Lebanese army says one wounded in Lebanon blast

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Lebanese army said on Tuesday one person was wounded after a shell exploded in a home in the southern Lebanese village of Tayr Filsi on Monday.

Hezbollah lawmaker Hussein Haj Hassan said the explosion happened in the garage of a Hezbollah member, wounding one person. "We are concerned with finding out the reasons for this explosion," Hassan said.

Lebanese security sources said on Monday five people had been killed in a munitions explosion in a house in Tayr Filsi, just inside U.N. peacekeepers' area of operations.

Hezbollah denied anyone had died in a blast in the area.

Israel said the blast at a Hezbollah house showed munitions were being stockpiled in violation of a truce which ended a 2006 war between the Jewish state and the Shi'ite guerrilla group.

"Immediately (after the incident), security forces cordoned off the area and a specialised committee began an investigation into the circumstances of the incident," a statement from the army said.

A senior Israeli military source said the Israeli military has asked UNIFIL, the peacekeeping force that was reinforced after the 34-day war in 2006, to open an investigation. Deputy Israeli Defence Minister Matan Vilnai told Israel's Army Radio on Tuesday it was clear this was "a Hezbollah accident."

UNIFIL spokeswoman Yasmina Bouziane said a U.N. peacekeeping patrol and a Lebanese army patrol visited the explosion site on Monday night. On Tuesday investigation teams from both parties "inspected the site and the surrounding area."

"According to the information from the Lebanese Army one person was injured and UNIFIL has no reports of other casualties," Bouziane said.