Lebanese health minister Hassan Hamad said more than 25 people are dead, and over 2,500 have been injured in the Beirut explosion.
The blast occurred in the city's port area, where there were warehouses housing explosives, Lebanon's state news agency NNA and two security sources said. A third security source said there were chemicals stored in the area. Footage of the blast shared around by residents on social media showed a column of smoke rising from the port district followed by an enormous blast. Those who filming what initially appeared to be a big blaze where thrown backwards by the shock.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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