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Massive Explosion in Beirut

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04 August 2020, 12:48 PM
Piano*Dad
Massive Explosion in Beirut
This may have killed thousands instantly
04 August 2020, 12:51 PM
jon-nyc
Terrible.


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04 August 2020, 12:56 PM
wtg
Frowner


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04 August 2020, 12:59 PM
Piano*Dad
Live Streaming from Beirut

This link probably won't work for long.
04 August 2020, 01:13 PM
dolmansaxlil
Oh my god. The videos are truly horrifying.


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04 August 2020, 01:17 PM
dolmansaxlil
This video shows the area after - it’s horrible. https://twitter.com/ahmermkhan...681560342069248?s=21


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04 August 2020, 01:24 PM
wtg
Oh my god. I can't believe the destruction.


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04 August 2020, 01:37 PM
ShiroKuro
This is horrible. What was the cause? It looks like the explosion was preceded by a fire, could it have been an accident?
CNN just now:
quote:
Explosion caused by "confiscated high explosive material," Lebanese official says


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04 August 2020, 01:42 PM
jodi
Oh my god. How horrible.


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04 August 2020, 01:46 PM
jodi
I saw footage of what sounded like fireworks going off in a building before the big explosion.


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04 August 2020, 04:12 PM
Piano*Dad
The guardian has collected some astonishing video from many angles, including from the sea.

Footage from the Guardian

I'm not buying "firecrackers." This is a concentration of high explosives.
04 August 2020, 04:59 PM
Daniel
I would need to know a lot more about it before forming an opinion.
04 August 2020, 08:51 PM
Piano*Dad
Ammonium Nitrate

Lebanon's president says 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate badly stored, vows consequences.

For comparison purposes, the bomb that blew up the Murrah Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 and doing over $650 million in damage, only had about 3 tons of the stuff.
04 August 2020, 10:13 PM
Piano*Dad
Again, for comparative purposes, this would be even larger than the 1947 ...

Texas Fertilizer Explosion

which released energy in excess of 1.1 kilotons of TNT. (about 1/12 of Hiroshima).
04 August 2020, 10:21 PM
Cindysphinx
I swear, 2020 has become bad even by biblical standards.