Explosions in Beirut

[Horace]

Wow.

[Aqua Letifer]

@89th said in Explosions in Beirut:

Look how loud it is,

Link to video

Just sayin'

[jon-nyc]

[taiwan_girl]

@jon-nyc Wow

This was a terrible thing that happened, and I hesitate to say this, but I am glad that it was not terrorism.

(At least so far it does not appear to be).

[Mik]

So far. Here's an explanation. Probably sadder than terrorism.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/05/opinion/beirut-explosions.html

[taiwan_girl]

If it was ammonium nitrate, reminds me of the Ryongchon disaster in DPRK

Before

After

[George K]

Close up:

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2020/08/05/Watch-Closest-footage-yet-of-Beirut-blasts-from-apartment-balcony-opposite-port.html

[Catseye3]

Fox: "[Former NSC spox Michael] Anton told guest host John Roberts the substance which ignited to cause the powerful blast was ammonium nitrate -- a key component of agricultural fertilizer that had been stored in a warehouse at Beirut's port since 2013, when it was offloaded from a Russian-leased ship that had made an unscheduled stop there.

"Officials have worried about this for years saying we have to get this out of here," Anton said. "This dragged on for seven years."

"Anton added that Lebanon's government has been in a state of turmoil for more than four decades and is neither completely functional, nor does it have full control of all of its territory."

More: https://www.foxnews.com/media/michael-anton-beirut-explosion-accident-waiting-happen