Is your hotel damaged by the explosion?
The devastating explosion in the Port of Beirut on August 4, 2020, left the whole world overwhelmed. More than 2,000,000 people living in the City of Beirut survived the impact of one of the biggest explosions in the history of mankind.
Sadly, this explosion killed more than 200 people, injured more than 7,000, and left more than 300,000 homeless. In addition to the number of dead and injured, there is massive property damage all over the capital, which is now cited to be more than 15 billion Dollars. Homes, shops, hotels, restaurants, institutions, and even hospitals were left non-operational and in ruin. Furthermore, most of the Beirut Port’s areas are destroyed, including the Grain Silos located immediately next to the site of the deadly explosion: Warehouse No. 12.
Based on current reports, the explosion involved Tons of Ammonium Nitrate, which had been seized from a shipping vessel in 2014, by the Port of Beirut authorities. As reported, the Ammonium Nitrate was stored since then in Warehouse No. 12. However, the direct cause of how and why the explosion occurred remains unknown to date.
Who will be held liable for all the damages sustained as a result of the Beirut explosion of 4 August? And most importantly – who will compensate the victims and who will be accountable for repairs?
The question remains:
Who will compensate the hotel establishments for their losses?
Chaos and conflicts of interest ...
Until the final report is issued, and the nature of the explosion, the responsibilities and the causes that led to it are determined, chaos prevails in the file of surveying the damages and determining the source of compensation and its mechanisms.
The explosion in Beirut port on August 4 is not the first security incident in Lebanon... but it is the first in terms of the extent of the human and material damage it left... and the first in terms of the type of explosion and its circumstances.
It is no longer a secret that the negligence of the state, its apparatus and its officials is one of the main causes of the explosion, which killed hundreds, injured thousands, and caused billions of dollars in material damage.
