Big explosion in Beirut

[Vojnik]

Horrible. May God help them.

Israel and Lebanon have been having some issues. Israel has said they weren't involved. But who knows.

[War Chef]

Explosion in the middle of their port, with all those trading containers.
Death blow to their economy
I hope they can somehow pull through
Big fan of Lebanese people

[Smaland]

In 1947, there was an industrial accident in Texas City, Texas, a port city on the Texas Gulf Coast. A cargo ship with a cargo of ammonium nitrate blew up, and many people were killed. Perhaps people in Beirut could take solace from knowing that they aren't the only ones ...

[AdrianV]

Lebanon's cabinet declared a two-week state of emergency in the capital city and handed control of security in the capital to the military following a massive explosion in Beirut that killed at least 135 people and injured 5,000 others.

The explosion on Tuesday sent shockwaves across the city, causing widespread damage as far as the outskirts of Beirut.

Officials said they expect the death toll to rise further as emergency workers dig through the rubble to search for survivors.

Beirut's city governor Marwan Abboud said up to 300,000 people have lost their homes and authorities are working on providing them with food, water and shelter.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/...234925493.html

[lei.talk]

fleetmon.com/crew-kept-hostage-on-floating-bomb

telegraph.co.uk/beirut-explosion-chemicals-abandoned-russian-businessman

theguardian.com/beirut-explosion-huge-blast-port-lebanon-capital

reports-link-beirut-s-devastating-blast-to-russian-owned-cargo-ship

[Roy]

I hope noone hurt

Ehhhh ... have you seen the video? The scale of the damage is tremendous.

[Voskos]

Apparently half of Beirut is destroyed. I don't believe it's an accident.

[Renekton]

Ehhhh ... have you seen the video? The scale of the damage is tremendous.

I saw that later. RIP

[PT Tagus]

Satellite images before and after yesterday’s explosion in Beirut.

[coolfrenchguy]

french speaking libanese writer Dominique Eddé is at 1000% piss off about the libanese govt and the corrupted power in place,french speakers libaneses call for help at the humanitary level,France will will help them fore sure ,it's a tragedy ,it's a chemical reaction,6 years of storage of 2,750 tons of Amonium nitrate at the same place in the heat!,in this port? Any Macgyver fan knows than 2,750 tons of Amonium nitrate = bomb = big badaboom ! Security sources reportedly claimed a welder had sparked the initial fire that in turn ignited the chemicals - causing a blast the fifth the size of Hiroshima.
2,750 tons,damn don't be suprised
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/123128...losion-beirut/




Ammonium nitrate decomposes, non-explosively, into the gases nitrous oxide and water vapor when heated; however, it can be induced to decompose explosively by detonation.^[31] Large stockpiles of the material can also be a major fire risk due to their supporting oxidation, a situation which can easily escalate to detonation. Explosions are not uncommon: relatively minor incidents occur most years, and several large and devastating explosions have also occurred. Examples include the Oppau explosion of 1921 (one of the largest artificial non-nuclear explosions), the Texas City disaster of 1947, and the 2015 Tianjin explosions in China. Additionally, 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate exploded in a port warehouse in Beirut, Lebanon on 4 August 2020.^[32]

does it israel involved?,come on!, they are bastards but certainly not to the point to striking beirut like that ,you should more to look at the corrupted power in place