Huge explosion in Lebanon, 4th Aug 2020
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StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
Fuck me, that was one hell of a bang. (*) Offering up thoughts of support & help, donation to Red Cross or a disaster fund to be sent ...
The death toll - direct and indirect is going to be huge. I saw 40+ mentioned about 30-40 minutes ago (it'd now 21:05 on 4/8/2020)
with 2,500 + injured
Looks to me like a fire involving ammunition / pyrotechnics set off something very much larger, perhaps fuel or fertiliser / chemicals - the dust explosion from grain silos would not have been quite that large, but may well have contributed (one clip I saw shows damage to what I think is the silo block)
[I live near Spadeadam, and they often blow things up there - remember the documentary about gunpowder and blowing up Parliament ? - we felt that].
(*) if you see a large explosion like that, stop filming and take cover !
The death toll - direct and indirect is going to be huge. I saw 40+ mentioned about 30-40 minutes ago (it'd now 21:05 on 4/8/2020)
with 2,500 + injured
Looks to me like a fire involving ammunition / pyrotechnics set off something very much larger, perhaps fuel or fertiliser / chemicals - the dust explosion from grain silos would not have been quite that large, but may well have contributed (one clip I saw shows damage to what I think is the silo block)
[I live near Spadeadam, and they often blow things up there - remember the documentary about gunpowder and blowing up Parliament ? - we felt that].
(*) if you see a large explosion like that, stop filming and take cover !
agricola
a genuine importer of owls
TBF that looks more like it just a bad false ceiling that has dropped, nothing else seems damaged (even the glass in the doors).
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
& the 02/04/1916 explosion at Faversham's Uplees munitions works that was felt in Norwich
108 lives were lost on the day and because of the War news of the disaster was carefully censored/controlled by the state.
For anyone interested; a good account here.
Buddy Bradley
Pantheistic solipsist
According to Google, this is the website of the Lebanon Red Cross: Lebanese Red Cross
Edit: nvm, it links to the first URL. As you were.
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
& the 02/04/1916 explosion at Faversham's Uplees munitions works that was felt in Norwich
108 lives were lost on the day and because of the War news of the disaster was carefully censored/controlled by the state.
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For anyone interested; a good account here.
My grandfather worked at this munitions plant when it went up:
Hastings Naval Ammunition Depot, Nebraska - Wikipedia
maomao
普費斯
More than a third of a Hiroshima (though not an air blast). Jesus. Those poor people.5.4 kilotons
What a year this is turning out to be
Ax^
Silly Rabbit
More shocking as people were protesting for more government responsibility hours before
what may appear to be known ageing military grade weapons hanging around the port and central district of Beirut
it fucking madness
*as an aside might of been in email contact with a company over the years with a site close to the blast site.. will find out more in the morning..
what may appear to be known ageing military grade weapons hanging around the port and central district of Beirut
it fucking madness
*as an aside might of been in email contact with a company over the years with a site close to the blast site.. will find out more in the morning..
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Cid
Proper break this time
5.4 kilotons
What a year this is turning out to be
I think that would make it the largest non-nuclear explosion...
It looks like a final massive high explosive detonation... Doesn't really look like the Tianjin or Texas ones. Possibly something similar to the explosion at the Evangelis Florakis naval base in 2011; poorly stored munitions. Just fucking grim though.
ricbake
working out how
10 o'clock news has deaths at 70 and rising injuries 3,700
The angle from google below suggest the big explosion was those silos suggested to contain an amonia chemical probably highly explosive.
The videos showing before the big explosions looked like some sort of ammunition dump on fire, shells and bullets exploding in all directions
some sort of military installation beside the silos?
The angle from google below suggest the big explosion was those silos suggested to contain an amonia chemical probably highly explosive.
The videos showing before the big explosions looked like some sort of ammunition dump on fire, shells and bullets exploding in all directions
some sort of military installation beside the silos?
Steel Icarus
we move
2750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate. Jesus.
I'm just waiting to hear what caused the first fire that must have been the catalyst for the huge explosion.
I'm just waiting to hear what caused the first fire that must have been the catalyst for the huge explosion.
Steel Icarus
we move
Dp
T & P
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IIRC certain fertilisers and grains are extremely volatile (and indeed are used by bomb makers). Talking out of my speculating arse here but the visible sonic boom cloud suggests to me a high velocity flammable agent like fertiliser is a highly likely candidate. Also likely to be stored in large quantities at a dock.I think that would make it the largest non-nuclear explosion...
It looks like a final massive high explosive detonation... Doesn't really look like the Tianjin or Texas ones. Possibly something similar to the explosion at the Evangelis Florakis naval base in 2011; poorly stored munitions. Just fucking grim though.
ricbake
working out how
2,500 tonnes of ammonium nitrate sitting there for 6 years according to a Lebanese interior minister via BBC News
Ammonium nitrate is a chemical compound with the chemical formula NH4NO3. It is a white crystalline solid and is highly soluble in water. It is predominantly used in agriculture as a high-nitrogen fertilizer. Its other major use is as a component of explosive mixtures used in mining, quarrying, and civil construction
Ammonium nitrate is a chemical compound with the chemical formula NH4NO3. It is a white crystalline solid and is highly soluble in water. It is predominantly used in agriculture as a high-nitrogen fertilizer. Its other major use is as a component of explosive mixtures used in mining, quarrying, and civil construction
kebabking
Not a Girly Swot, but I like them....
From Bellingcat...
www.bellingcat.com
Worth reading. Thorough and informed - and evidenced.
What Just Blew Up In Beirut? - bellingcat
Shortly before 6 PM Beirut time reports began flooding Twitter of a fire and a series of explosions in Beirut. It rapidly became evident that event was far more than a small industrial fire. Shortly after, videos and images of a vast explosion flooded onto social media. The video below is a...
www.bellingcat.com
Worth reading. Thorough and informed - and evidenced.
Cid
Proper break this time
Yeah, thing is it just doesn't look like the Tianjin or Texas explosions... And the large explosion is a 'single' blast (I don't mean a warhead or something, just unlike the other examples). It does form ANFO when mixed with fuel oil, but dunno whether that requires specific industrial processes. And maybe also depends on how it was stored/pressure etc. But since I know little more than fuck all about explosives, probably not much point in speculating further than that.
agricola
a genuine importer of owls
thats fake, surely?
Cid
Proper break this time
Nah, if you dig through his twitter you'll find someone bringing it up and him saying he deleted it due to unwise speculation.
Graymalkin
Ironclad Activist
As I recall Timothy McVey used ammonium nitrate in the Oklahoma City Bombing.
Raheem
Well-Known Member
Wishful thinking. Grim.
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