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Looks real. My guess industrial accident at the port.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020...s-lebanon-capital-beirut-200804153400078.html
Edit: CNN says fireworks warehouse.
Seriously.That shock wave!
No more details than "A lot" of casualties so far.Seriously.
Looks like the fire was burning for awhile before it exploded. I hope they evacuated because anyone near that explosion was just done.
Makes me wonder whether some regulations weren’t followed or enforced to allow an explosion that large.
Those aren't firecrackers. Those are probably grenades' and small mortars.One more. This was was closer. It looks like you can see firecrackers going off in the fire.
I’m beginning to think you are correct.Those aren't firecrackers. Those are probably grenades' and small mortars.
Chemist on Twitter speculated it was an ammonium nitrate explosion, based on the color (and behavior much like earlier fertilizer incidents, like West, Texas or Galveston)It may have started as an industrial fire, but I think somebodies weapon stock pile went up with it. Or an awful lot of fertilizer happened to be there. Looks like the grain elevators are still standing for the most part.
Yup. 2300 tons of ammonium nitrate blew on a ship in Galveston harbor. There’s an anchor thrown over mile that’s now a monument to the accident.Chemist on Twitter speculated it was an ammonium nitrate explosion, based on the color (and behavior much like earlier fertilizer incidents, like West, Texas or Galveston)
Yea, the color of the smoke tells you everything That nitrate brown/orange tint is tell tale.Chemist on Twitter speculated it was an ammonium nitrate explosion, based on the color (and behavior much like earlier fertilizer incidents, like West, Texas or Galveston)
Chemist on Twitter speculated it was an ammonium nitrate explosion, based on the color (and behavior much like earlier fertilizer incidents, like West, Texas or Galveston)
Yea, the color of the smoke tells you everything That nitrate brown/orange tint is tell tale.
There was an amazing shockwave. I can't believe what looked like a grain elevator is still mostly standing.Wow...
Just wow
When are we going to learn to stop storing large amounts of nitrates a) next to other flammable items, and b) adjacent to where a lot of people live? I know it's a port, but that kind of stuff shouldn't be kept there long term.Saw some unsubstantiated reporting from a Lebanese army source that the original fire was caused by fireworks which then engulfed a nearby industrial warehouse storing.... nitrate
Apparently this was nitrate and other chemicals that were seized years ago. Just sitting there. May not have even been originally designed for this kind of material storage.When are we going to learn to stop storing large amounts of nitrates a) next to other flammable items, and b) adjacent to where a lot of people live? I know it's a port, but that kind of stuff shouldn't be kept there long term.
Yeah, I understand that it was seized. But it still should be properly dealt with. It's not like humanity doesn't understand the risks involved in storing nitrates improperly.Apparently this was nitrate and other chemicals that were seized years ago. Just sitting there. May not have even been originally designed for this kind of material storage.
OMG! ... looked like something out of a movie. Horrible tragedy.