# Massive explosion in Beirut **URL:** \ **Category:** Open Forum\ **Tags:** taitung, incident\ **Created:** [August 4, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/massive-explosion-in-beirut/195020 "2020-08-04T16:05:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CTaitung](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/ctaitung/32/100105_2.png) [@CTaitung](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/CTaitung)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/massive-explosion-in-beirut/195020/1 "2020-08-04T16:05:54Z")
> **[Beirut explosion: More than 100 killed, thousands injured in blast in...](https://globalnews.ca/news/7249393/massive-explosion-beirut-lebanon/)** > > More than 70 people are dead and thousands are injured after a massive explosion shook Lebanon's capital Beirut on Tuesday, officials said. https:// [twitter.com/Edwinazzi/status/1290669143830790145?s=20](http://twitter.com/Edwinazzi/status/1290669143830790145?s=20) https:// [twitter.com/borzou/status/1290678580897251330?s=20](http://twitter.com/borzou/status/1290678580897251330?s=20) _Some local TV stations reported the blast was at Beirut’s port inside an area where firecrackers were stored._ Some videos in the news link and then those 2 twitter accounts. Second Twitter video the best one. Shows burning building before big mushroom cloud. ---
**Author:** ![DrewC](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/drewc/32/224499_2.png) [@DrewC](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/DrewC)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/massive-explosion-in-beirut/195020/2 "2020-08-04T16:28:51Z")
Reminds me of that huge explosion in China a few years ago (filmed by that idiotic-sounding expat). [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/eF-fyn-WfIs/hqdefault.jpg "Massive Explosion In Tianjin, China!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF-fyn-WfIs) ---
**Author:** ![tempogain](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tempogain/32/264650_2.png) [@tempogain](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tempogain)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 5:59pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/massive-explosion-in-beirut/195020/3 "2020-08-04T17:59:27Z")
> **[‘Like an earthquake’: Huge explosion rips through Beirut captured on video](https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/two-explosions-rocks-lebanon-s-beirut-dozens-wounded-videos-surface-online/story-wkCeUkZGBqxMPVtrneAnNI.html)** > > Lebanese media carried images of people trapped under rubble, some bloodied, after the massive explosions, the cause of which was not immediately known. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/93tV6-0Ugwk/maxresdefault.jpg "Beirut explosion: footage shows massive blast shaking Lebanon's capital") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93tV6-0Ugwk) ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_PBH](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/mr_pbh/32/230938_2.png) [@Mr\_PBH](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Mr_PBH)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 9:08pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/massive-explosion-in-beirut/195020/4 "2020-08-04T21:08:54Z")
Wow…that’s an interestingly balanced explosion. That’s uhm…yikes. God bless those folks. They’re going to need it. ---
**Author:** ![Andrew0409](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/andrew0409/32/69821_2.png) [@Andrew0409](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Andrew0409)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 9:12pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/massive-explosion-in-beirut/195020/5 "2020-08-04T21:12:18Z")
That is massive. Wonder what happened ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_PBH](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/mr_pbh/32/230938_2.png) [@Mr\_PBH](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Mr_PBH)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/massive-explosion-in-beirut/195020/6 "2020-08-04T21:19:11Z")
Posted at 17:1317:13 ### PM: ‘Unacceptable’ that 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate be in warehouse Lebanon’s Prime Minsiter Hassan Diab has said it is “unacceptable” that 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate were being stored in a warehouse. “I will not rest until we find the person responsible for what happened so we can hold them to account and impose the most severe punishment,” the prime minister was quoted as saying by an official Twitter account. “It is unacceptable that a shipment of 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate has been present for six years in a warehouse, without taking preventive measures and endangering the safety of citizens”. > **[Beirut explosion updates: Death toll rises after Lebanon blast](https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-middle-east-53656328)** > > Dozens of people have been killed and more than 3,000 injured in an explosion in the Lebanese capital. ---
**Author:** ![CTaitung](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/ctaitung/32/100105_2.png) [@CTaitung](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/CTaitung)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 11:36pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/massive-explosion-in-beirut/195020/7 "2020-08-04T23:36:56Z")
https: [//twitter.com/aliostad/status/1290678632210468867?s=20](https://twitter.com/aliostad/status/1290678632210468867?s=20) https: [//twitter.com/aliostad/status/1290681445330157569?s=20](https://twitter.com/aliostad/status/1290681445330157569?s=20) https: [//twitter.com/aliostad/status/1290743089649405952?s=20](https://twitter.com/aliostad/status/1290743089649405952?s=20) https: [//twitter.com/COsweda/status/1290748019218853890?s=20](https://twitter.com/COsweda/status/1290748019218853890?s=20) More 20-30 second-long tweet videos above, just click blue link. Bottom one from far away and shattered car window. ---
**Author:** ![yinggeaussie](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/c68b51/32.png) [@yinggeaussie](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/yinggeaussie)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 2:06am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/massive-explosion-in-beirut/195020/8 "2020-08-05T02:06:36Z")
Serious FireCracker that was. The shockwave that spread is presumably why the camera went down for a bit. ---
**Author:** ![tempogain](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tempogain/32/264650_2.png) [@tempogain](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tempogain)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 2:12am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/massive-explosion-in-beirut/195020/9 "2020-08-05T02:12:19Z")
> > ---
**Author:** ![Taiwan\_Luthiers](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@Taiwan\_Luthiers](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Taiwan_Luthiers)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 2:21am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/massive-explosion-in-beirut/195020/10 "2020-08-05T02:21:34Z")
I wonder if it was because the ammonium nitrate clumped into a rock hard mass and they attempted to use dynamite to break it up? Something like this happened in the US way back in the day and they thought dynamite wouldn’t detonate it… they were wrong. Ammonium nitrate absorbs moisture from the air readily so it can clump up if stored for a long time. ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/hanna/32/24014_2.png) [@Hanna](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 2:59am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/massive-explosion-in-beirut/195020/11 "2020-08-05T02:59:52Z")
The footage from this is completely insane. The explosion blew out all the windows of virtually every building in the vicinity so there’s a bunch of toxic fumes just wafting into people’s homes now. What a disaster. ---
**Author:** ![DesiInTaipei](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/desiintaipei/32/95528_2.png) [@DesiInTaipei](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/DesiInTaipei)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 3:08am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/massive-explosion-in-beirut/195020/12 "2020-08-05T03:08:18Z")
Well so just another regular day in the Middle East. Nothing more to see here folks. ---
**Author:** ![BiggusDickus](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/biggusdickus/32/90381_2.png) [@BiggusDickus](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/BiggusDickus)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 3:28am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/massive-explosion-in-beirut/195020/13 "2020-08-05T03:28:27Z")
A former boss of mine lives there and had his windows blown out and his door blown off its hinges. ---
**Author:** ![snowstorm](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@snowstorm](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/snowstorm)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 4:14am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/massive-explosion-in-beirut/195020/14 "2020-08-05T04:14:11Z")
This is absolutely nuts! - reports that people heard/felt it all the way in Cyprus. 170km-240km away over the Mediterranean, and 40km south of Beirut over land. - Also reports that windows and doors were blown out within a radius of “several kilometers”. - it registered as a M3.3 earthquake. - 70+ deaths, 4,000+ injured - Blast was equivalent to 20% of the Hiroshima nuke , or 3KT of TNT ---
**Author:** ![slawa](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/slawa/32/112823_2.png) [@slawa](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/slawa)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 4:19am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/massive-explosion-in-beirut/195020/15 "2020-08-05T04:19:55Z")
Let’s store those highly flammable fireworks next to those highly explosive 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate. What could go wrong? ---
**Author:** ![tempogain](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tempogain/32/264650_2.png) [@tempogain](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tempogain)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 4:25am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/massive-explosion-in-beirut/195020/16 "2020-08-05T04:25:42Z")
It makes sense to keep all the explosive things together for safety. I’m surprised they didn’t locate a gasoline depot there ---
**Author:** ![DesiInTaipei](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/desiintaipei/32/95528_2.png) [@DesiInTaipei](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/DesiInTaipei)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 4:38am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/massive-explosion-in-beirut/195020/17 "2020-08-05T04:38:52Z")
Hezbollah’s summer camp gone wrong? ---
**Author:** ![Icon](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/icon/32/189245_2.png) [@Icon](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Icon)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 4:41am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/massive-explosion-in-beirut/195020/18 "2020-08-05T04:41:31Z")
I was looking at those pictures and thinking about my neighbors, who escaped from the civil war. They and a lot of folk must be having PTSD nightmares now. Haven’t seen Beirut like that in decades. ---
**Author:** ![CTaitung](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/ctaitung/32/100105_2.png) [@CTaitung](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/CTaitung)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 4:58am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/massive-explosion-in-beirut/195020/19 "2020-08-05T04:58:31Z")
https: [//twitter.com/JKDubai1/status/1290775202725613570?s=20](https://twitter.com/JKDubai1/status/1290775202725613570?s=20) > All kinds of chatter what happened. The video above had someone “circle” the screen area and around the 6~7-second mark something appears in the “circle” that looks to fly fast straight into the fire, like a missile. Who knows. ---
**Author:** ![tempogain](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tempogain/32/264650_2.png) [@tempogain](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tempogain)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 5:09am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/massive-explosion-in-beirut/195020/20 "2020-08-05T05:09:03Z")
It doesn’t look anything like a missile or fly “straight fast into the fire”. You’d also have to believe a small missile instantaneously initiated a multi-kiloton explosion, and when there was already a raging fire at the scene. [Next page](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/massive-explosion-in-beirut/195020.md?page=2)