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50 die, 2,700 injure as Massive explosion rocks Beirut

Interior minister says explosion at port appears to have been caused by ammonium nitrate stored in warehouse.

Muslim News Nigeria by Muslim News Nigeria
August 4, 2020
in Muslim News, News
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50 die, 2,700 injure as Massive explosion rocks Beirut

The massive explosion on Tuesday at Beirut’s port sent shockwaves across the city, causing widespread damage to buildings and shattering windows in different parts of the capital.

The exact cause of the explosion was not immediately clear. Mohammed Fahmi, Lebanon’s interior minister, said it appeared to have been caused by ammonium nitrate that was stored in a warehouse at the port.

Lebanese Health Minister Hassan Hamad says at least 50 people have been killed and more than 2,700 are wounded in a massive explosion at the port in Lebanon’s capital, Beirut.

Helicopters circling the port area were trying to extinguish a large fire.

At Hotel Dieu hospital, dozens of people trying to enter were being turned away.

After a man was pronounced dead, a young woman told an infant child, “Youssef, dad is in heaven.” One man collapsed on the hospital floor and smacked it, while another man said “it’s a catastrophe”.

Several people on board an Italian ship docked near the explosion site, the Orient Queen, were wounded and taken to hospital.

“The ship is totally destroyed – the cabins the lounge, everything,” Vincenco Orlandini, a 69-year-old crew member, told Al Jazeera.

“I heard the blast and I flew to the opposite of the lobby, then I landed on the carpet and I’m lucky, I think that saved me.”

Video of the explosion taken by Al Jazeera shows a large column of smoke billowing from an area of the port that houses large warehouses before a large orange explosion is seen and huge dome-shaped blast wave shoots into the air.

People help a man who was wounded in a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. Massive explosions rocked downtown Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the port, damaging buildings and blowing out windows and doors as a giant mushroom cloud rose above the capital. Witnesses saw many people injured by flying glass and debris. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Glass storefronts and windowpanes across the city were shattered in the explosion, while videos and pictures shared on social media showed doors ripped from their hinges and ceilings filled with gaping holes.

A civil defence worker who has worked in the sector for 20 years was in disbelief at the scale of the damage.

“I’ve seen the assassinations and the explosions but this is something else. There is something wrong here,” the worker said.

The explosion in Beirut port comes as the country faces an unprecedented financial crisis and a surging coronavirus outbreak.

Located in the heart of capital, the port is a vital piece of infrastructure used to get scarce goods in the country.

Damaged in the explosion were silos containing wheat that burned for several hours.

Source: Aljazeera English

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Comments 4

  1. Olapade, Tayo Sabit says:
    2 years ago

    Inallilahi wa INA illei rahihuna. May Allah forgive the diseased, give their families and friends the fortitude to bear the loss; and replenish the loss.

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    • Chiroma says:
      2 years ago

      Amin ya Allah

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  2. Sherifat Ladipo- Hassan says:
    2 years ago

    Inna lillahi wa inna li ilayhi rajiun
    May Allah forgive the dead and cure the living

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    • Chiroma says:
      2 years ago

      Amin ya Rabb.

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