Beirut Explosion

[ThunderHorse]

Not really sure where to put this...but massive explosion in Beirut. Here's a video showing multiple angles.

Social Media Footage Shows Massive Explosion Rocking Beirut

 

[DA SWO]

Not really sure where to put this...but massive explosion in Beirut. Here's a video showing multiple angles.

Social Media Footage Shows Massive Explosion Rocking Beirut

1st and 3rd shots are amazing.
Ammo dump?

 

[Devildoc]

Ho-lee shit but that was an impressive explosion!

I just saw a different video of it, that was just nuts.

 

[SisyphusGlad]

Didn't see a thread for this so I thought I'd get the discussion going. Mods please delete if I'm out of my lane.

 

[757]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1290674216623366144

 

[ChangeSocks]

Yeah that was quite big I'd say. Do fireworks create a cloud like that? I remember a firework warehouse video from Mexico (I think) years ago and, though it was a big explosion, you could still at least see fireworks going off. That just seemed like a big explosion.

Edit: As I was, I can see some fireworks I suppose, but that second blast was massive still.

 

[Ooh-Rah]

Lebanese Fireworks Factory. Right!




(Threads merged)

 

[amlove21]

Since when do they make HFO (high fucking order, @racing_kitty back me up on this technical term, please) fireworks?

Cause, like, whoa.

 

[Gordus]

That's quite some atomic "fireworks"

 

[Kaldak]

"Fireworks"...and the US Government was behind 9/11 too.

 

[ShadowSpear]

And just like that, Hezbollah's venture into the fireworks market goes up in smoke.

 

[medicchick]

I read several places it was a grain silo at the port that went. It looked more like electricity sparking with small explosions first to me.

 

[AWP]

That shock wave gave me a bit of a stiffy,

Anyone placing bets on a certain country being involved what with their recently acquired F-35's and all?

 

[ctree]

Ammonium Nitrate is supposedly the culprit according to an article I read.

 

[757]

@AWP I mean...

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1045381532851064834

 

[757]

Plus...

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1290365324781592576

 

[Kraut783]

I'm sure it was just a bunch of these..



Or Hezbollah stored all of their Katyusha "little Katy" rockets in one spot.... =)

 

[Ooh-Rah]

Ammonium Nitrate is supposedly the culprit according to an article I read.

You're new here, but if you are going to reference "an article I read", then it is expected you will also provide a link.

 

[ctree]

Dozens dead and thousands injured in Beirut blast

 

[racing_kitty]

Not gonna lie, that shock wave was gorgeous.

Unofficial word from amongst my tribe is that there was a boat with fireworks on board. There’s one video out there where you can see it cooking off. On my phone, I was quite skeptical of that, but on a different screen I could see it better.

Anyway, that boat caught on fire. Not good. That right there is already what I’d call a bad fucking day. That boat just happened to be located right next to a warehouse where a fuckton of confiscated chemicals and explosives (sodium nitrate and possibly AN) were kept for a couple of years ( let that sink in for a second...)

The grain silo @medicchick references is right beside that warehouse,, but I digress.

So yeah, fireworks on fire get fucking hot as balls. That shit also gets verrrrrrrry touchy. Word from witnesses was that there was a smaller det before that big motherfucker. That would be the fireworks. Heat, shock and friction were adequately applied to that warehouse chock full of really touchy shit as a result. The end result is Exhibit A.