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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.
The blast is thought to have been set off by a fire at a warehouse just after 6 p.m. (1600 GMT) on Aug. 4, 2020, detonating hundreds of tonnes of ammonium nitrate.
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 ...
3 June 2020: 2020 Dahej chemical plant explosion. Five deaths and more than fifty people injured. [100] August 4, 2020: 2020 Beirut explosions. A massive explosion of a large cache of ammonium nitrate at the Port of Beirut flattened much of the port and damaged buildings throughout the city. More than 200 people were killed and over 7000 injured.
On 4 August 2020, a warehouse containing 2,750 tonnes (3,030 short tons) of ammonium nitrate exploded following a fire in the Port of Beirut, Lebanon. The explosion generated a pressure wave felt more than 240 kilometres (150 mi) away.
Three years after Beirut’s massive port explosion, attempts to prosecute those responsible are mired in political intrigue, the final death toll remains disputed and many Lebanese have less ...
Orient Queen was a former cruise ship built in 1989 for the company Mar Lines by the Unión Naval de Levante [] shipyard in Valencia, Spain. [1] On 4 August 2020, the ship was badly damaged by an explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, near where she was berthed, and subsequently capsized.