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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 ...
Orient Queen arrived in Beirut on 27 June 2020 following a 22-day voyage from King Abdullah Port in Saudi Arabia. [2] On 4 August, the vessel was severely damaged by an ammonium nitrate explosion while moored at its berth. The ship was left listing to starboard. Two crew, both Filipino nationals, were killed [7] and several people injured.
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 ...
On 14 April 2022, the Lebanese government ordered the demolition of Beirut’s grain silos, which are at risk of collapse after the 2020 port explosion. [11] On 31 July and 4 August 2022, exactly 2 years after the explosion, the northern parts of the existing grain silos fell down. [12]
Lebanon on Friday marks the third anniversary of the Beirut port explosion which killed at least 220 people, wounded thousands, and damaged swathes of the city. Judge Fadi Sawan appointed by the ...
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 ...
Fadi Sawan ( Arabic: فادي صوّان, born in 1960 [1]) is a Lebanese military investigative judge, who became known after being assigned with the immense task of investigating the 2020 Beirut Port explosion, [2] one of the largest non-nuclear blasts in history, [3] [4] the 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate that killed more than 200 people ...