There is a “high number of injuries" after a blast near the port, the Lebanese health minister said.Mohamed Azakir/Reuters
Two explosions occurred in Beirut's port, according to the Agence France-Presse. Firefighters were seen battling flames at a warehouse at the scene of the blast, officials said. After the meeting, Aoun declared Beirut a disaster zone and announced a two-week state of emergency. The military will have the authority to maintain security, Aoun said, according to a tweet from his office.at least 50 people were killed and 2,700 were injured in the explosion, then raised the numbers to 70 dead and more than 3,500 injured.Smoke rises after an explosion was heard in Beirut, Lebanon, Aug. 4, 2020.The U.S.
Other eyewitnesses said there were multiple fires burning and that windows of apartment buildings were shattered in a large radius around the blast site. Video from the ground in Beirut shows cars crushed by rubble, injured people walking through debris and extensive damage to nearby buildings.
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BlissTabitha 70 deaths?
It wasn't atleast 70 it was 800 killed...🗣💔 sending prayer
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Sources in Lebanon and the Middle East are saying that a Hezbollah missile manufacturing facility, hidden among the Lebanese population, went off yesterday. Lebanon is a puppet state for Hezbollah, they hide weapon systems among civilians.
Let me guess, religion?
Geeez, it looks like Kuwait City, in 1991 😱
100 people. Update your tweets, losers
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What happened?
Real question is. Why are do they have so much material to make bombs.
Was there also fuel oil?
My question is, who lit the match? A warehouse being Unguarded for six years....🤔 and than this.
Ammonium nitrate doesn’t go off with thousands of micro explosions and a searing red fire first. 🙄 Anyone want to guess why FakeNews is lying?
So Doncheeto was spreading FakeNews ?
Who would store 2700 tons of ammonium nitrate with fireworks No 1....its why the fake news is hard to believe daily
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This is why we have regulations. You know, the ones Trump is so proud of getting rid of.
It’ll be nothing short of a miracle if death toll isn’t over the current count of 70
Doesn't appear to be a secret that the material was stored there. Why build your own bomb when there's one sitting there already?
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Nightline Terribly sad for these people in Beirut ♥️😷
Who would store Improvised Explosive Device (IED) material at a major shipping port in a 'neutral' country with truck routes to both Iraq & Syria? Who caused the 2,750 ton Ammonium Nitrate BLAST today in Lebanon? Why did City allow storage?
I don’t think fertilizer explodes on its own. There’s much more to the story. I don’t know why any media outlet would believe what Lebanon has to say about this. I don’t think they would admit it if they were in the midst of making a bomb and it blew up.
Smh
How does that much explosive end up in a populous city center in the first place?
MarshallLocke But I thought trump said it was an attack. And he’s said it more than once.
I’ll take a stupid place to store that much nitrate for 500$ Alex.
For perspective, Timothy McVeigh used 2 tons in Oklahoma City
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2700 tons? Why would they store that amount in a big city.
Just horrific.
I don't think so, this was a fission blast, it had a yield like that of a hydrogen bomb
Dozens? Try hundreds.
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Such a sad occurrence, looks like an attack though, my sympathies with the people of Beirut
Our prayers are with you, sending Lebanon love and light😥🙏
Nitrat in center city?
Sadly, very similar to what happened in China but China was actually five times stronger
Prayers go out to the people of Beirut...❤ 🙏
according mr president its 2750 ton ammonium nitrate
Oklahoma bombing: 2 tons.
That would do it. A deliberate act or an awful incident. Shocking situation for a city that you would think has suffered enough
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I guess is worth asking next time shopping for a home if there are any bombs stored within a 2 mile radius. HFS!
For what stored 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate?
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Nightline My deepedt sympathy to the people of Beriut. Why such careless with ammonium nitrate? And storing it? The government should be investigated for improper storage of a massive amount of dangerous materials...
horrific
This explains the huge explosion. The smaller explosions prior to it did not seem to be fireworks.
PrestonTVNews Trumpsfault
Straight up news now?
Question why government storying ammonium nitrate in a port. It's used for chemical weapons?
We haven't seen that much fertilizer since the Dems returned to Congress.
Bet the locals didn’t even know what was in warehouse...mushroom clouds r never good...
That’s awful whose response
They were in the process of doing some welding to secure Door. When sparks set off the Chemicals . I saw before pictures moments before it happens
Great please to store explosive materials.
But Trump already said it was a bomb.
.Where did the fuel oil come from
Is that like saltpeter or something?
Wow! The 1947 Texas City disaster involved 2,200 tons (about 1,996 metric tons) of ammonium nitrate. It was one of the largest non-nuclear explosions created by man. I heard earlier reports of sodium nitrate. Either would create a red cloud of NO2.
Donnie..........you said it was an attack. Do your homework (that requires reading)
Tragic! Its a miracle 1,000s were not killed. That explosion was huge
That explosion was insane, whomever okayed storing that much in what's probably an unsafe manner needs to be fined/jailed.
Her breath has me in tears. 🙏
Very frightening! Hope this resident is ok.
omg how terrifying
Thank you for sharing your home with us
Finnaly israel has done its work ..just after one day of statement of israeli p.m.
Ammonium Nitrate - a very common fertilizer is likely cause of explosion. Same used in Oklahoma City bombing = was 2 tons. This was reported at 2,700 tons.
How scary.
Over 60 dead and 3000 injured in Beirut by a devastating explosion. Over 160000 dead and and 10s of thousands on respirators in America no explosion just a useless POTUS ItIsWhatItIs beirut
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