A MASSIVE explosion takes place in Lebanon

[Britneyarmy8]

5 hours ago, britisthecolor said:

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.

fireworks are literally so dumb and such a waste

[Asajka]

They say in the news that it was a saltpeter respository that have blown up.

[myonlywish]

If you can, please donate to help the people of Beirut

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/restorebeirut2020?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socpledgedesktop&utm_content=restorebeirut2020&utm_campaign=post-pledge-desktop&utm_term=w2rKeDdQb

[Koda100]

The is incredibly frightening and sad, and a reminder to share more love and kindness because you just never know... 

[Exaholic]

They are saying the cause of the explosion was due to a mass amount of ammonium nitrate being stored in one of the warehouses there.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/05/ammonium-nitrate-what-is-the-chemical-blamed-for-blast-in-lebanese-capital

[Blackout2006]

19 hours ago, Britneyarmy8 said:

fireworks are literally so dumb and such a waste

People are always talking about how much harm fireworks do to the enviorment, but us Indians never fail to burst them for celebrations such as Diwali. Tch, atleast use the enviorment-friendly ones!

[Britneyarmy8]

2 hours ago, Blackout2006 said:

People are always talking about how much harm fireworks do to the enviorment, but us Indians never fail to burst them for celebrations such as Diwali. Tch, atleast use the enviorment-friendly ones!

Good thing my state in the us banned them 

we just do sparklers and one or two of those ones that shoot sparks 

[Thurafatale9]

It is being said that 2700 tons of ammonium nitrate was stored there and that it caused the explosion.

[conceptuel]

A 'small' update on the situation: 300,000 are declared homeless (Beirut counts 360,000 inhabitants without its suburbs).

 

Once again disappointed by Shakira who didn't use properly her platform for Lebanon, despite being half Lebanese & using its culture massively throughout her career. Sad. Just a poor little RT, she should take several notes from Dua Lipa who explained the situation & promoted many ways of helping in Twitter and Instagram (c'mon Shakira, u have so much more followers on insta ) 

Low-key disappointed by some celebs also, esp. the ones who twitted for Notre-Dame & shared donations websites 

[Britneyarmy8]

50 minutes ago, conceptuel said:

A 'small' update on the situation: 300,000 are declared homeless (Beirut counts 360,000 inhabitants without its suburbs).

 

Once again disappointed by Shakira who didn't use properly her platform for Lebanon, despite being half Lebanese & using its culture massively throughout her career. Sad. Just a poor little RT, she should take several notes from Dua Lipa who explained the situation & promoted many ways of helping in Twitter and Instagram (c'mon Shakira, u have so much more followers on insta ) 

Low-key disappointed by some celebs also, esp. the ones who twitted for Notre-Dame & shared donations websites 

I am angry as well 

she doesn’t control her media tho but that’s no excuse 

this guy named xavi does