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Beirut explosion: Security sources say ‘welding’ may have caused deadly blast

Beirut is reeling after a colossal explosion rocked the port area on Tuesday with many injured and homes damaged - the daylight revealing post-apocalyptic scenes of destruction.

Just because our systems are already heavily stressed, that doesn't mean more tragedies can't pile on.

Blast occurred after a warehouse with highly explosive material caught fire; Trump says U.S. military leaders cite ‘a bomb of some kind’

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Customs correspondence raises questions about negligence that may have led to the massive blast in Lebanon's capital.

Residents of Beirut awoke to a scene of utter devastation on Wednesday, a day after a massive explosion at the port sent shock waves across the Lebanese capital, killing at least 100 people and wounding thousands.

Smoke was still rising from the port, where towering grain silos had been shattered.

A massive explosion rocked the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Tuesday evening, leaving dozens dead and thousands injured.

A warehouse storing thousands of tons of unsecured highly explosive material has emerged as a possible source of the massive blast that ripped through the Lebanese capital on Tuesday, killing nearly 80 people, injuring 4,000 and sending a shock wave across th…

Nearly 4,000 people reported injured as Lebanese officials say toll expected to rise

More than 4,000 people reported injured as Lebanese officials say toll expected to rise

Lebanese rescue workers search rubble for survivors after powerful warehouse blast

Lebanese rescue workers dug through rubble looking for survivors of a powerful warehouse explosion that shook the capital Beirut yesterday, killing more than 100 people and injuring nearly 4,000, a toll that officials expect to rise.

More than 4,000 were injured after a fire at the capital's port exploded into a mushroom cloud.

Tuesday's explosion was devastating even for a city that has endured a 15-year civil war, suicide bombings, foreign bombardments, and political assassinations.

For combustion to occur, oxygen must be present. Ammonium nitrate prills provide a much more concentrated supply of oxygen than the air around us.

Middle East News: BEIRUT: The mega-blast that tore through Lebanon's capital with the force of an earthquake, killing more than 100 people and injuring over 4,000, resu.

I eyeballed the big Beirut explosion and thought it was 1000 tons of explosive, however, it was 2750 tons of A

"People are scared for their lives ... being here and not being able to help, it makes one feel useless."

Middle East News: A massive explosion rocked Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the city's port, damaging buildings across the capital and sending a giant mushroom c

President Donald Trump's Tuesday coronavirus briefing featured more Trump dishonesty about the pandemic, another repeated false claim about voter fraud and a sensational but uncorroborated claim about the deadly explosion in Beirut.

It's an earthquake, I thought, as the CNN bureau in central Beirut shook Tuesday with a violence I'd never felt before. I crouched down on the floor, waiting for more tremors.

The deadly explosion in Beirut has been blamed on thousands of tonnes of the chemical used in fertilisers and explosives

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RT @megaphone_news: Greek authorities detained Lebanese freedom fighter Souha Bechara for hours at Athens airport on Tuesday night before s…

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RT @AmnestyEU: In light of continued failure of Lebanese Authorities to conduct an effective & transparent investigation into the 2020 Beir…

RT @emilykschrader: The occupation of Lebanon by the Islamic republic of Iran continues: this disgusting billboard was put up in Beirut nea…

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Remembering the July war on #Lebanon in pictures. A Lebanese woman is seen reacting emotionally while witnessing the destruction of her destroyed apartment by an Israeli air strike in the suburbs of #Beirut, Lebanon. The woman, Kamila Samhat, would later become a symbol of… https://t.co/ekf5Kd2CrE https://t.co/ioG9OSA34e

RT @mona_fawaz: I realized we were mad, but I admit being in disbelief- that all the bishops of Beirut and 4 deputies find that the current…

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RT @ThisIsBeirut_: Mother of Abused Baby: My Daughter Has Eating Disorder Now A #kindergarten in #Jdeideh area was shut down following a c…

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At least 3 people have been wounded in a blast, the nature of which remains unknown, in the town of Al Bustan, Lebanon, according to Al Jazeera. #Lebanon #Lebanese #Arab #Beirut #news #breaking

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RT @IranObserver0: A new billboard was hung today on the airport road in Beirut to commemorate the Second Lebanon War (2006) and the defeat…

RT @megaphone_news: Greek authorities detained Lebanese freedom fighter Souha Bechara for hours at Athens airport on Tuesday night before s…