Report: Hizbullah Arms Cache Explosion Caused by Fuse Combustion
The Nabi Sheet explosion in a Hizbullah arms depot occurred due to a flame in one of the shells percussion caps which led to the series of explosions, al-Joumhouria newspaper reported on Friday.
According to information obtained by the daily, the security report says that the high temperature in the area helped the fire to combust swiftly.
The report didn't specify the number of the victims, according to al-Joumhouria, however, it only said that several people were killed and injured in the incident.
Around 34 residential units were damaged, the daily said.
On Wednesday, Three Hizbullah fighters were killed and several other people wounded on Wednesday in a blast at a depot for old ammunition in the Bekaa town of Nabi Sheet, Hizbullah's media relations department said in a statement.
“The blast took place at a storehouse for old shells and ammunition and the remnants of the Israeli attacks on the area,” it added.
It identified the three victims as Ali Mustafa Alaeddine and Hasan al-Kheshen, who hail from the Western Bekaa town of Sohmor, and Jaafar al-Moussawi, who hails from Nabi Sheet.
Among the wounded were four Syrian workers.
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