Massive blast in Beirut

[VincentHanna]

Saw this as breaking news, couldn't believe the size of the explosion.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-53656220

 

[paradigm]

Holy moly that's a large explosion!

 

[m@rty]

£50 on weapons depot

 

[Somnambulist]

Mental.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1290676373485490177

 

[BUDFORCE]

Jeeeeeez.

 

[FBi7]

Holy ****!

 

[Allnamestaken]

 

[Illuminist]

They just so happened to be filming it?
That's immense

Any news on what it was?

 

[VincentHanna]

They just so happened to be filming it?

Think there was a smaller explosion first, as you can see the aftermath in the twitter video above (make sure you can see that)

 

[Mr Jack]

They just so happened to be filming it?

You can see a big plume of smoke before the explosion. People are dead, stow the conspiracy crap.

 

[Somnambulist]

People were filming the aftermath of the initial blast. Supposedly a fireworks depot and you can see them going off in the one I posted and this angle too.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1290675549887696896

 

[Mr Jack]

Authorities are saying it was a fireworks storage unit, or possibly boat, that exploded. You can see the flashes in the smoke before the blast.

Couldn't come at a worse time for Lebanon

 

[Firestar_3x]

Whatever was in the Silos at the port has gone bang by the looks of things, odds on something like fertiliser.

 

[tuftyfella]

looks like 'Beirut Port Silos' if you check google maps

 

[Azza]

Do they store the bombs next to the fireworks warehouse too?!?!

 

[glenimp617]

Impressive...fireworks...okkkkaaaaayyyyyyyy

Now I'm no CT, so yeah, it could be fireworks

 

[Illuminist]

The people in those cars, and the buildings, my god

 

[darkgen]

Holy cow!

 

[Daaaavvveee]

Holy ****

 

[Allnamestaken]

I wonder if there was any chance of the people in the nearby buildings or cars on the road surviving.....

That was some pressure wave.