Compensation suit for 2020 Beirut blast

LONDON: Lebanese lawyers have filed a lawsuit with London High Court against UK-registered chemical company Savaro, demanding compensation for the consequences of the 2020 Beirut harbour explosion, the Financial Times reported yesterday.

The lawsuit reportedly said that the chemical company had failed to properly store and utilise 2 750 tons of ammonium nitrate that caused the explosion.

The amount of the damage requested in the suit was not specified in the report, but the blast is estimated to have cost Lebanon some $4 billion. The huge explosion killed 280 people and injured over 6 000 last August.