Beirut: A massive explosion shook Lebanon's capital Beirut on Tuesday wounding a number people and causing widespread damage.
The afternoon blast shook several parts of the capital and thick smoke billowed from the city centre. Residents reported windows being blown out and a false ceilings dropping.
The explosion appeared to be centred around Beirut's port and caused wide scale destruction and shattered windows miles away.
An Associated Press photographer near Beirut's port witnessed people wounded on the ground and widespread destruction in central Beirut.
Some local TV stations reported the blast was at Beirut's port inside an area where firecrackers were stored.
Second explosion in Beirut apparently from a firework factory pic.twitter.com/pVo9r02Pc5
— troy (@troy4realz) August 4, 2020
omg look at the buildings wtf the whole city turned the ash!! i’m praying for everyone in beirut.. this is terrible pic.twitter.com/CQXwaVtpNy
— ˏˋhum⁷ˎˊ (@B7KUGO) August 4, 2020
Fireworks storage was exploding just before the huge explosion, this video is filmed about 100 metres from the major explosion #Beirut #Lebanon pic.twitter.com/tM0vYuZo8u
— CNW (@ConflictsW) August 4, 2020
Good God! What happened in Beirut?!
— Obianuju Ekeocha (@obianuju) August 4, 2020
Pls pray for those in Beirut who’ll be faced today with loss of life, health & home.
Btw,I find it disturbing that this happened so close to 75th remembrance of Hiroshima
(no conspiracy theory here,I’m just observing).pic.twitter.com/K4SlByZdaJ
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