Massive blast in Beirut

Not wishing to start a game of tragedy top trumps, but I don’t think I’ve seen something so bombastically shocking since 9/11.

Horrible incident, whatever has happened.
 
inogen said:
fireworks, fertiliser and a grain silo. Not great.
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I'm surprised these kind of incidents don't happen more regularly at ports :( in some parts of the world adherence to good practices, etc. go largely out the window despite vast quantities of these kind of materials stored close together.
 
Breaking from Beeb - unchecked 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate... apparently?

That’s.... a lot of stuff.

edit - oh apparently it’s old news.
 
Rroff said:
I'm surprised these kind of incidents don't happen more regularly at ports :( in some parts of the world adherence to good practices, etc. go largely out the window despite vast quantities of these kind of materials stored close together.
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When I worked at Felixstowe, things like explosives were stored a LONG way from anything else.
 
Nitefly said:
Not wishing to start a game of tragedy top trumps, but I don’t think I’ve seen something so bombastically shocking since 9/11.

Horrible incident, whatever has happened.
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Indeed. Its morbid, but I've rewatched the video someone posted on Twitter earlier in the thread several times. It's astonishing and horrifying in equal measure :( I remember thinking the same about Tianjin explosions a few years back.
 
Yadda said:
You can see and hear fireworks going off after the initial, much smaller fire/explosion in the video in this tweet.

By Christ though, that's a blast and a half. :(

@SVNewsAlerts: #BREAKING - #Lebanese media claims the MASSIVE #explosions in #Beirut occurred in a fireworks warehouse. Fireworks can be seen in the video, moments later a secondary explosion caused most of the damage. #Lebanon https://twitter.com/SVNewsAlerts/status/1290674216623366144/video/1
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https://twitter.com/ragipsoylu/status/1290693115976744961
 
McstylisT said:
If this was even a small nuclear, these scenes would have been significantly more damaged. This is the blast or energy release. Got to be 10-20 MT. Will be very interesting to see what actually caused this. I don’t buy the current claims.
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If it was in the 10 to 20 MT area then all the camera folk would be atoms and pretty much all of the city would be turned to small rocks.
 
Rroff said:
Looks like surface flash from the flashpoint of the big explosion reflected off the earlier smoke cloud.

I wouldn't rule out a strike on arms being moved through there though - since Israel start interdicting that stuff they've had to use cover more and more.
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Could be, i really don't know, im no expert obviously.
 
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