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The problem is that the workers in the port didn't know there was nitrate there ...nor did the Firefighters.
All videos show them walking near the warehouse with fireworks as if it was a simple fire, they didn't expect that explosion. https://t.co/3dsH7mXbBj
All videos show them walking near the warehouse with fireworks as if it was a simple fire, they didn't expect that explosion. https://t.co/3dsH7mXbBj
https://t.co/m3ATdWKSEL
A similar incident with almost the same amount of nitrate. Comparing the results of the two is crucial to understand what happened today and is it was actually 2,750 tons. https://t.co/gPRRJ2vPAg
A similar incident with almost the same amount of nitrate. Comparing the results of the two is crucial to understand what happened today and is it was actually 2,750 tons. https://t.co/gPRRJ2vPAg
Wikipedia
Texas City disaster
geographical object
Great resemblance, from a fire to loss of firefighters, to the actual red cloud and explosion.
RIP https://t.co/zHI5dRyxNI
RIP https://t.co/zHI5dRyxNI
French President Emmanuel Macron:
— "We are deploying a civil security detachment and several tonnes of medical equipment in Lebanon.
Emergency doctors will also reach Beirut as soon as possible to strengthen hospitals.
France is already engaged." https://t.co/QAATVtTXiz
— "We are deploying a civil security detachment and several tonnes of medical equipment in Lebanon.
Emergency doctors will also reach Beirut as soon as possible to strengthen hospitals.
France is already engaged." https://t.co/QAATVtTXiz
Brazilian President, Jair Bolsonaro:
— "Deeply saddened by the scenes of the explosion in Beirut.
Brazil is home to the largest Lebanese community in the world and, therefore, we feel this tragedy as if it were in our territory.... https://t.co/KqUR2OuajL
— "Deeply saddened by the scenes of the explosion in Beirut.
Brazil is home to the largest Lebanese community in the world and, therefore, we feel this tragedy as if it were in our territory.... https://t.co/KqUR2OuajL
Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations will send 5 aircrafts to Beirut to help remove the aftermath of the explosion. https://t.co/q2MgnWmwLS
Until now, some members of the security forces that were on the scene are still missing. https://t.co/r5KombCVEF
Civil Defense Director General Raymond Khattar to MTV: We asked the Engineers Syndicate to send specialists to inspect the building of silos, and when we were given the green light we continued our search, and it is likely that there are missing people under the rubble (1/2)
Khattar to MTV: 6 bodies have been recovered from inside the port and 3 others from the sea. (2/2)
Head of the syndicate of hospitals: "We don't need beds, we are I urgent need for medical supplies".
- Kuwaiti medical aid just arrived in Lebanon. https://t.co/TsFQ6YU90u
- 4 ships with wheat were waiting at sea because Lebanon was unable to pay for them.
- They will soon be unloaded in the port of Tripoli, north Lebanon.
- Currently, the wheat should last a month or two.
- They will soon be unloaded in the port of Tripoli, north Lebanon.
- Currently, the wheat should last a month or two.
- Beirut Governor: We lost 10 members of the Beirut Firefighters unit and the size of the damages ranges between 3 and 5 billion dollars and perhaps more. Hundreds of Beirutis have become without housing.
- Sources to MTV: Preliminary information indicate that there are two martyrs from the Lebanese army, 6 missing, and 148 wounded in yesterday's blast.
A spokesman for the Iranian Red Crescent: We will send to Lebanon 2000 food packages estimated at 9 tons within 72 hours. Today, medicines and medical supplies will be sent to Beirut. An RDH hospital will be established and a 22-person medical team including specialists... (1/2) https://t.co/syXOUnbfHi
in general medicine, orthopedics, operating rooms and doctors will be sent. (2/2)