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[Birdo]

This explosion is nuts! (No news of casualties yet)

The firework fire is reported to have set off a stockpile of explosive material (Ammonium nitrate). Which was stored close by.

EDIT 2: 137 dead and still 10s missing, with over 5000 wounded.

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

Goodness, how many dead?

That looked insane, like the sort of thing you shouldn't be allowed to film.

 

[triplestation]

 

[Airbus Jr]

Fallout 3 explotion is the first thing in my mind and you posted this

Seriously this is a fireworks explosion?

More like a nuclear detonation there

 

[Joyful]

that is pretty crazy.

 

[008]

That was one heck of an explosion. Wow!

 

[Husky]

This airport, allegedly 10km from the blast, has been affected as well. I'm not seeing any reports of deaths yet, that's a nice sign.

 

[King of Foxes]

 

[nkarafo]

I saw that and at first i thought it was fake.

 

[DragoonKain]

Even with an accident, what could cause an entire building to explode at that magnitude, even in a fireworks warehouse?

 

[Aggressive Carrot]

Holy balls that looks terrifying.

 

[ManaByte]

Michael Bay just jizzed in his pants.

 

[nkarafo]

An explosion like that looks like it could kill thousands but it seems there was already some smaller explosions before that, which means people probably abandoned the area.

 

[Husky]

Holy balls that looks terrifying.

Recoiled when I first saw, looked devastating, just the sheer size of it.

 

[Melon]

I will not be posting it here, but there are definitely casualties. People have been posting videos on "ground zero" there and you can see incinerated corpses everywhere. My heart goes out to all those affected by it. I can't imagine seeing that firsthand.

 

[NickFire]

Was that really from fireworks going off?

 

[slugbahr]

Damn

 

[Husky]

I'm seeing footage confirming deaths. Some of their clothing was burnt right off them.

 

[adamosmaki]

I live in Cyprus in a town about 200 km off the coast of Lebanon and i felt the explosion here. Scary stuff. Must have been a huge explosion to feel it that far away

 

[Revolutionary]

Holy shit...

 

[LaughingStock]

Scary shit. I wonder how many have died.

 

[Husky]

It honestly looks apocalyptic

 

[LisaMariaMartin]

Looks more like a silo explosion

 

[EviLore]

Hiroshima, Nagasaki....Beirut Fireworks Factory

 

[xrnzaaas]

Must've been some Godzilla fireworks, the explosion was huge.

 

[Daffy Duck]

The fuck....that starts off with just some fireworks then escalates quickly to a ducking bomb going off with a mushroom cloud, Jesus.

 

[kruis]

 

[ManaByte]

 

[Aggressive Carrot]

Recoiled when I first saw, looked devastating, just the sheer size of it.

Same here. Looks devastating.

 

[sonomamashine]

Waw, shit was nuclear.

 

[sonomamashine]

Is this related to the conflict with israel ?

 

[Tesseract]

rip to lost souls, that's a shocking amount of power

 

[Prison Mike]

Hiroshima, Nagasaki....Beirut Fireworks Factory

How big were the fucking fireworks

 

[manfestival]

Man all the aftermath stuff is so sad to see. The explosion looks cool but it is so incredibly costly.

 

[Hudo]

What's up with that big ass explosion? We're they hiding a hydrogen bomb in there? Does Beirut still exist?

 

[Melon]

Here's the explosion in slow-motion. Shit is brutal.

 

[Prison Mike]

Here's the explosion in slow-motion. Shit is brutal.

That ain't no firework

 

[Airbus Jr]

Fireworks really can do something like that ?

Looks like a ww2 bomb explosion

 

[EviLore]

Live cam:

 

[ManaByte]

That ain't no firework

Hezbolla likes to keep their missiles hidden among the general population. Human shields.

 

[Leopold]

It was felt here in Northern Israel. Be strong Lebanese friends! Our prayers are with you guys.

 

[Stiflers Mom]

To be honest, my first thought was that this looks like a small nuclear bomb as well.
Holy shit.

 

[Daffy Duck]

Sounds like reports coming in that it's not a fireworks factory that went up

 

[Sakura]

How on Earth could that be a fireworks explosion?

 

[EviLore]

This looks like military ordnance at a glance.

 

[Birdo]

How on Earth could that be a fireworks explosion?

It's actually happend before. Even bigger.

 

[EviLore]

 

[Husky]

Via a Middle East Eye corresponder

BREAKING — The Beirut explosion caused by highly explosive sodium nitrate confiscated from a ship more than a year ago and were placed in one of the warehouses located in the port — Sources to LBCI

 

[Echelon]

Jesus fuck.

 

[Husky]

Video of a crowded hospital. Seems hard not to step in blood.

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