Lebanon: Large explosion (Fireworks/Ammonium Nitrate Storage) heard in capital Beirut

[arista]

Multiplie People
injured


A Big Blast


https://news.sky.com/story/lebanon-large-explosion-heard-in-capital-beirut-12042456

[Nicky91]

lemme guess, ISIL is behind this attack

[arista]

Could be, Nicky,
they are making sure it is Terrorism
and not a Gas blast.



[A large explosion has been heard in the Lebanese capital Beirut,
with thick smoke billowing from the city centre.
The blast occurred in the port area containing warehouses
and rippled through several areas of the capital,
shattering windows and doors, according to two security sources.
Local media reported that a huge column of smoke was seen rising over the city.
Residents reported windows being blown out and ceilings dropping.]


Update :Reports it's a Warehouse
that stores Fireworks

[Smithy]

https://twitter.com/bissancampaigns/status/1290671086951161856?s=21

****ing hell

[arista]

Yes a Massive amount of Fireworks stored.

[UserSince2005]

Damn and the year just got worse for Lebanon

[arista]

Damn and the year just got worse for Lebanon


At least it's a Fireworks Storage
Not Terrorism.

[UserSince2005]

At least it's a Fireworks Storage
Not Terrorism.

i hope this is just an accident.

[Crimson Dynamo]

https://twitter.com/bissancampaigns/status/1290671086951161856?s=21

****ing hell

:omgno:

[Nicky91]

if not ISIL, maybe Hezbollah behind this


i mean just found out from a friend of mine on discord that they are still out there

and tbh Lebanon is more their territory than ISIL's

[UserSince2005]

It was heard in Cyprus, it was that big!

[UserSince2005]

10 dead is the initial figure. but this will rise.

[Nicky91]

10 dead is the initial figure. but this will rise.

it could rise yes, as there are quite some in critical condition still

let's hope it won't go up too much, and those injured will pull through this

[Dogeatdog]

https://twitter.com/bissancampaigns/status/1290671086951161856?s=21

****ing hell
Omg that is scary.

[LaLaLand]

That’s gotta be the biggest explosion I’ve ever seen I think. Jesus.

[UserSince2005]

Muslims groups are trying blame Israel already. Pathetic.

[arista]

if not ISIL, maybe Hezbollah behind this


i mean just found out from a friend of mine on discord that they are still out there

and tbh Lebanon is more their territory than ISIL's



No Nicky
its a Fireworks Storage
Confirmed

[arista]

That’s gotta be the biggest explosion I’ve ever seen I think. Jesus.



Yes Loads of Fireworks stored
in one Compact Warehouse

[Crimson Dynamo]

vS1E5upLv0g

[bots]

the BBC are saying that there are a lot of fake videos being posted

[Kizzy]

That's no fireworks factory :/

[Crimson Dynamo]

That's no fireworks factory :/

yes it is

ZvtuggAkvoE

[Ammi]

...at least 10 dead are the reports atm...:sad:..



BEIRUT (Reuters) - A huge explosion near the centre of Beirut killed at least 10 people, injured hundreds and sent shockwaves across the Lebanese capital, shattering windows and causing apartment balconies to collapse, witnesses and security sources said.

The most powerful explosion to hit Beirut in years shook the ground, leaving some residents thinking an earthquake had struck. Dazed and weeping, some of them wounded, people walked through streets checking to see if relatives were hurt.

The blast occurred in the city's port area, where there were warehouses housing explosives, Lebanon's state news agency NNA and two security sources said. A third security source said there were chemicals stored in the area.

Footage of the blast shared by residents on social media showed a column of smoke rising from the port district followed by an enormous blast. Those filming what initially appeared to be a big blaze were thrown backwards by the shock of the explosion.

At least 10 bodies were taken to hospitals, a security source and a medical source told Reuters. The Lebanese Red Cross said hundreds of people were taken hospitals for treatment.

Lebanese President Michel Aoun called for an emergency meeting of the country's Supreme Defence Council, according to the presidency's Twitter account.

It was not immediately clear what caused the blaze that set off the blast or what kind of explosives were in the warehouses.

[arista]

vS1E5upLv0g


Video removed
could that be a modified video?

[arista]

That's no fireworks factory :/


It's a Arms Depot as well.

[bots]

there is a lot of misinformation being spread about it, it's probably best to wait a bit and see what comes from it

[Crimson Dynamo]

there is a lot of misinformation being spread about it, it's probably best to wait a bit and see what comes from it

if we have to wait to find out what went on how do we know there is misinfo?

[arista]

How Crazy Fireworks Storage Close to Arms Storage

[Crimson Dynamo]

How Crazy Fireworks Storage Close to Arms Storage

id imagine health and safety standards are pretty low

[Josy]

I genuinely thought the smoke at the beginning of the news vids earlier was the explosion then 'boom'

[arista]

id imagine health and safety standards are pretty low


Yes the Nation is near Bankrupt.

[arista]

End of Ch4HDnews
just reported Massive amounts of Ammonium Nitrate
stored near the port.

Of course A. N. used in big mines to blow away the land.

[Brother Leon]

Wow. Looks bad. Lebanon was in the verge of total collapse economically too.


Muslims groups are trying blame Israel already. Pathetic.

Not even bloody Hezbollah are blaming them. Relax, there’s no need to twerk for Israel in this thread.

[Ammi]

Beirut: At least 50 killed and thousands injured after huge explosion in Lebanese capital...


At least 50 people have been killed and 2,700 more injured in a huge explosion in the Lebanese capital Beirut, according to the country's health minister.

The prime minister has called it a "big catastrophe" and vowed for those responsible to pay the price for what has happened.

George Kettan, head of Lebanon's Red Cross, added there are victims "everywhere - in all the streets and areas near and far" from the blast.

Footage posted on social media showed the moment a building several storeys high exploded, sending a vast shockwave across the city that was heard and felt as far away as Cyprus - more than 200km (180 miles) away.

Pictures also showed a scene of devastation with cars upturned and emergency crews gathered around the gutted building.

The explosion appeared to be centred around the city's port area containing warehouses, and rippled through several areas of the capital.

Lebanon's internal security chief Abbas Ibrahim said it happened in a building containing highly-explosive materials, according to news agency NNA. Earlier reports had suggested the building was a fireworks storage warehouse.

Witnesses said a number of people were injured during the widespread destruction across the city, with residents reporting collapsed ceilings and shattered windows.

A huge column of smoke was seen rising over the city following the explosion.

Wounded people were seen on the ground near Beirut's port, according to a photographer at the scene.

Local media also reported one hospital has declared it cannot take any more patients and is appealing for blood donations.

The cause of the blast, which happened just after 6pm local time (3pm GMT), was not immediately clear.

Prime Minister Hassan Diab has called for a day of mourning on Wednesday.

Sky News' Middle East editor Zein Ja'far, who was in downtown Beirut at the time of the explosion on Tuesday afternoon, said the "huge explosion" caused windows to "cave in".

"It tore apart the facade of the building we're in, and once the dust settled we managed to get ourselves and others in this block outside," he said.

"It was really quite a worrying sight.

"The sounds of sirens of the fire brigade, ambulances, the police and also the military has been pretty incessant for the last 45 minutes and a huge number of emergency services and security forces are rushing to that area now.

"A lot of very dazed, very bloodied people are walking around trying to gather their bearings."

One local, named Fady Roumieh, was stood in a car park of a shopping centre around 2km (1.2 miles) east of the blast.

He said: "[It was] like a nuclear bomb. The damage is so widespread and severe all over the city.

"Some buildings as far as 2km are partially collapsed. It's like a war zone. The damage is extreme. Not one glass window intact."

As night fell, a fire still blazed in the port district and ambulance sirens sounded across the city.

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said the UK is "ready to offer help and support" to those affected.

Israel's foreign minister said the country had "nothing to do with the incident" and its defence force added humanitarian and medical assistance is being offered as "this is the time to transcend conflict".

The explosion comes as Lebanon experiences its worst economic and financial crisis in decades.

It also comes amid rising tensions between Israel and the militant Hezbollah group along Lebanon's southern border.

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/lebanon-large-explosion-heard-capital-beirut-154200467.html

[arista]

"He said: "[It was] like a nuclear bomb. The damage is so widespread and severe all over the city."


Yes Ammi


Massive amounts of Ammonium Nitrate
stored near the port.

[joeysteele]

A tragedy.
What a sad day again for this Nation.

So many lives lost, desperately sad.

[arista]

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/C167/production/_113811594_727cebaa-d590-4dc1-95b1-4a354b37ea83.jpg

[arista]

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[Rob!]

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This captures the sheer mass of the blast a safe enough distance for the cameraman not to be sent flying from explosion. It’s practically a mushroom cloud.

[Ammi]

...the footage of the stunned and bloodied people has been heart breaking...and those are the ones who’ve survived..the ‘fortunate ones’...:sad:...

[arista]

...the footage of the stunned and bloodied people has been heart breaking...and those are the ones who’ve survived..the ‘fortunate ones’...:sad:...



[Officials are blaming highly explosive
materials stored
in a warehouse for six years.
President Michel Aoun tweeted it
was "unacceptable" that 2,750 tonnes of
ammonium nitrate was stored unsafely.]

[Ammi]

[Officials are blaming highly explosive
materials stored
in a warehouse for six years.
President Michel Aoun tweeted it
was "unacceptable" that 2,750 tonnes of
ammonium nitrate was stored unsafely.]

...yeah it was unacceptable and I’m sure that those responsible will face ‘the maximum punishment’ as he’s said ...but it won’t change the dead and it won’t change the injured and it won’t change the destruction that needs to be rebuilt/the homeless etc...and that’s where his focus very much needs to be...

[Strictly Jake]

I feel for them all how scary

On a side note....you know how they are saying over 50 lives lost, so many lives lost, big catastrophe and a day of mourning. How come when the uk has that many and it was actually many more at the time dying each day our government thought that amount of people dying was showing success and they eased the lockdown and sent us all back to work and said it will be ok to go back to school....on a side note obviously I dont want to take away from this tragedy

[Ammi]

...the hospitals/medical centres were already not coping with the virus and people unable to be treated...how on Earth are these poor people going to receive medical attention for their injuries...

[Nicky91]

the real question now, what caused that fire in the first place

[arista]

the real question now, what caused that fire in the first place

They are looking at the Fireworks
Storage first.

Then the Massive
Ammonium Nitrate was not stored safe
for many years.

[Ammi]

Trump says Beirut explosion was caused by a 'bomb of some kind'...


At a coronavirus briefing on Tuesday evening, President Trump said an explosion that rocked Beirut earlier in the day was caused by a “bomb of some kind.”

Officials in Lebanon had previously stated the blast came from a large quantity of explosive materials that were being held in a warehouse, but Trump, citing conversations with top U.S. military personnel, characterized the explosion as an “attack.”

“I’ve met with some of our great generals and they seem to feel that it was — this was not some kind of a manufacturing explosion type of event — this was a — seems to be, according to them they would know better than I would — but they seem to think it was an attack,” Trump said. “It was a bomb of some kind.”



https://uk.news.yahoo.com/trump-says-beirut-explosion-bomb-230921442.html

[user104658]

What sort of bomb is preceded by a large fire though? In all of the videos if it, you can see that the fire is quite significant, with what looks like several small "crackling" explosions, for a significant amount of time before the main blast. Doesn't really make sense. Unless they're saying it was an explosive device planted in the building, knowing that it would cause a massive secondary explosion.

Also why bomb an industrial area? As much damage as there was and loss of life it would have been much higher if the blast centre was a populated area? It was a warehouse...

[bots]

all of Trump's defense team haven't found any evidence of it being an attack. I think it more likely that Trump misspoke and then tried to justify it

[Beso]

Ammonium nitrate becomes more volatile the more it breaks down over time..it should have all been disposed of when confiscated, so the question I would be asking is why wasnt it.

Was it being stored to use later in an attack of some sort?

[arista]

Ammonium nitrate becomes more volatile the more it breaks down over time..it should have all been disposed of when confiscated, so the question I would be asking is why wasnt it.

Was it being stored to use later in an attack of some sort?


I think 6 years ago it was on the way to South Africa
it was halted then stored but not secure.

Maybe to be used on mines


It was left as that nation has internal fighting,

[user104658]

Ammonium nitrate becomes more volatile the more it breaks down over time..it should have all been disposed of when confiscated, so the question I would be asking is why wasnt it.

Was it being stored to use later in an attack of some sort?Given that the country has been in economic turmoil for years, the most likely explanation is that it costs more to dispose of safely than it does to chuck it in a warehouse.

Of course, the cost of this will far exceed either.

[Ammi]

Beirut explosion: At least 300,000 homeless and death toll of 100 expected to rise - latest news and video...


https://uk.news.yahoo.com/beirut-explosion-lebanon-awakes-devastation-071437147.html

[arista]

https://e3.365dm.com/20/08/768x432/skynews-ammonium-nitrate-fertiliser_5058418.jpg?bypass-service-worker&20200805021246

https://news.sky.com/story/beirut-explosion-what-is-ammonium-nitrate-and-why-is-it-so-dangerous-12042671

[UserSince2005]

https://e3.365dm.com/20/08/768x432/skynews-ammonium-nitrate-fertiliser_5058418.jpg?bypass-service-worker&20200805021246

https://news.sky.com/story/beirut-explosion-what-is-ammonium-nitrate-and-why-is-it-so-dangerous-12042671

By my calcs 4,500 of those bags exploded at once.

[arista]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EerFPjWWAAEfg1B?format=jpg&name=900x900

[Ammi]

...devastating damage...

[arista]

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[arista]

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[arista]

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[arista]

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[arista]

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[UserSince2005]

why that colonialist there

[Tom4784]

I've read that it'll probably be difficult to know the exact amount of deaths because people caught in the blast were likely vaporised by it :sad: I saw a headline that said it was the biggest non-nuclear explosion in history.

[Saph]

I saw someones story who was walking down the street after the explosion and you could see body parts and guts etc all over the road

[UserSince2005]

1/10th the size of Hiroshima,
I visited the epicenter of where the nuke exploded over Hiroshima earlier this year.
So so sad the destruction caused.
And the life long impact it had on the people of the city.
I feel this will have the same effect on the people of Beirut.

[Beso]

Given that the country has been in economic turmoil for years, the most likely explanation is that it costs more to dispose of safely than it does to chuck it in a warehouse.

Of course, the cost of this will far exceed either.

Then whoever made that decision is the person at fault here.

[Beso]

1/10th the size of Hiroshima,
I visited the epicenter of where the nuke exploded over Hiroshima earlier this year.
So so sad the destruction caused.
And the life long impact it had on the people of the city.
I feel this will have the same effect on the people of Beirut.

Amazingly 1 person who was within 200 yards of the epicenter is still alive today.

[UserSince2005]

Amazingly 1 person who was within 200 yards of the epicenter is still alive today.

there a 7 Eleven right on the corner where the epicentre is, I got a cheese cake stick from there, much recommended

[Kizzy]

Tragic, the people of Beirut have had such a hideous time in modern history. I really hope the support from other countries following this can give them the tools they need to progress.

[arista]

why that colonialist there


Macron is finding out what France can help with,
in person.

[Jason.]

https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1291117397378727936

[arista]

Yes Fantastic Smile
just before the Explosions.

[arista]

Sadly The Covid infections have increased
above 300 now

[arista]

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[arista]

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[Ammi]

Beirut: Riot police fire tear gas at protesters as anger grows over port explosion...


Tear gas has been fired in Beirut as people protesting against the government's handling of this week's explosion tried to reach the parliament building.

Riot police took action as about 5,000 people gathered in the central Martyrs' Square and attempted to break through a barrier.

"The people want the fall of the regime," protesters chanted, adding: "Leave, you are all killers."

Makeshift gallows and nooses have been set up.

Sky News correspondent Alex Rossi, who is there, said residents have been "enormously angry" since the explosion happened, adding: "People here want to - metaphorically at least - hang their political class."


...rest of the article...
https://news.sky.com/story/beirut-riot-police-fire-tear-gas-at-protesters-as-anger-grows-over-port-explosion-12045227

[arista]

"Makeshift gallows and nooses have been set up."


Yes the Anger is solid.

[Beso]

That french man who was wandering around the other day like some messiah has a lot to answer for.

[arista]

From Ch4HDnews
The Leader of Lebanon (Hassan Diab) has just said
an Election is the only way out of this unrest.


Bank Accounts are Frozen
at this time.

[joeysteele]

It's desperately sad for that Nation.

[lime]

That french man who was wandering around the other day like some messiah has a lot to answer for.
How does Macron have a lot to answer for in terms of Beirut?

[lime]

It's desperately sad for that Nation.

So true Joey,

They have suffered so much for decades and I fear there are many in the west and the Middle East who will take advantage of this nation who were already on their knees

[arista]

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[Ammi]

Beirut explosion: Lebanon PM to resign within hours - as entire government steps down...

Lebanon's Prime Minister Hassan Diab is set to resign within hours after the entire government stepped down.

Anti-government protesters had demanded political change after an explosion in Beirut killed more than 160 people and injured around 6,000 last week.

Lebanon's health minister Hamad Hassan confirmed the government had resigned as he spoke to reporters after a cabinet meeting on Monday.

The cabinet has been under increasing pressure after several ministers quit or expressed their intention to step down in recent days.

Mr Hamad said: "The whole government resigned."


https://news.sky.com/story/beirut-explosion-lebanon-pm-to-resign-within-hours-as-entire-government-steps-down-12046586

[bots]

that's not much use if the replacement is the same or worse which is more than likely

[arista]

Beirut explosion: Lebanon PM to resign within hours - as entire government steps down...

Lebanon's Prime Minister Hassan Diab is set to resign within hours after the entire government stepped down.

Anti-government protesters had demanded political change after an explosion in Beirut killed more than 160 people and injured around 6,000 last week.

Lebanon's health minister Hamad Hassan confirmed the government had resigned as he spoke to reporters after a cabinet meeting on Monday.

The cabinet has been under increasing pressure after several ministers quit or expressed their intention to step down in recent days.

Mr Hamad said: "The whole government resigned."


https://news.sky.com/story/beirut-explosion-lebanon-pm-to-resign-within-hours-as-entire-government-steps-down-12046586


Yes good Move
he's staying
on until a new leader is elected.

[arista]

A report on Ch4HD News
said that leader staying on as caretaker
means nothing can change.


Also
Hezbollah have control of the ports and airports.

[arista]

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