Jim K Global Moderator Posted August 4, 2020 Global Moderator Share Posted August 4, 2020 Quote BEIRUT — A large explosion rocked the port area of Lebanon's capital, Beirut, on Tuesday, injuring hundreds and causing widespread damage in a densely populated part of the city. Images and videos on social media appear to show large plumes of smoke and damaged buildings, but the cause of the blast and exact location are not immediately clear. “Injuries are definitely within the hundreds," a spokesman for the Lebanese Red Cross told NBC News by telephone. "I cannot give a specific number of casualties at the moment, we are overwhelmed with cases.” Lebanon's National News Agency reported the cause may have been a fire in a hangar where explosives were being stored in the Beirut port, on the country's west coast. Images and videos posted on social media and verified by NBC News' social newsgathering team, compared with satellite imagery, appear to corroborate that the explosion happened at a warehouse at Beirut Port Silos. //snip NBC News I believe the latest death toll is 10. However, it is probably going to be much, much higher. Beirut's hospitals are also at capacity due to COVID-19. Steven P. 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shockz Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Oh boy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+primortal Subscriber² Posted August 4, 2020 Subscriber² Share Posted August 4, 2020 That explosion was extraordinary. From the sea, Further away, +hedleigh 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+primortal Subscriber² Posted August 4, 2020 Subscriber² Share Posted August 4, 2020 Quote Separately Al Mayadeen television cited Lebanon’s customs director general as saying tonnes of nitrate had exploded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakjak Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 I believe the number of deaths will be in the hundreds... with an explosion that massive, how can it not be? What the hell happened? What could cause such an explosion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shockz Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 (edited) 11 minutes ago, wakjak said: I believe the number of deaths will be in the hundreds... with an explosion that massive, how can it not be? What the hell happened? What could cause such an explosion? Rumors are Hezbaloh had a stock pile of weapons there... there was a separate fire that spread (fireworks rumored) to a building with flammable chemicals, which also caught on fire, and then reached the weapons stock pile. Edited August 4, 2020 by shockz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakjak Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Not sure about Hezbollah involvement but... That's a hell of a lot of ammonium nitrate sitting around unsecured.... Hopefully they find out who /why something like that was allowed to happen... +hedleigh, Jumping Jacinta and SecretAgentMan 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 (edited) 2750 tons would be about 500 tons more than the Texas City explosion 😵 Edited August 5, 2020 by DocM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudslag Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 (edited) Bunch of different angles and some after effects Angle #1 https://streamable.com/xmmoa7 Angle #2 https://streamable.com/nscx9m Angle #3 https://streamable.com/zbjj5f Angle #4 https://streamable.com/saoafz Angle #5 https://streamable.com/4ga1vb Angle #6 https://streamable.com/lmivb2 Angle #7 https://streamable.com/mcy82f Angle #8 https://streamable.com/zg9oal Angle #9 https://streamable.com/zykkj6 Angle #10 https://streamable.com/22e152 Jumping Jacinta and +hedleigh 1 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techbeck Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 At least 100 dead, more than 4,000 injured in Beirut explosion: Lebanese Red Cross https://www.foxnews.com/world/at-least-100-dead-more-than-4000-injured-in-beirut-explosion-lebanese-red-cross-official Jumping Jacinta and Jim K 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnelsoninjax Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Was this a terrorist attack or just really poor planing/storage of flammable and explosive materials? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+primortal Subscriber² Posted August 5, 2020 Subscriber² Share Posted August 5, 2020 5 minutes ago, jnelsoninjax said: Was this a terrorist attack or just really poor planing/storage of flammable and explosive materials? I haven't heard of anyone taking claim of the incident yet. From what I've been reading so far, it sounds like it was negligence. jnelsoninjax and Jumping Jacinta 1 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dipsylalapo Supervisor Posted August 5, 2020 Supervisor Share Posted August 5, 2020 Some of that footage was taken really close to the epicentre. I really hope that those who filmed where okay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted August 5, 2020 MVC Share Posted August 5, 2020 39 minutes ago, jnelsoninjax said: Was this a terrorist attack or just really poor planing/storage of flammable and explosive materials? Normally Terrorists don't start a fire first. They just blow it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+primortal Subscriber² Posted August 5, 2020 Subscriber² Share Posted August 5, 2020 27 minutes ago, dipsylalapo said: Some of that footage was taken really close to the epicentre. I really hope that those who filmed where okay I've seen a Tweet last night about the Tweet that has a video in @mudslag post that the person that filmed that view did indeed die as a result of the explosion. Jumping Jacinta 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted August 5, 2020 Administrators Share Posted August 5, 2020 Saw this on the news this morning, really sad at the loss of life but it was not a terrorist incident and of course the idiot President in the US immediately said his generals told him it was a bomb, meanwhile the actual cause was already known yesterday: Quote President Michel Aoun said the blast was caused by 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored unsafely in a warehouse. Ammonium nitrate is used as a fertiliser in agriculture and as an explosive. The ammonium nitrate was seized off a ship in 2013 and stored unsafely for all that time, so it basically was an accident waiting to happen. Updates here: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-53659282 Jumping Jacinta, waysidesc, +primortal and 2 others 5 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neufuse Veteran Posted August 5, 2020 Veteran Share Posted August 5, 2020 7 minutes ago, Steven P. said: Saw this on the news this morning, really sad at the loss of life but it was not a terrorist incident and of course the idiot President in the US immediately said his generals told him it was a bomb, meanwhile the actual cause was already known yesterday: The ammonium nitrate was seized off a ship in 2013 and stored unsafely for all that time, so it basically was an accident waiting to happen. Updates here: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-53659282 yeah I saw trump say that this morning and first thought was gawd trump just shut up........ everyone already knew what happened when he said that at the press conference and yet he goes on with that..... waysidesc, +primortal, Jumping Jacinta and 2 others 5 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted August 5, 2020 Administrators Share Posted August 5, 2020 17 minutes ago, neufuse said: yeah I saw trump say that this morning and first thought was gawd trump just shut up........ everyone already knew what happened when he said that at the press conference and yet he goes on with that..... I know, he just believes his own BS even when everyone else is saying something else. What annoyed me is that the Dutch news gave him any credence at all with the incident, that spreads a false narrative, for what? Dick Montage, cork1958, waysidesc and 2 others 5 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neufuse Veteran Posted August 5, 2020 Veteran Share Posted August 5, 2020 6 minutes ago, Steven P. said: I know, he just believes his own BS even when everyone else is saying something else. What annoyed me is that the Dutch news gave him any credence at all with the incident, that spreads a false narrative, for what? all he should of said was "we're sending aid" end of story... but nope... +hedleigh, 300z, Jumping Jacinta and 3 others 6 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techbeck Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 85% of the grain silos were destroyed. Dick Montage, Jumping Jacinta and +hedleigh 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+primortal Subscriber² Posted August 5, 2020 Subscriber² Share Posted August 5, 2020 mudslag, Jumping Jacinta and Steven P. 1 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techbeck Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 (edited) Coworker has a brother who lives a few miles away from the blast. He is ok, but to be that close had to be something else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cork1958 Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 2 hours ago, Steven P. said: Saw this on the news this morning, really sad at the loss of life but it was not a terrorist incident and of course the idiot President in the US immediately said his generals told him it was a bomb, meanwhile the actual cause was already known yesterday: The ammonium nitrate was seized off a ship in 2013 and stored unsafely for all that time, so it basically was an accident waiting to happen. Updates here: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-53659282 Exactly what I was going to say about that idiot President and his informants! Steven P. 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
margrave Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 One of the angles of the explosion was like mini shroom cloud for a split second at the start. This is just horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techbeck Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 (edited) Technically, it was a bomb since ammonium nitrate is the main/most important component used in some bombs/explosive materials. No one planted anything but storing that much ammonium nitrate improperly, a disaster waiting to happen. But anyway, just curious on what started the fire to begin with and why the ammonium nitrate was stored for 6 years and not properly disposed of. This could have been avoided. Edited August 5, 2020 by techbeck Dick Montage 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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