The lead story on the news just now was that there was a big explosion in Beirut Lebanon. They said that there was a ware-house fire in the area before the explosion so it may not be related to any kind of an attack. The news said there is approximately 50 dead and thousands injured. A video taken form a distance shows that it was a huge explosion.
There was a big explosion in Beirut Lebanon
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It was a massive explosion and the scale of the explosion surprised me. The General of Security (or whatever) said initial findings was a warehouse full of confiscated and highly explosive materials. Definitely more power than anything I played with in the military.
There are multiple videos out and all from difference angles. The one from a little boat off the coast, maybe 3/4 to a mile away so far has the best angle.
There are multiple videos out and all from difference angles. The one from a little boat off the coast, maybe 3/4 to a mile away so far has the best angle.
I read it was an ANFO explosion, the shockwave on the video I saw was massive.
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Here's another video of the explosion
If accidental, I wonder if that explosion will surpass the Halifax explosion for the largest ever?
My question would be, why would they store that much ammonium nitrate in one location? Seems like an accident (or a sabotage) waiting to happen.
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3,000 tons of fertilizer seems like a small amount, when you consider how much a bulk cargo ship can carry. Perhaps part of the cargo of one mid-sized bulk cargo ship.
This has happened many times before...
List of ammonium nitrate incidents and disasters - Wikipedia
Holy cow, that's awful. Bud_One's video is mind blowing in the scale.
Begs the question as to why someone would store that much fertilizer apparently right in the middle of town?
Begs the question as to why someone would store that much fertilizer apparently right in the middle of town?
Please understand, I’m not discounting the tragic loss of life in this disaster, but there is a lot of chemical energy in ammonium nitrate...part of why it’s such a useful chemical, but...every so often, it’s mishandled, with this sort of result.
It was in a warehouse, in a port. The logical place to store it, as it’s being imported/exported, and not exactly the middle of town...more the edge of town..next to the water, and next to other bulk storage facilities, like grain elevators.
The videos of this are totally nuts... Hope it's not as bad as it appears to be 
Here's another video of the explosion
holy cow!!! That was almost unbelievable to watch!
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Look at the missing glass in the windows from the first explosion.
Guess I didn't look carefully.
More than eardrums- that was a concussion powerful enough to cause internal injuries and death for a big radius. My unfortunate guess is that the death toll is preliminary and, as a result, very low. It will go up as the wreckage is cleared.
The shock wave and cloud almost look like a mini nuke!
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