Lebanon blast kills at least 100, injures more than 4,000

A massive explosion that rocked downtown Beirut Tuesday night left at least 100 people dead and more than 4,000 people injured, local media reported Wednesday, with Lebanon entering a three-day mourning period.While authorities have yet to give a definite cause for the blast, a local TV report, quoting security sources, said the blast might have been set off by a fire sparked by welding work at a port warehouse, where a huge amount of chemicals was being stored.Reuters quoted the country's president, Michel Aoun, as saying 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate had been stored for six years at the …READ FULL ARTICLE