Breaking news: Two dead, several injured after explosion in Lebanon’s capital, Beirut

At least two people were killed and several wounded late Friday after an blast in Beirut’s Tariq al-Jadideh, the Lebanese Red Cross announced.

“Two bodies and a number of injured were transferred to the Maqassed Hospital after a diesel storage container exploded,” Red Cross Secretary-General George Kettaneh told the state-run National News Agency.

Videos on social media revealed fires ripping through a small alley in what has been said to be Tariq al-Jadideh