Explosion in a warehouse in Beirut

[delmbox]

At the port, this footage is pretty crazy

https://twitter.com/BissanCampaigns/status/1290671086951161856?s=20

[Mr Soul '68]

It looks pretty manic!

Here is the BBC's report:

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

[ninian opinian]

Reports say it was a firework factory explosion.

[life on mars]

More than one explosion, troubled country , into car bombs,let's hope the deaths are low or zero

[binman]

Reports say it was a firework factory explosion.

Hmmmmmmmmmm

That was a big fireworks factory?? and I'm no fireworks expert but I'm guessing fireworks dont go off like that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKnX5wci404

[Rjk]

holy shit, you aint walking away from that one

[Joe Gillis]

At the port, this footage is pretty crazy

https://twitter.com/BissanCampaigns/status/1290671086951161856?s=20

I feckin hate Twitter, the comments make my blood boil, brain dead conspiracy theorists finding a platform to spout inane drivel.

[welshyoot]

Some reports saying it's likely a chemical explosion, likely triggered by the fire which seems to have been storing fireworks. It's in the port area of Beirut which was subject to an exposure of high level corruption by this Lebanese investigative journalist called Riad Kobaissi. It's not too much of a leap to imagine it's the sad result of corruption and mismanagement of dangerous materials.

[Rjk]

I feckin hate Twitter, the comments make my blood boil, brain dead conspiracy theorists finding a platform to spout inane drivel.

have you been on the politics board?

[paphos is blue]

At the port, this footage is pretty crazy

https://twitter.com/BissanCampaigns/status/1290671086951161856?s=20

Felt it here in Paphos. It knocked my internet out.

[IanD]

It was Jeremy Bowen who stated that it was thought to be a firework factory. It now appears to be a store for nitrates (fertiliser??) or some similar explosive.

[poc]

At the port, this footage is pretty crazy

https://twitter.com/BissanCampaigns/status/1290671086951161856?s=20

this was in cardiff docks for a while ,always had 2 experts sit and watch it every day:sherlock:while we were moving it by diesel truck:shrug::facepalm: at least we had facemasks not much good if anything like that happened

[goats]

Felt it here in Paphos. It knocked my internet out.

Looked like a hydrogen bomb.....absolutely nuts.....amazed more people haven’t died.

[bobh]

At least 100 dead now. Old fertiliser (Ammonia Nitrate) stored in bulk

[A Quiet Monkfish]

Lebanon was a beautiful country. Beirut was known as the 'Venice of the East'. I knew a girl about 40yrs ago. She was a hairdresser and had just had to leave Beirut after living there for 5/6 yrs. She said it was absolutely stunning. [so was she, actually].

[jon1959]

The explosion disrupted Sam Hammam's poker game!

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/beirut-explosion-cardiff-city-hammam-18722098

His interview with Euro News Weekly ends with this:

“I’m thinking of returning to my London home at present until matters improve here but I will never desert my home city, I’m a very proud Lebanese man and proud of my heritage,” he added.

“I also still want my football club back, Cardiff City and that will happen one day, I assure you baby.”

[blue matt]

I loved Beirut, fascinating place, the locals were so welcoming

they have had it crap for so long, this could well be the end of the country

it was surreal to see the promenade had been repaired, but the street behind it still have shell holes in them, a Balcony where i guess they had a machine gun was shot to bits