Disaster Fireworks Warehouse Explosion in Beirut - Spoiler: It wasn't Fireworks it was 2,500+ tons of High-Explosive Ammonium Nitrate

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Beirut, Lebanon (CNN)

A large explosion rocked the Lebanese capital Beirut on Tuesday, damaging buildings and offices around the city.
The source of the explosion was a major fire at a warehouse for firecrackers near the port in Beirut, the state-run National News Agency reported.
A red cloud hung over the city in the wake of the blast as firefighting teams rushed to the scene to try to put out the fire.
Local news reported multiple people were wounded in the incident.
This is a breaking story, more to follow.

Twitter thread: https://mobile.twitter.com/tobiaschneider/status/1290670226934243329

Attaching all of the videos I grabbed from this guys twitter just now as well, here's one of them:

Here are some links to other posts in the thread with more content, you may need to go to the posts directly to see the media:

Spoiler: Two videos

Couple more angles of the explosions, seems everyone in Beirut holds their phone vertically. Buckle up for a very delayed boom in the second video.

Spoiler: Another angle, 'Allahu Ackbar'

Here's a different angle. Notice how the guys recording it say "Allahu Akbar".

EDIT: Direct embed

Spoiler: Slow Motion explosion

Found this slowmo of the explosion in which you can see the fireball and airblast more clearly

Spoiler: Two more videos

(edits: trying to get the spacing of text/video right; links to tweets)
I think this is just a slowed down version of this that I grabbed from twitter (https://twitter.com/saadmohseni/status/1290678176574779395):















Also this for another, closer angle (https://twitter.com/realdavereilly/status/1290690743217119235):

Spoiler: Lebanese Public Security: Not fireworks, High-Explosive Material

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And you retards thought putting it all in one place is a good idea?

Spoiler: Sodium Nitrate, PM's Wife and Daughter slightly injured in explosions, ISRAEL UNINVOLVED WE SWEAR

It was explosive sodium nitrate holy shit
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https://twitter.com/ragipsoylu/status/1290698269421600770

Israel denies involvement, Hezbollah says it wasn't their stuff, PM's wife and daughter injured
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https://twitter.com/ragipsoylu/status/1290703557797089281

Spoiler: Aftermath videos/photos

What remains of the dock:

Spoiler: Italy Radiation Spike

There’s a radiation spike picked up near Italy/scicily. Let me try to archive this or take a screenshot

http://archive.md/Nefcf

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Spoiler: 2 Minute Compilation Video

I know that there are several vids on here but here's a 2+ minute concatenation of multiple angles and some security camera footage of blast sites.

Spoiler: 2,700 TONS of Ammonia

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Translation: Preliminary security information talks about 2,700 tons of confiscated ammonia in the port exploded during the process of welding a small hole to prevent theft

 

[thx1138]

This young lady was at her own bridal photo-shoot when the explosion happened. Thank God it was far enough away that neither her nor anyone else in her party was injured. I just hope their eardrums weren't ruptured...

 

[Kosher Salt]

I'm worried that if some terrorists might get the inspiration to get the same chemicals to cause a similar explosion

You mean like the Oklahoma City bombing?

 

[WinchesterPremium]

I'm worried that if some terrorists might get the inspiration to get the same chemicals to cause a similar explosion

Terrorists have been using ANFO bombs since the 70s. You won't get anywhere near this level of explosion unless they figure out how to move warehouses around without anyone noticing.

 

[PS1gamenwatch]

You mean like the Oklahoma City bombing?

Yeah but bigger almost as big as the Lebanon one

 

[tehpope]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=_L7SlqDtRnc
This young lady was at her own bridal photo-shoot when the explosion happened. Thank God it was far enough away that neither her nor anyone else in her party was injured. I just hope their eardrums weren't ruptured...

 

[Oh Long Johnson]

You mean like the Oklahoma City bombing?

That was the comparison I was doing in my head while looking at before/after photos. That big ass building behind the warehouse still mostly standing after that blast should be a huge feather in the cap of whoever designed and built it.

 

[Kari Kamiya]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=_L7SlqDtRnc
This young lady was at her own bridal photo-shoot when the explosion happened. Thank God it was far enough away that neither her nor anyone else in her party was injured. I just hope their eardrums weren't ruptured...

 

[Pocket Dragoon]

Several drone photos of the crater:

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I'm amazed it stayed up, well, it's obviously ruined and could fall over at any moment, but, yeah, ground zero for a low-yield tactical nuclear-level explosion and it at least survived. I guess in disasters, reinforced concrete structures with no windows is your best bet.

That grain silo was probably the strongest building in Beirut, with silos like that typically being built to withstand grain dust explosions from within. Silo explosions can make pretty big booms.

I wouldn't be surprised if it deflected part of the blast, and in the process of being martyred potentially saved some lives on other piers/further away.

 

[not william stenchever]

You can see on the grain elevator's near side to the explosion how the structure has had chunks blown in but the fucker's still standing. It's going to be a dangerous demo job to get the rest to fall safely but the fucker is still standing. Whoever engineered that silo probably should have been paid more.

 

[madethistocomment]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=_L7SlqDtRnc
This young lady was at her own bridal photo-shoot when the explosion happened. Thank God it was far enough away that neither her nor anyone else in her party was injured. I just hope their eardrums weren't ruptured...

Imagine being so excited for your big day and you're all dressed up in your wedding gown, out grabbing some pretty photos, and then the world explodes around you and turns your city into a pseudo-warzone. Poor girl.

 

[The Mass Shooter Ron Soye]

Yeah but bigger almost as big as the Lebanon one

A truck full of ammonium nitrate is one thing. 2,700 tons is another. I guess terrorists could buy a building, obtain as much ammonium nitrate and other explosives as they can, sneak it inside over a period of months, and detonate. It might be easier than stealing a nuke from Pakistan.

 

[TexOffender]

Beirut explosion rocks bride's photoshoot-_L7SlqDtRnc.mp4

Jesus fuck, that was every window all at once.

 

[XYZpdq]

unless they figure out how to move warehouses around without anyone noticing.

to be fair the H Bomb started out needed an inconveniently large building, too

 

[TexOffender]

http://archive.li/GvSfr

Spoiler: The pics

 

[Racist Trash]

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http://archive.md/GvSfr

Spoiler: The pics

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And it's just fucking gone...

Also as much as I feel bad for the people who have died and been injured from this with modern tech and everyone having their own cameras it's so cool to see all these different angles of such a big blast it's on the cool things from bad stuff list like Chernobyl.

 

[Aib Ld]

Despite the memes and all and not being nowhere close to a nuke, I really hope this changes some minds on people saying some variation of "we need a war/nukes to go back to our pleasant times". As much as I dislike the world it is right now, something like this is not the way to go.
They also think the explosion impact is concentrated too, despite the shockwave, debris, ash cloud, and many more stuff can follow afterwards.
Makes me think about the poor guy (Tsutomu Yamaguchi) who survived two atomic nukes, the second where he somehow got through despite being ground zero. He got a load of health effects but lived a long life to 93. I think there was a girl who survived one, who just happened to be behind a brick wall and on a ditch which the combo shielded her from the blast but unfortunately had to watch people around her get atomized or shredded to death.

 

[TexOffender]

 

[millais]

The Beirut grain elevator can now stand beside the Stalingrad grain elevator in the list of grain elevators that have seen some serious shit.

 

[ConfederateIrishman]

Despite the memes and all and not being nowhere close to a nuke, I really hope this changes some minds on people saying some variation of "we need a war/nukes to go back to our pleasant times". As much as I dislike the world it is right now, something like this is not the way to go.
They also think the explosion impact is concentrated too, despite the shockwave, debris, ash cloud, and many more stuff can follow afterwards.
Makes me think about the poor guy (Tsutomu Yamaguchi) who survived two atomic nukes, the second where he somehow got through despite being ground zero. He got a load of health effects but lived a long life to 93. I think there was a girl who survived one, who just happened to be behind a brick wall and on a ditch which the combo shielded her from the blast but unfortunately had to watch people around her get atomized or shredded to death.

Yeah the biggest problem with wanting a giant war to fix things is that:

1. The strongest, most patriotic men who immediately sign up to support their country get killed first
2. The last two times this was tried you have titanic clashes that wear everyone out until a Third Party (The US in those cases) swoops in near the end and dictates the New World Order to everyone else.

 

[Slav Power]

OpenStreetMap has already updated by Beirut removing destroyed buildings and including the crater in the port