BRKG Massive Explosion in Beirut
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Walrus Whisperer
Hope in chains...
Looks way worse than the aftermath of 911. Damn
Countrymouse
Country exile in the city
GammaRat
Veteran Member
That pic is 5 miles away from the blast site
Ragnarok
On and On, South of Heaven
First the welders burn down Notre Dame and now this... Someone needs to give a safety class.
Not buying it, either...
If the help was accepted between the IRGC and Hezbollah I just don't see any safe conduct being effective.
The Cub
Behold, I am coming soon.
We are familiar with the stuff...The Grandcamp
Hundreds killed, thousands injured in Texas City disaster of 1947
It was estimated that between 500 and 600 people died in the explosion, and thousands were wounded.
abc13.com
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RT 1:15
Countrymouse
Country exile in the city
Note the notation about the air with this video compilation of scenes of the explosion.
mzkitty
I give up.
Just listen after he drops the camera:
Video:
View: https://twitter.com/MAqeelChang/status/1290758047455948807
Echo 5
Funniest guy on TB2K
They also burned the Bonhomme Richard too. Crafty bunch.
danielboon
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EndGameWW3 Retweeted
Raf Sanchez
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Lebanese prime minister says in statement that today's massive explosion in #Beirut was caused by 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate which were left unsecured at the port since 2013. If true, that is unbelievable negligence that has led to incredible suffering.
Raf Sanchez
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Lebanese prime minister says in statement that today's massive explosion in #Beirut was caused by 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate which were left unsecured at the port since 2013. If true, that is unbelievable negligence that has led to incredible suffering.
DragonBurrow
Contributing Member
Scary when you consider there is not a window or door to be had for miles based on what we are hearing.
Looks familiar?
Runtime 0:25
Massive Non-Nuclear Explosion: Ammunition Ship SS John Burke
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJcDVbH5q3k
On December 28, 1944, while transporting ammunition to Mindoro, Philippines, Burke was hit by a Japanese kamikaze aircraft, and disintegrated in a tremendous explosion. John Burke was one of three Liberty Ships and one of forty-seven ships sunk by kamikaze attack during World War II.
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Massive Non-Nuclear Explosion: Ammunition Ship SS John Burke
On December 28, 1944, while transporting ammunition to Mindoro, Philippines, Burke was hit by a Japanese kamikaze aircraft, and disintegrated in a tremendous explosion. John Burke was one of three Liberty Ships and one of forty-seven ships sunk by kamikaze attack during World War II.
helen
Panic Sex Lady
How did he know so quickly?
danielboon
TB Fanatic
plausible deniability
danielboon
TB Fanatic
yup
The Hammer
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Eh, he probably knew offhand that that was the number of tons he was helping the terrorists hide away...
danielboon
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EndGameWW3
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I still say "someone" might have wanted to f!@# Hezbollah over and was able to sneak an explosive into that area where the unguarded nitrate was and set it off.
@EndGameWW3
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I still say "someone" might have wanted to f!@# Hezbollah over and was able to sneak an explosive into that area where the unguarded nitrate was and set it off.
danielboon
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Doge
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So, President Trump just called the #Beirut explosion an "attack"
Doge
@IntelDoge
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So, President Trump just called the #Beirut explosion an "attack"
danielboon
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EndGameWW3
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Just think Israel doesn't have to be so tense on the Northern Border now. Hezbollah has bigger issues to deal with.
@EndGameWW3
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Just think Israel doesn't have to be so tense on the Northern Border now. Hezbollah has bigger issues to deal with.
Mark D
Now running for Emperor.
Especially since the granular nature breaks down into a solid brick over time, kicking-up the explosive yield a fair bit.
The Hammer
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That is just a horrific blast!
vector7
Dot Collector
Translation: The sky has been reddish by the gases.
It is not yet known what the population of Beirut breathing these gases. v v v
RT 10secs
View: https://twitter.com/post_debate/status/1290775007027777536
Translation: In 2019 the government of Israel denounced the possible existence of arms manufacturing and storage centers in the Líbano mainly in port areas.
It will be necessary to investigate if there is something related to Hezbollah. ^^^
It is not yet known what the population of Beirut breathing these gases. v v v
RT 10secs
View: https://twitter.com/post_debate/status/1290775007027777536
Translation: In 2019 the government of Israel denounced the possible existence of arms manufacturing and storage centers in the Líbano mainly in port areas.
It will be necessary to investigate if there is something related to Hezbollah. ^^^
Seeker22
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What Just Blew Up In Beirut?
August 4, 2020
by Nick Waters August 4, 2020
Shortly before 6 PM Beirut time reports began flooding Twitter of a fire and a series of explosions in Beirut. It rapidly became evident that event was far more than a small industrial fire.
Source
Shortly after, videos and images of a vast explosion flooded onto social media. The video below is a clear example, showing a fire, suddenly transforming into a vast fireball and a shockwave which ripped buildings apart.
Where did the explosion happen?
The videos and images of this event all focus on a single location on the docks in Beirut at 33.901353, 35.518835. Although there were claims of explosions at other locations, there does not appear to be images or videos of this, and it is likely these reports were simply a result of the vast explosion at the docks.
Left: video of smaller explosion, Right: Satellite imagery of smaller explosion location (credit: Google/CNES/Airbus)
Left: video of smaller explosion, Right: Satellite imagery of smaller explosion location (credit: Google/CNES/Airbus)
What happened?
Although there were some claims that this explosion could have been a ship, or indeed an airstrike, nothing in open source videos suggest this was the case. Multiple images and videos show a warehouse on fire and several smaller explosions shortly before a gigantic detonation. The video below captures this in detail.
In the video above, the epicenter of the blast appears to be a warehouse on the dock located at 33.901353, 35.519006. Some users on social media have referred to this as “warehouse 12“. Note that the Beirut Port Silos to the west (left) do not appear to be the initial source of this detonation.
Video source
This appears to be supported by a video filmed from the the roof of the Beirut Port Silos which show this warehouse on fire, shortly followed by an explosion. Due to the size of the explosion seen on the video below, it seems unlikely this was the largest explosion, but rather some of the smaller initial detonations.
We can confirm this location by comparing the warehouse seen in the video to images tagged to this location on Google Maps.
Left: still from video, Right: image tagged to this location on Google Maps
We can also see a distinctive wire or tube running down onto the building on which the person who is filming is standing. Using this we can place their exact location as 33.901750, 35.518238, about 40 meters away from the warehouse. This also confirms that they are filming the north side of the warehouse at 33.901353, 35.519006, which appears to be on fire.
Left: satellite imagery (credit: Google/Maxar Technologies) Right: still from video
Due to the power of the large explosion, which we will expand upon below, we do not believe this video shows the largest detonation.
What caused the explosion?
There has been some speculation about the cause of this blast. Notable features of this explosion include a reddish cloud and a large number of small flashes visible in the fire before the large explosion. Some local media accounts posted claims that explosive material had been improperly stored at this location, however those Tweets were later deleted. Others pointed to a large shipment of Ammonium Nitrate that may have been offloaded at the docks several years ago. At this point in time there is no clear indication of what may have been the primary cause of this blast.
We can, however, say that it was most certainly not a nuclear detonation.
Shortly after we first published this article, the Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab stated “Facts about this dangerous warehouse that has been there since 2014 will be announced and I will not preempt the investigations.”
What damage was done?
This explosion was clearly gigantic. There are significant amounts of images and videos showing huge amounts of Beirut have sustained severe damage. The video below, a slowed version of one of those taken on the ground, clearly shows parts of buildings disintegrating as the shockwave hits them.
Indeed, this shockwave appears to have reached Cyprus. Various social media accounts posted about this, and we received at least one report that the shockwave had shaken windows there. Interestingly, seismic monitoring data at various locations identified a blip at this time, and a 3.5 magnitude earthquake was registered in Beirut.
Jeffery Lewis, a nuclear weapons expert, concurred with preliminary and rough calculations that this explosion could have been equivalent to ~240 tons of TNT. Needless to say, he emphasised that this is a very rough calculation.
However large it was, this explosion has devastated swathes of Beirut. As well as structural damage near to the epicenter, the shockwave shattered windows and smashed down doors kilometres away.
View of the docks from the south west
Due to the fire and smaller explosions, many people in Beirut would have been standing by windows recording the scene. As the blast hit, many of these people would have been hit by flying glass, including their own shattered windows. It is therefore unsurprising that hospitals appear to be overwhelmed by the number of casualties this blast has caused. At the time of writing initial casualty estimates indicated 50 dead and several thousand wounded.
Conclusion
From the available information it is clear that shortly before 6 PM in Beirut a fire and series of explosions at the docks in Beirut set off a gigantic explosion, the effects of which were felt as far away as Cyprus. Damage is widespread around the city and thousands are reported to have been wounded. Although the exact cause of the detonation is still currently unknown, the epicenter appears to have been the warehouse at 33.901353, 35.518835.
This explosion is one more layer of misery on a country suffering under severe economic conditions, inflation and frequent power-cuts. No doubt there will now be a large amount of interest about exactly what was stored in that warehouse, and why something so dangerous was being stored so close to the center of such a bustling city.
What Just Blew Up In Beirut? - bellingcat
August 4, 2020
by Nick Waters August 4, 2020
Shortly before 6 PM Beirut time reports began flooding Twitter of a fire and a series of explosions in Beirut. It rapidly became evident that event was far more than a small industrial fire.
Source
Shortly after, videos and images of a vast explosion flooded onto social media. The video below is a clear example, showing a fire, suddenly transforming into a vast fireball and a shockwave which ripped buildings apart.
Where did the explosion happen?
The videos and images of this event all focus on a single location on the docks in Beirut at 33.901353, 35.518835. Although there were claims of explosions at other locations, there does not appear to be images or videos of this, and it is likely these reports were simply a result of the vast explosion at the docks.
Left: video of smaller explosion, Right: Satellite imagery of smaller explosion location (credit: Google/CNES/Airbus)
Left: video of smaller explosion, Right: Satellite imagery of smaller explosion location (credit: Google/CNES/Airbus)
What happened?
Although there were some claims that this explosion could have been a ship, or indeed an airstrike, nothing in open source videos suggest this was the case. Multiple images and videos show a warehouse on fire and several smaller explosions shortly before a gigantic detonation. The video below captures this in detail.
In the video above, the epicenter of the blast appears to be a warehouse on the dock located at 33.901353, 35.519006. Some users on social media have referred to this as “warehouse 12“. Note that the Beirut Port Silos to the west (left) do not appear to be the initial source of this detonation.
Video source
This appears to be supported by a video filmed from the the roof of the Beirut Port Silos which show this warehouse on fire, shortly followed by an explosion. Due to the size of the explosion seen on the video below, it seems unlikely this was the largest explosion, but rather some of the smaller initial detonations.
We can confirm this location by comparing the warehouse seen in the video to images tagged to this location on Google Maps.
Left: still from video, Right: image tagged to this location on Google Maps
We can also see a distinctive wire or tube running down onto the building on which the person who is filming is standing. Using this we can place their exact location as 33.901750, 35.518238, about 40 meters away from the warehouse. This also confirms that they are filming the north side of the warehouse at 33.901353, 35.519006, which appears to be on fire.
Left: satellite imagery (credit: Google/Maxar Technologies) Right: still from video
Due to the power of the large explosion, which we will expand upon below, we do not believe this video shows the largest detonation.
What caused the explosion?
There has been some speculation about the cause of this blast. Notable features of this explosion include a reddish cloud and a large number of small flashes visible in the fire before the large explosion. Some local media accounts posted claims that explosive material had been improperly stored at this location, however those Tweets were later deleted. Others pointed to a large shipment of Ammonium Nitrate that may have been offloaded at the docks several years ago. At this point in time there is no clear indication of what may have been the primary cause of this blast.
We can, however, say that it was most certainly not a nuclear detonation.
Shortly after we first published this article, the Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab stated “Facts about this dangerous warehouse that has been there since 2014 will be announced and I will not preempt the investigations.”
What damage was done?
This explosion was clearly gigantic. There are significant amounts of images and videos showing huge amounts of Beirut have sustained severe damage. The video below, a slowed version of one of those taken on the ground, clearly shows parts of buildings disintegrating as the shockwave hits them.
Indeed, this shockwave appears to have reached Cyprus. Various social media accounts posted about this, and we received at least one report that the shockwave had shaken windows there. Interestingly, seismic monitoring data at various locations identified a blip at this time, and a 3.5 magnitude earthquake was registered in Beirut.
Jeffery Lewis, a nuclear weapons expert, concurred with preliminary and rough calculations that this explosion could have been equivalent to ~240 tons of TNT. Needless to say, he emphasised that this is a very rough calculation.
However large it was, this explosion has devastated swathes of Beirut. As well as structural damage near to the epicenter, the shockwave shattered windows and smashed down doors kilometres away.
View of the docks from the south west
Due to the fire and smaller explosions, many people in Beirut would have been standing by windows recording the scene. As the blast hit, many of these people would have been hit by flying glass, including their own shattered windows. It is therefore unsurprising that hospitals appear to be overwhelmed by the number of casualties this blast has caused. At the time of writing initial casualty estimates indicated 50 dead and several thousand wounded.
Conclusion
From the available information it is clear that shortly before 6 PM in Beirut a fire and series of explosions at the docks in Beirut set off a gigantic explosion, the effects of which were felt as far away as Cyprus. Damage is widespread around the city and thousands are reported to have been wounded. Although the exact cause of the detonation is still currently unknown, the epicenter appears to have been the warehouse at 33.901353, 35.518835.
This explosion is one more layer of misery on a country suffering under severe economic conditions, inflation and frequent power-cuts. No doubt there will now be a large amount of interest about exactly what was stored in that warehouse, and why something so dangerous was being stored so close to the center of such a bustling city.
What Just Blew Up In Beirut? - bellingcat
anney
Veteran Member
If watch at the 7 second mark, you will something come from the left. Not sure what it is but interesting.
View: https://twitter.com/jkdubai1/status/1290775202725613570?s=21
View: https://twitter.com/jkdubai1/status/1290775202725613570?s=21
The Hammer
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Certainly does coincide with the explosion, but hard to tell exactly what it was...
Seeker22
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That number was slashed from 12 years all of a sudden. Most of the previous posts on this state 12 years. Curiouser and curiouser...
Hawkgirl_70
Veteran Member
I don't know. I've slowed it down to the frame, you sure that's not a bird and flapping wings????
Meadowlark
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looks like a bird to me.