Improperly stored ammonium nitrate linked to Beirut explosion that injured thousands

A warehouse storing thousands of tons of unsecured highly explosive material has emerged as a possible source of the massive blast that ripped through the Lebanese capital on Tuesday, killing at least 80 people, injuring 4,000 and sending a shock wave across the city that damaged buildings and blew out windows up to 10 kilometers away.

Lebanon's Prime Minister Hassan Diab said that 2,750 metric tons of ammonium nitrate, which is typically used as an agricultural fertilizer, had been stored for six years at a port warehouse without safety measures,"endangering the safety of citizens," according to a statement.It's still not exactly clear what led to the ignition that wiped out entire streets across the seaside capital.

Feels sorry

And some of wonder how it is our country is in its current condition when mindless inadequate self motivated resonance fuels actions that affect the quality of life of each member of society be they atop the income ladder or at the bottom the decisions made are costing lives +

I wonder if just one spark set it off because there was smoke first then a series of sparks inside like fireworks then a fire and then the explosion. Whoever is responsible can never escape these consequences.

That wasn't a shock wave...

Or it was a Hezbollah bomb.

Any 1 got a light?wow

Guys don’t forget CNN told us they were taking babies from incubators and killing them back in Kuwait, it was a fake actress. They also pushed the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq lie. This is a propaganda machine

But what triggered the explosion?

Did the same thing not happen in China in 2015? And was it not the same explosive material?

There goes the price of glass....

Israel knew about the ammonium nitrate & with that knowledge initiated the blast! Now denying any involvement & through 3rd parties offering to help/devious! UN UNGeneva WHO DailyStarLeb Palestine_UN EUCouncil UKParliament BBCWorld nytimes ICC IraqiGovt Reuters

So carelessness lead to the deaths of innocent lives... 🤦‍♂️

Guess those cheap rents next to the Cherry Bomb Plant weren’t a bargain after all.... In related news, the Beruit City Planning Commission hasn’t been seen since the blast....

_fandomtrash_ C'est très touchant 😥😥

Very long since something like this was heard from Lebanon

Why did Lebanon have so many tons of ammonium nitrate stored in one central location close to a large population?

Praying for all the people in that area. 🙏

2 bombs 2 locations

Какие они идиоты, сами отобрали у нашего парня эти химикаты, сами не правильно их хранили, сами себя подорвали...

It has bern there since 2014. German newspapers stated that people working in the area tried more than one time to tell officials to get rid of it. But no one cared. Through the explosion important industry went down the hill and the country is already struggeling with hunger.

Israel connection.

Damn only if trump was there!

So they all just blew up simultaneously at the same time. I aint buying that.

Israel did it. Everyone one on the planet knows this. Just so happens they labelled that exact site a weapons stockpile

Don't listen to what Trump said.

Before i sign out let me say rest in peace for every one we lost and sorry for the injured ones

😪😪😪😪😪😪

Only God has the Answers...let's seek him

Devastating

And on Hussein's birthday no less. There are no coincidences.

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