All hospitals in Beirut now full and cannot accept any new patients. Injured being transported to hospitals outside the city.
Giant Explosion In Lebanon
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
One saving grace i can think is that it was by the sea. If it was completely surrounded by high dense structures then the death toll would be much higher. Hopefully half the blast went out to sea.
Google earth tells me aswell that there is a hospital very nearby.
Dreading to hear the death toll.
Google earth tells me aswell that there is a hospital very nearby.
Dreading to hear the death toll.
Sodium nitrate
Please stay safe, all caftards in the area/city. Hoping the casualties are zero/minimal.
I've heard whispers of munitions potentially being inside, you heard anything?.
These rumors are not true at all.
Oh my lord, that’s astonishing.
I hope they aren't.
If we're seeing this video from so close presumably this person survived... and can that potentially mean that somehow the explosion "looks" worse than the impact it had on the people and structures in the area? Like in any way more debris that actual structural damage/collapses? Clutching at straws here...
Guessing most of these were live vids I’m afraid.
There's someone close by saying something in the last second.
Never seen a normal explosion make a mushroom cloud like that though.
Mate im gutted im away for season 5
. Wish i bought my console out here, we have wifi in the flat 
.That or an LNG tank in the harbor were my first guesses on the large explosion.
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The white wave coming out of the explosion towards the city is not water, it's compressed air. Same as in the sonic booms of jet aircraft.
I find it hard to believe that's just fireworks. That's some very heavy ordnance shit that went off at once.
I find it hard to believe that's just fireworks. That's some very heavy ordnance shit that went off at once.
That was an amazing video. the shock wave from that 
Shocking. My thoughts go to anybody who lost someone close to them in this explosion.
Probably an enormous amount of fertilizer, yeah.
Hopefully the number of casualties is low. RIP to the victims.
Hopefully the number of casualties is low. RIP to the victims.
Damn, thats crazy.
Thoughts with everyone affected.
Thoughts with everyone affected.
Yep.
I've seen fireworks factories going up before and they were nothing like that.
Is it possible the mushroom cloud was water vapor?
Also, I seem to recall a massive fireworks factory that went up in recent memory, perhaps in China. Massive blast.
There's also the fertilizer plant in West, TX, that so massive it registered on the Richter scale. There was also a big blast along the coast of Texas when a gas plant went up.
Can't recall if any of these blasts produced a mushroom cloud of sorts.
Also, I seem to recall a massive fireworks factory that went up in recent memory, perhaps in China. Massive blast.
There's also the fertilizer plant in West, TX, that so massive it registered on the Richter scale. There was also a big blast along the coast of Texas when a gas plant went up.
Can't recall if any of these blasts produced a mushroom cloud of sorts.
This is what I've just been told who has been on the phone to family there - take this at face value please:
Basically, a fireworks factory was on fire on the port in Beirut, and there was a big supply of ammonium nitrate which is used for explosives in a warehouse. That substance explodes the second it feels heat so the first fire was from the factory, the second big explosion was from the nitrate
Basically, a fireworks factory was on fire on the port in Beirut, and there was a big supply of ammonium nitrate which is used for explosives in a warehouse. That substance explodes the second it feels heat so the first fire was from the factory, the second big explosion was from the nitrate
In Germany was it not? Enchede or something.
Mushroom clouds are a rolling fireball of hot ionised air.
Enschede is correct. That's in the Netherlands though. It was in 2000:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enschede_fireworks_disaster
Did those skyscrapers survive the blast? I can't quite work it out from the videos.
RIP to far to many people.
RIP to far to many people.
To be clear, ammonium nitrate is primarily used as a fertilizer, but it is very unstable and can be used as an explosive, as in the Oklahoma City bombing or at mining quarries.
Netherlands, thats right.
The one I was thinking occurred in Tianjin in 2015.
That was a very large explosion for fireworks. Warehouse or not.
That's what sent the West, TX, plant up.
This one still amazes me every time I see it. It looks like the sun is exploding or something.
Turns out it is pretty stable, unless it is exposed to heat or other incendiary objects, like bits of fireworks, possibly.
Open fires are practically not supposed to happen in modern ports anymore. I work in shipping and remember being given a tour of Rotterdam port a few years ago and from a non-experts pov it looked damn impressive how streamlined and safe it it all looked. Strict port regulations and safety procedures/equipment are there to drive open fire risks almost down to zero. Provided the port is designed with them in mind and the personnel strictly follow them of course.
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Fireworks me arse.
Just saw a tweet from earlier saying that Israeli media are reporting that Israel have targeted a storage for Hezbollah weapons depot at the Beirut port