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Displaced. ≈300,000. On 4 August 2020, a large amount of ammonium nitrate stored at the Port of Beirut in the capital city of Lebanon exploded, causing at least 218 deaths, 7,000 injuries, and US$ 15 billion in property damage, as well as leaving an estimated 300,000 people homeless. A cargo of 2,750 tonnes of the substance (equivalent to ...
A huge explosion rocked Beirut, flattening much of the city's port, damaging buildings across the capital and sending a giant mushroom cloud into the sky.
BEIRUT (AP) — Residents of Beirut confronted a scene of utter devastation Wednesday, a day after a massive explosion at the port rippled across the Lebanese capital, killing at least 100 people ...
For many, the explosions also brought back painful memories of the deadly 2020 explosion at the Beirut port, when chemicals stored in a warehouse accidentally exploded, killing more than 200 ...
Kōriyama explosion [100] 3 August 2020 North Korea: Hyesan: 15 Unknown A gas explosion burned several homes and caused at least 10 other explosions. [101] 4 August 2020 Lebanon: Beirut: 218 7,500 2020 Beirut explosion – An explosion damaged the port of Beirut, causing $15+ billion in damages. 300,000 people were also displaced. [102] [103] 4 ...
2020s in Beirut. Ammonium nitrate disasters. August 2020 events in Lebanon. Explosions in 2020. Explosions in Beirut. Fires in Lebanon. Industrial fires and explosions. Maritime incidents in 2020. 2020 disasters in Lebanon.
The explosion that gouged a crater in Beirut's portside and sent a devastating shockwave through the city would have been a catastrophe for any country. It came right when the country is already ...
Beirut: August 4, 2020: 218 2,750 2020 Beirut explosion: On August 4, a major fire broke out in a Port of Beirut warehouse and spread to 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate which had been impounded and stored for six years after it was seized from an abandoned ship in 2014.