Explosion occurred at fireworks warehouse, according to local media
Dozens of videos out of the Port of Beirut in Lebanon flooded social media Tuesday showing a massive explosion engulf a large part of the city.
Footage from different vantage points throughout Beirut show a billowing column of smoke rising out of a warehouse near Port 12 when a sudden powerful explosion vaporizes several buildings accompanied by a forceful shock wave.
Stunning video shows explosions just minutes ago at Beirut port pic.twitter.com/ZjltF0VcTr
— Borzou Daragahi 🖊🗒 (@borzou) August 4, 2020
Another video I took of the massive explosion near #Beirut’s port. pic.twitter.com/MNt3wiNTLN
— Timour Azhari (@timourazhari) August 4, 2020
Video of the blast moments ago at #Beirut port. People across Beirut reporting windows blown out, doors blown off – absolutely massive explosion. pic.twitter.com/dyTZ1uXzYf
— Michael Downey (@mgdowney) August 4, 2020
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported that the explosion occurred in a fireworks warehouse, and some closer footage of the area does show fireworks going off before the big explosion hits.
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— Aurora Intel – #StayHome (@AuroraIntel) August 4, 2020
One Beirut witness who was several miles away from the site of the blast said her windows had been shattered by the explosion.
“What I felt was that it was an earthquake,” Rania Masri told CNN.
“The apartment shook horizontally and all of a sudden it felt like an explosion and the windows and doors burst open. The glass just broke. So many homes were damaged or destroyed.”
The Lebanese Health Minister said there were a “very high number of injuries” from the blast.
A reporter from France 24 claimed that all the buildings on her block were “completely destroyed”, and that everyone was “covered in glass and blood.”
All the buildings in my block are destroyed. Huge explosion in #Beirut. Everyone covered in glass and blood. https://t.co/KlqRPmdmUE
— Leila Molana-Allen (@Leila_MA) August 4, 2020
Footage of the aftermath shows the staggering scale of the destruction left behind by the blast.
BREAKING: Massive explosion in Beirut. Footage from the daily star office now in Lebanon pic.twitter.com/2uBsKP5wCH
— Ghada Alsharif (@GhadaaSharif) August 4, 2020
Beirut now pic.twitter.com/sBHH8C2l1f
— Elie W. Fawaz (@ElieFawaz) August 4, 2020
Fireworks explosion?! I felt like I’m dying, I still can’t believe it #Lebanon #Beirut pic.twitter.com/EMTS470FOH
— Ahmad M. Yassine | أحمد م. ياسين (@Lobnene_Blog) August 4, 2020
#BREAKING A big explosion in Beirut pic.twitter.com/yKGoIHHs2q
— INTELSky (@Intel_Sky) August 4, 2020
صور حصرية خاصة لـ #العربية تكشف سقوط عشرات الجرحى جراء انفجار بيروت وبعضهم حالته خطرة pic.twitter.com/Mx43EO8EwN
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