Beirut governor Marwan Abboud estimated the damage from the blast in the port at $ 3-5 billion, TASS reports referring to the LBC TV channel.
Abboud also noted the deaths of 10 firefighters sent to the scene of the incident and added that the residents of the city who were left homeless could number in the hundreds.
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