'I suddenly felt the building shake': former SA resident tells of Beirut explosion terror

“It was around 6.15pm. After feeling the shockwave, I heard how glass broke and sirens went off and excited voices in the street below,” she said.

“That is when I knew that there had been a blast. I suspected it to be in Achrafieh, where I have many friends - and my heart just froze.”“So the networks, of course, get jammed and one gets overwhelmed - but it is a ritual [to check on others] that one does. I have now been on the phone and online for almost four hours non-stop. I have even had the mothers of friends call and offer accommodation in the north, to be safe,” she said.

It was not immediately clear what caused the blaze that set off the blast or what kind of explosives were in the warehouses.

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