First published at 13:47 UTC on August 5th, 2020.
Half of Beirut's central district has been destroyed.
Rescue operations are still ongoing.
The depo with the confiscated Nitrate
The workers in the port didn't know there was nitrate there ...nor did the Firefighters.
Beirut Governor: We lo…
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Half of Beirut's central district has been destroyed.
Rescue operations are still ongoing.
The depo with the confiscated Nitrate
The workers in the port didn't know there was nitrate there ...nor did the Firefighters.
Beirut Governor: We lost 10 members of the Beirut Firefighters unit and the size of the damages ranges between 3 and 5 billion dollars and perhaps more. Hundreds of Beirutis have become without housing.
All videos show them walking near the warehouse with fireworks as if it was a simple fire, they didn't expect that explosion.
Hasan Quraytem, head of the port: We stored the nitrate in ward 12 according to a court order and we knew they were dangerous but not to this degree
They started the fire first... In the warehouse that had the fireworks...
Moment of the Beirut port explosion during a mass broadcasted online (due to covid-19 situation).
Trump calls BeirutBlast a "terror attack" and it was a "bomb" according to his "Generals" Beirut Video show a black object fly toward the site of explosion just before the explosion in Beirut
Ammonium Nitrate is used primarily as an agricultural fertilizer because it absorbs quickly into the soil for root uptake. Secondary use is for mines when mixed with Tannerite. The ship being bound for Africa before being confiscated in Beirut.
NNA: Lebanese flag set at half-staff at entrance to the Grand Serail, to mourn the deaths of Beirut Port explosion.
Ministry of Health: "100 confirmed death and more are still to be announced".
AUB hospital: "Many bodies are still awaiting a DNA test to ID them"
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