A MASSIVE explosion takes place in Lebanon

[Blackout2006]

44 minutes ago, Barajas said:

A friend of mine who lives in the suburbs of Beirut (not even in the city where the explosion happened) ended up in the hospital because of the expansive wave.

OMG I hope there has been any update on him!? I will keep him in my prayers tonight  
2020 sucks

[TSmidnighTS]

Saw this trending. So scary. Love and prayers to all involved.

[Mattyj7883]

What the heck is going on this year?!  I pray for those who were involved and injured from this.  So sad.  😔

[xzede25]

The videos are insane.

Imagine the fire department people trying to calm the fire down an dthen tehe xplosion occurs. Everyone nearby is eitehr dead or badly hurt.

 

[Blackout2006]

I hope the casualty numbers are not as high as anticipated. This is such a horrible moment! My heart reaches out to those people in Lebanon. I saw more videos of it and my heart skipped a beat. Some people even said, the sound was so big that it was even heard in Cyprus. I really hope everyone is safe.

[OnlyBeyonce]

OMG looks like an atomic bomb explosion 

[Blackout2006]

2 minutes ago, OnlyBeyonce said:

OMG looks like an atomic bomb explosion 

The explosion looked so huge and scary, and I even feel what the camera and video show is a understatement to how big the explosion would’ve been.

[TikTikBish]

We're honestly living in a horror movie with this year... Things keeps being unreal, pray for their recovery 

[conceptuel]

Some new information y'all, the situation is very critical:

- hundreds of people are still under the rabble, a UN vessel has been damaged & several soldiers are wounded, thousands of people injured, dozens of buildings are destroyed

- Lebanese authorities are advising the people in Beirut to leave the city if they can because of toxic substances in the air due to the explosion. An orange cloud is up in the air, and it is reportedly due to more than 2,700 tons of nitrate of ammonium that have caused the explosion. 

- The explosion has been heard in Cyprus (230 kilometres from Beirut).

- The seaport is completely destroyed (reminder: 90% of world trades are exchanged by the sea...) & several stocks are destroyed: billions of dollars of commodities destroyed

 

- Hospitals are damaged & saturated, many victims are transferred in other hospitals of the country

(not adding graphic content, some may not appreciate the view of blood)

 

 

This explosion is really happening in a bad time in Lebanon, in the midst of a political, health & economical crisis. The damage seems incredibly huge (a seaport costs billions of dollars, hospital material is hugely expansive, and it occurred in an expensive place in the city) and Lebanon is probably going to face an even worse crisis... 

The high buildings didn't fall, the second picture is a close-up compared to the first one, however, most of them have shattered windows and others damaged foundations & pillars

 

[SloppyToppyGoddess]

I thought this was a special effects fake video at first because I've only seen things like this in movies. After research it confirmed real. Sooo scary. God help them all. I wonder what is the confirmed cause of the explosion is? So many theories floating around. 

[OnlyBeyonce]

36 minutes ago, Blackout2006 said:

The explosion looked so huge and scary, and I even feel what the camera and video show is a understatement to how big the explosion would’ve been.

yes, the second one look bigger than the first one. I don't think only fireworks can do these damages

[Barajas]

1 hour ago, Blackout2006 said:

OMG I hope there has been any update on him!? I will keep him in my prayers tonight  
2020 sucks

Aw.. thanks for asking 
She just texted me some minutes ago, she received some stiches on her head in the hospital, she says that after the explosions there were crystals flying everywhere and a lot of people was injured.
Fortunately she is now home ..

[Isla]

1 hour ago, Barajas said:

Aw.. thanks for asking 
She just texted me some minutes ago, she received some stiches on her head in the hospital, she says that after the explosions there were crystals flying everywhere and a lot of people was injured.
Fortunately she is now home ..

Oh I’m so glad to hear your friend is okay! That must have been terrifying for her. I don’t think I’ve seen an explosion so big before. Well, except in movies but that’s fictional.

[MortalMarshmallow]

5 hours ago, conceptuel said:

Some new information y'all, the situation is very critical:

- hundreds of people are still under the rabble, a UN vessel has been damaged & several soldiers are wounded, thousands of people injured, dozens of buildings are destroyed

- Lebanese authorities are advising the people in Beirut to leave the city if they can because of toxic substances in the air due to the explosion. An orange cloud is up in the air, and it is reportedly due to more than 2,700 tons of nitrate of ammonium that have caused the explosion. 

- The explosion has been heard in Cyprus (230 kilometres from Beirut).

- The seaport is completely destroyed (reminder: 90% of world trades are exchanged by the sea...) & several stocks are destroyed: billions of dollars of commodities destroyed

 

- Hospitals are damaged & saturated, many victims are transferred in other hospitals of the country

(not adding graphic content, some may not appreciate the view of blood)

 

 

This explosion is really happening in a bad time in Lebanon, in the midst of a political, health & economical crisis. The damage seems incredibly huge (a seaport costs billions of dollars, hospital material is hugely expansive, and it occurred in an expensive place in the city) and Lebanon is probably going to face an even worse crisis... 

The high buildings didn't fall, the second picture is a close-up compared to the first one, however, most of them have shattered windows and others damaged foundations & pillars

 

This is like some ww2 league explosion. And the biggest in almost fifty years since Chernobyl i think? I’ve never heard of such a thing taking place in my lifetime 🤯😭

[kypryan]

i have a friend who's from lebanon i texted him to see if he's ok etc he told me (we lost our home, but family and i we're fine, just happy to be alive)  i can't believe that 2020 still sucks even more day by day  

[conceptuel]

18 minutes ago, MortalMarshmallow said:

This is like some ww2 league explosion. And the biggest in almost fifty years since Chernobyl i think? I’ve never heard of such a thing taking place in my lifetime 🤯😭

I wouldn’t be able to answer that question, as the circumstances are different for each case (Lebanon isn’t a war zone & it occurred in a very dense place: the capital city & such a thing doesn’t occur that often). In terms of structure, it’s a mix between Switzerland & Miami. Considering that it is a small country (4-5 million inhabitants), the damage is pretty huge and the consequences are probably going to be quite disastrous (there’s 1 million Syrian war refugees in the country rn, 20-25% of the population) economically-speaking, as the cost to rebuild a capital is high expensive. 

21 minutes ago, kypryan said:

i have a friend who's from lebanon i texted him to see if he's ok etc he told me (we lost our home, but family and i we're fine, just happy to be alive) that was insane, i can't believe that 2020 still sucks even more day by day  

Glad that your friend is ok!

Did he stay in Beirut? I’ve heard that the authorities advised the citizens to move to another city because of chemical products... I hope that they’ll be fine!

[ExXL]

This is really sad and scary , like someone said before, in 2020 my biggest achievement is to be alive. Sad times , I really hope next year will be kind to all of us . 

[Marlean]

I'll be honest. I first saw this on Twitter and thought that it had to be a fake since it was so HUGE and no news had reported it yet by then. But then a few minutes later, I realized it was a true fact. Omg. I bet the deathtoll will just go up. Poor people! 

It was quite obvious that this was something more than just "fireworks" or whatever they first claimed it to be. Fireworks factories have been burning in China before and none have made this damage. 

[kypryan]

8 hours ago, conceptuel said:

Glad that your friend is ok!

Did he stay in Beirut? I’ve heard that the authorities advised the citizens to move to another city because of chemical products... I hope that they’ll be fine!

i don't know bc we didn't talked that much only that one message, i didn't want to bother him with more questions you know  

[britisthecolor]

18 hours ago, Towelney said:

Some say it was due to a firework factory exploding.

there must be something else to cause a huge explosion like this one but if that's the reason (or if it's also a factor), it'll trigger me so much.the same thing happened here in turkey a while ago (I mean, it wasn't as big but people died and it caused damage).fireworks are unnecessary and hurt animals (give birds heart attacks and kill them, scares other animals etc), it's bad for nature/environment and they also can kill people apparently.

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back to the topic, whatever the reason is, if it happened due to neglect...I don't even know how to explain myself.I am so upset.death is always saddening but when I see lots of people of different ages dying or getting severely injured in accidents or something, it hits differently.and the people who survived it are going to keep on suffering because of the after-effects.let alone living it yourself, thinking about it is depressing.