Crazy Explosion at Beirut Port (video)

[city2]

Fcking hell that was huge

 

[blueinsa]

That blast and shock wave is utterly devastating for anyone caught up in it.

Shocking.

 

[kaz7]

There have been a "very high number of injuries" after a large explosion in the Lebanese capital Beirut.

The country's health minister Hamad Hasan also told local news station LBC that the blast had caused extensive damage.

Footage shows the moment a building several storeys high exploded, sending a vast shockwave across the city.

Pictures showed a scene of devastation with cars upturned and emergency crews in operation in a large area around the gutted building.

The explosion appeared to be centred around the city's port area containing warehouses and rippled through several areas of the capital

Firecrackers are stored in the area where the blast occurred, local TV reported

Sky News's Middle East editor Zein Ja'far, who was in downtown Beirut at the time of the explosion on Tuesday afternoon, said the "huge explosion" caused windows to "cave in".

"It tore apart the facade of the building we're in, and once the dust settled we managed to get ourselves and others in this block outside," he said

 

[Gabriel]

Reminiscent of the explosion in Cyprus back in 2011 when ordinance had been poorly stored.

 

[Postman Pep]

 

[Blue Maverick]

I expect a lot of first responders have died in that, utterly devastating, that shock wave is unreal.

 

[Kinkladze 1]

I call foul play

 

[Blue_eyes]

WOW!!!! shades of this one in China a few years ago, think that one was sodium cyanide,tons of it!!!

 

[FCBarca]

Impressive visual

 

[FCBarca]

Fireworks look indeed to be involved but also no question they are incidental, something else caused an explosion of that magnitude & speed