At least 20 killed and 79 injured in fuel tank explosion in Lebanon

Hospitals were reportedly turning away burns victims after the blast at a storage tank that had been confiscated by the army

Black smoke rises from the scene where a fuel tank exploded in Tleil village, north Lebanon. Picture: AP

At least 20 people have been killed and 79 injured in a fuel tank explosion in Lebanon’s northern region of Akkar.

The cause of the explosion is not immediately clear.