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Beirut - massive explosion there 17:02 - Aug 4 with 8935 viewsSteve_M

Looks grim.



Possibly fireworks that have exploded.

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Beirut - massive explosion there on 17:03 - Aug 4 with 4237 viewsDanTheMan

Bloody hell, I thought the original part of the video looked bad enough but that explosion was something else.

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Beirut - massive explosion there on 17:07 - Aug 4 with 4210 viewsElderGrizzly

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Beirut - massive explosion there on 17:07 - Aug 4 with 4203 viewsjeera

Beirut - massive explosion there on 17:03 - Aug 4 by DanTheMan

Bloody hell, I thought the original part of the video looked bad enough but that explosion was something else.


I was about to say precisely that too.

I thought the initial fire with explosions was the incident, and wasn't expecting that.

Holy crap, that looks terrible.

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Beirut - massive explosion there on 17:08 - Aug 4 with 4193 viewsSteve_M

Beirut - massive explosion there on 17:03 - Aug 4 by DanTheMan

Bloody hell, I thought the original part of the video looked bad enough but that explosion was something else.


Whatever caused the secondary explosion may have just arrived from Ukraine:


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Beirut - massive explosion there on 17:10 - Aug 4 with 4170 viewsDanTheMan

BBC Link up now:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-53656220

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Beirut - massive explosion there on 17:11 - Aug 4 with 4161 viewsElderGrizzly

Beirut - massive explosion there on 17:08 - Aug 4 by Steve_M

Whatever caused the secondary explosion may have just arrived from Ukraine:



Local news appears to be saying fireworks

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Beirut - massive explosion there on 17:17 - Aug 4 with 4114 viewsElderGrizzly

Beirut - massive explosion there on 17:10 - Aug 4 by DanTheMan

BBC Link up now:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-53656220


There are just people wandering past the scene now, so you’d assume someone would stop them if it was explosives or anything more sinister
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Beirut - massive explosion there on 17:19 - Aug 4 with 4116 viewsGuthrum

That looks like an ammo dump (or vessel carrying ammunition, looking at other posts). First the flickering of individual rounds going off, then a big explosion.

Currently, Lebanon is going through a serious economic crisis, on top of being only marginally stable politically. Hopefully this does not presage things kicking off.

Tho it might be Hizbollah trying to circumvent arms embargoes to Syria by shipping them therough their networks in Lebanon.

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Beirut - massive explosion there on 17:20 - Aug 4 with 4098 viewsgiant_stow

fck a dck.

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Beirut - massive explosion there on 17:26 - Aug 4 with 4077 viewsGuthrum

Beirut - massive explosion there on 17:11 - Aug 4 by ElderGrizzly

Local news appears to be saying fireworks



Might be that. There was a bad one in the Netherlands some years ago.

See especially what happens just after the four minute mark:



And this clip:



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enschede_fireworks_disaster
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Beirut - massive explosion there on 18:11 - Aug 4 with 3908 viewsRegencyBlue

Beirut - massive explosion there on 17:19 - Aug 4 by Guthrum

That looks like an ammo dump (or vessel carrying ammunition, looking at other posts). First the flickering of individual rounds going off, then a big explosion.

Currently, Lebanon is going through a serious economic crisis, on top of being only marginally stable politically. Hopefully this does not presage things kicking off.

Tho it might be Hizbollah trying to circumvent arms embargoes to Syria by shipping them therough their networks in Lebanon.


Certainly looks that way, lots of minor secondary explosions before the big one goes off.
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Beirut - massive explosion there on 18:13 - Aug 4 with 3891 viewsmidastouch

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Beirut - massive explosion there on 18:45 - Aug 4 with 3807 viewsBlueBadger

Seeing loons claiming to have seen Israeli jets in the area already.

F*ck humanity, let's nuke the planet from orbit and let the cockroaches take over.

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Beirut - massive explosion there on 19:12 - Aug 4 with 3726 views26_Paz

Wow, thoughts with those involved!

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Beirut - massive explosion there on 19:21 - Aug 4 with 3688 viewsGuthrum

Beirut - massive explosion there on 18:45 - Aug 4 by BlueBadger

Seeing loons claiming to have seen Israeli jets in the area already.

F*ck humanity, let's nuke the planet from orbit and let the cockroaches take over.


Far too big an explosion for any conventional bomb the Israelis - or any other airforce, for that matter - could deliver. Not enough heat and light for a nuclear weapon (even a small one). Plus it doesn't explain the precursor fire, complete with sparkly bits suggesting the official explanation of a fireworks factory is correct*.


* or maybe an ammo dump.

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Beirut - massive explosion there on 19:22 - Aug 4 with 3678 viewsGuthrum

Beirut - massive explosion there on 19:12 - Aug 4 by 26_Paz

Wow, thoughts with those involved!


At least ten dead.

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Beirut - massive explosion there on 19:22 - Aug 4 with 3683 viewsSteve_M

Really bad situation there before this:


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Beirut - massive explosion there on 19:33 - Aug 4 with 3640 viewsSwansea_Blue



Same as Dan, wasn't expecting it to go boom like that. That's not going to be a good outcome.

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Beirut - massive explosion there on 19:37 - Aug 4 with 3630 viewsSwansea_Blue

Beirut - massive explosion there on 17:26 - Aug 4 by Guthrum

Might be that. There was a bad one in the Netherlands some years ago.

See especially what happens just after the four minute mark:



And this clip:



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enschede_fireworks_disaster
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That looks like fireworks. The Beirut one has the crackling of something going off closer to ground level but not the higher rocket-type fireworks. Doesn't mean they're not of course.

edited, as I see you've already commented on this.
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Beirut - massive explosion there on 19:38 - Aug 4 with 3628 viewsGuthrum

Beirut - massive explosion there on 19:22 - Aug 4 by Steve_M

Really bad situation there before this:



Verdict in the trial of those accused of the murder of Rafik Hariri is also about to come out, potentially causing major political destabilisation.

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Beirut - massive explosion there on 19:42 - Aug 4 with 3604 views26_Paz

Beirut - massive explosion there on 19:22 - Aug 4 by Guthrum

At least ten dead.


Be a lot more than that I reckon

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Beirut - massive explosion there on 20:08 - Aug 4 with 3534 viewsGlasgowBlue

Beirut - massive explosion there on 18:45 - Aug 4 by BlueBadger

Seeing loons claiming to have seen Israeli jets in the area already.

F*ck humanity, let's nuke the planet from orbit and let the cockroaches take over.


Yep.

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Beirut - massive explosion there on 20:11 - Aug 4 with 3521 viewsJ2BLUE

At least 25 dead and at least 2500 injured.

Bloody hell. Awful.

Truly impaired.
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Beirut - massive explosion there on 20:13 - Aug 4 with 3517 viewsSteve_M

Beirut - massive explosion there on 17:11 - Aug 4 by ElderGrizzly

Local news appears to be saying fireworks




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Beirut - massive explosion there on 20:16 - Aug 4 with 3502 viewsjeera

Beirut - massive explosion there on 20:11 - Aug 4 by J2BLUE

At least 25 dead and at least 2500 injured.

Bloody hell. Awful.


It looked like some mini atomic explosion.

The way it rolled out and took out anything in its wake.

Anything surviving within all that is remarkable.

Dunno what to say tbh, except why the hell do we feel the need to create these things that are capable of destroying so much hard work?

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