the explosion to Lebanon. Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Leicester's Ben Jackson caught up with David, who is currently in Beirut.
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