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‘It’s Like Hiroshima’: Terrifying Seismic Shock From Blast Devastates Beirut

summary:

• BREAKING: Lebanese Prime Minister says Beirut explosions caused by an estimated 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate left unsecured for 6 years in a warehouse
• Same chemical compound in Oklahoma City bombing
• at least 70 people killed, over 3,000 injured; death toll rising by the hour
• ten firefighters still missing
• sprawling port area utterly destroyed
• widespread damage observed across city
• exact cause of explosion still officially unknown
• Lebanon’s interior minister links blast to ammonium nitrate improperly stored in a warehouse at the port
• Shockwave and explosion so large that terrified residents thought they were under nuclear attack
• Countries sending international emergency aid
• Large parts of city plunged into darkness this evening
• Overwhelmed hospitals are treating patients in parking lots
• Head of Lebanon’s Red Cross George Kettani told broadcaster Mayadeen: “There are victims and casualties everywhere - in all the streets and areas near and far from the explosion.”
• Beirut City Governor Marwan Aboud said: “Beirut is a disaster city and the scale of the damage is enormous” and called the blast a “national disaster akin to Hiroshima.”

Unbelievable new footage of moment powerful shockwave unleashed continuing to emerge:

View the devastated docks from the south west:

And more:

update-3: Beirut’s economically vital port appears to be utterly destroyed. Early reports cited at least 400 wounded and dozens killed, with local hospitals overwhelmed. While Lebanese government officials initially identified a fireworks depot at the site of the largest explosion in Lebanon’s history (even over years and decades of prior wars), it’s now being widely reported that Ammonium Nitrate, a very explosive compound and commonly used as a high-nitrogen fertilizer, was being stored at the location.

• BEIRUT BLAST CAUSED BY AMMONIUM NITRATE: INTERIOR MINISTER
• LEBANON HEALTH MINISTER SAYS AT LEAST 27 KILLED IN BLAST
• LEBANON HEALTH MINISTER SAYS `THOUSANDS’ INJURED FROM BLAST

Already officials are lashing out, accusing Beirut port and government authorities of negligence:

The disaster is expected to further plunge Lebanon deeper into economic crisis, which it’s been suffering for much of the past year.

Videos continue to emerge showing the surreal scale and impact of the blast.

Widespread speculation continues, given the explosion was so large it appears to have taken out a whole district of the city. 

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update-2: Amid widespread speculation and multiple theories over what could have produced late afternoon blast of such magnitude, both Hezbollah and Israel have formally denied that it was the result of a missile or military attack.

Russian media reports have cited Israeli broadcasters to say:

Israel has nothing to do with the massive explosion that rocked Beirut on 4 August, the country’s parliamentary TV channel has announced.

Lebanese state sources have pointed to a large fireworks depot going up in flames, then detonating. However, there remain competing claims and speculation.

Local authorities have yet to assess and produce a death toll, which is tragically expected to be high.

Iconic parts of the city appear to be devastated. 

The Lebanese Red Cross has issued an urgent appeal for blood donations inside Lebanon.

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update: It appears confirmed that the source of the massive blast that rocked Beirut and grabbed the world’s attention was centered on a fireworks depot. Mideast war correspondent Jenan Moussa reports:

Beirut governor Marwan Aboud calls the explosion a ‘national disaster akin to Hiroshima.’

The explosion could be seen and felt for dozens of miles around the Lebanese capital, leaving onlookers in shock. It was so massive a small mushroom cloud could be seen over the city, and it was felt in Cyprus.

However, some Lebanese broadcasters in the early mayhem and confusion cited possible ”missile” impact, though this increasingly doesn’t appear to be the case. There appear to be multiple, possibly scores, of dead and wounded.

• HEALTH MIN SAYS BEIRUT BLAST DUE TO FIREWORKS DEPOT: JAZEERA
• DOZENS INJURED IN BEIRUT EXPLOSION: LEBANESE RED CROSS TO LBCI

Hospitals are reportedly already overwhelmed:

CNN is reporting that homes up to ten kilometres away were damaged, with windows shattered and widespread destruction across large swathes of Beirut.

A number of local residents on social media were worried they had just been hit by a mini-nuke, though it’s increasingly being verified that the source was a fireworks depot on the port.

Some are still suggesting a bomb may have hit the area:

The blast was felt as far away as Cyprus.

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A powerful blast has just rocked the Lebanese capital of Beirut. The cause of the massive explosion is as yet unknown.

But multiple social media videos from various angles shows it happened during daylight hours Tuesday, in the late afternoon or early evening local time.

Images show that a massive shockwave flashed over the city, followed by an immense fireball that appeared several stories high.

It happened near Beirut’s port and there are unverified reports of a secondary explosion as well.

Lebanese media is currently speculating that a large fireworks depot exploded, given it’s in the vicinity of an area where firecrackers are known to be stored.

It’s as yet unknown how many casualties have resulted as no doubt a massive emergency response is underway.

Indeed close-up images just before the larger blast shows a large complex on fire, with either ammunition or fireworks going off, followed by the intense shockwave.

The AP describes the aftermath:

The explosion appeared to be centered around Beirut’s port and caused wide scale destruction and shattered windows miles away.

An Associated Press photographer near Beirut’s port witnessed people wounded on the ground and widespread destruction in central Beirut.

Some local TV stations reported the blast was at Beirut’s port inside an area where firecrackers were stored.

It’s reported caused widespread damage in all surrounding neighborhoods.

Lately the southern Lebanese border has been scene of brief fighting between the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and Hezbollah.

Tel Aviv has recently warned Lebanon that it will be held responsible for any Hezbollah aggression.

developing…

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/did-nuke-just-go-beirut-terrifying-mystery-blast-shockwave-filmed-over-lebanon