At least 33 people were killed by a

fuel tanker A tank truck, gas truck, fuel truck, or tanker truck (American English) or tanker ( British English) is a motor vehicle designed to carry liquids or gases on roads. The largest such vehicles are similar to railroad tank cars, which are also de ...

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Tleil Tleil ( ar, تليل ) (also ''Tlayleh, Tlaile, Tuleil, Tlayl, Al-Talil, Altalil'') is a town in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon, close to the border with Syria. The population in Tleil belongs to various Christian denominations. History In 18 ...

, Akkar District,

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on 15 August 2021. The disaster was reportedly exacerbated by the ongoing Lebanese liquidity crisis; in which the

Lebanese pound The pound or lira ( ar, ليرة لبنانية ''līra Libnāniyya''; French: ''livre libanaise''; abbreviation: LL in Latin, in Arabic, historically also £L, ISO code: LBP) is the currency of Lebanon. It was formerly divided into 100 piast ...

has plummeted and fuel has been in short supply. The survivors were evacuated by the

Lebanese Red Cross The Lebanese Red Cross (LRC) ( ar, الصليب الأحمر اللبناني, ''al-Ṣalīb al-aḥmar al-lubnānī''; french: Croix-Rouge libanaise) is a humanitarian organization and an auxiliary team to the medical service of the Lebanese Arm ...

. An investigation is underway. The fuel tanker had been confiscated by the

Lebanese Armed Forces ) , founded = 1 August 1945 , current_form = 1991 , disbanded = , branches = Lebanese Ground Forces Lebanese Air Force Lebanese Navy , headquarters = Yarze, Lebanon , flying_hours = , websi ...

from

black market A black market, underground economy, or shadow economy is a clandestine market or series of transactions that has some aspect of illegality or is characterized by noncompliance with an institutional set of rules. If the rule defines the ...

eers, the fuel was then distributed/taken by the locals. The son of the man whose land the fuel tanker was located on, was later arrested, accused of deliberately causing the explosion.Lebanon rages after deadly fuel tank explosion
Mohamed Hassan, 16 August 2021, Middleeasteye

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