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This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. 2020 Beirut explosion Aftermath of the explosion, with the destroyed grain silos to the left and the flooded blast crater to the right. Date 4 August 2020 (2020-08-04) Time 18:08:18 EEST (UTC+03:00) Venue Port of Beirut Location Beirut, Lebanon Coordinates 33°54′05″N 35°31′09″E ...
The colossal explosion in Lebanon’s capital this week was apparently caused when more than 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate, a highly volatile chemical, detonated. Ammonium nitrate is commercially ...
Online videos of the disaster's initial moments show sparks and lights inside the smoke rising from the blaze, just prior to the massive blast
The devastation surrounding the port resembled other ammonium nitrate explosions, such as the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and a 1947 ship explosion that struck Texas City, Texas.
2020 Beirut Explosion August 4, 2020, a large amount of ammonium nitrate stored at the Port of Beirut in the capital city of Lebanon exploded, causing at least 218 deaths, 7,000 injuries; 2021 Bata explosions, Equatorial Guinea. 108 people killed, including in nearby residential areas, and damage throughout the city of Bata.
On 4 August 2020, a warehouse containing 2,750 tonnes (3,030 short tons) of ammonium nitrate exploded following a fire in the Port of Beirut, Lebanon. The explosion generated a pressure wave felt more than 240 kilometres (150 mi) away.
Residents of Beirut confronted a scene of utter devastation ... Ammonium nitrate is a common ingredient in fertilizer as well as explosives. It was used in the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995, when ...
The ammonium nitrate explosion results from a fire that spreads into the ammonium nitrate (Texas City, TX; Brest; West, TX; Tianjin; Beirut), or from ammonium nitrate mixing with a combustible material during the fire (Gibbstown, Cherokee, Nadadores). The fire must be confined at least to a degree for successful transition from a fire to an ...