Explosion in Beirut

[Ascender]

Holy

Fucking

Shit

[mik]

My eldest just sent me that

[Barry]

Saw the tweet, came straight here. Holy cow.

[Mito Man]

That was a firecracker factory?!

[Beany]

That was a fucking big bang. (no gore or owt, just the docks shortly after)



Rumours abound of fireworks storage and a grain silo in the area, neither of which have a reputation for burning in a controlled manner.

[ShockDiamonds]

Surprised we didn’t that from here!

[Zonda_]

There’s another video on Twitter from a different angle

[Swervin_Mervin]

Fuck. Me! I'd already seen the article on the news but was not expecting that!

[Zonda_]

Local news saying 10 dead, I reckon you can stick two 0’s on that.

[Beany]

Apparently confiscated explosive material was stored in that area.



Seen that also stated by a BBC foreign language correspondent.

[Ascender]

Yeah, there’s a few different angles all the explosion, i guess because it was burning first and each are as incredibly scary as each other.

[Mito Man]

Genius storing explosive material in a major city. Then again that place is run by Hezbollah isn’t it...

[Mito Man]

The most amazing thing for me is seeing the debris rise off the ground - I thought that was just a Hollywood bollocks special effect!

[V8Granite]

Wow, that’s one hell of a lot of energy!!

Dave!

[speedingfine]

This thread is barmy. Poor fcukers.

[GG.]

Unbelievable destructive power to produce that sound level so far away. I knew it was coming but it still made me jump.

[DeskJockey]

Friend's husband is Lebanese. He's from Beirut. Family is safe, they're still tracking down friends. Awful situation.

[Simon]

Apparently it could be heard 150miles away in Cyprus.

[nuttinnew]

[Beany]

Apparently it could be heard 150miles away in Cyprus.

Similarly, I understand it was somewhere in the region of a 5 on the Richter scale, which is pretty fucking mind boggling.