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THREAD: Rescuers are searching for survivors after a huge explosion killed at least 100 people and injured more than 4,000 in Beirut.
Here's everything we know so far
https://news.sky.com/story/beirut-explosion-rescuers-search-for-survivors-after-deadly-ammonium-nitrate-blast-12042827
Here's everything we know so far
https://news.sky.com/story/beirut-explosion-rescuers-search-for-survivors-after-deadly-ammonium-nitrate-blast-12042827
President Michel Aoun said it was caused by 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate - used in fertilisers and as an explosive - which was left unsecured in a warehouse for six years at the city's port
What is ammonium nitrate and why is it so dangerous?
By itself, ammonium nitrate is not regarded as particularly volatile or dangerous, but under certain conditions it can be deadly.
Read more here https://news.sky.com/story/beirut-explosion-what-is-ammonium-nitrate-and-why-is-it-so-dangerous-12042671
By itself, ammonium nitrate is not regarded as particularly volatile or dangerous, but under certain conditions it can be deadly.
Read more here
https://news.sky.com/story/beirut-explosion-what-is-ammonium-nitrate-and-why-is-it-so-dangerous-12042671
This aerial footage shows the full scale of the destruction caused by the massive explosion
Hospitals were already near full due to the coronavirus pandemic but have quickly filled beyond capacity, pleading for blood supplies and generators to keep their lights on.
Inside, the wards and corridors were overflowing with patients https://news.sky.com/story/beirut-explosion-casualties-everywhere-hospitals-struggle-to-cope-as-bloodied-people-walk-streets-12042688
Inside, the wards and corridors were overflowing with patients https://news.sky.com/story/beirut-explosion-casualties-everywhere-hospitals-struggle-to-cope-as-bloodied-people-walk-streets-12042688
"A shockwave can create catastrophic damage to a human body"
Bomb disposal expert Ben Remfry explains the damage this type of explosion can cause
Bomb disposal expert Ben Remfry explains the damage this type of explosion can cause
"Everywhere you look there are devastated buildings."
Sky correspondent @AlexCrawfordSky is in Beirut and walks through a once busy street in the capital
Sky correspondent @AlexCrawfordSky is in Beirut and walks through a once busy street in the capital
"We are thankful that we are still alive."
@AlexCrawfordSky speaks to a shop owner in Beirut, Lebanon whose business has suffered damage in the huge explosion
@AlexCrawfordSky speaks to a shop owner in Beirut, Lebanon whose business has suffered damage in the huge explosion
"My doors blew clean off"
Sky's offices in Beirut are in the Downtown neighbourhood near to the port where the explosion happened.
Zein Ja'far, Sky's Middle East news editor, explains what it was like when the explosion happened https://news.sky.com/story/beirut-incessant-sirens-as-dazed-bloodied-people-wander-devastated-lebanese-capital-12042522
Sky's offices in Beirut are in the Downtown neighbourhood near to the port where the explosion happened.
Zein Ja'far, Sky's Middle East news editor, explains what it was like when the explosion happened
https://news.sky.com/story/beirut-incessant-sirens-as-dazed-bloodied-people-wander-devastated-lebanese-capital-12042522
Livestream footage captured the moment a church in Beirut was hit with the force of the explosion while a priest was delivering mass
Watch as this man was rescued from the rubble
"I have zero faith in the government" and "I have no hope... it's not a country anymore, there's destruction everywhere" says Ahmad Yassine in Beirut.
Lebanon was already on the brink of collapse amid the coronavirus outbreak and an economic crisis
Lebanon was already on the brink of collapse amid the coronavirus outbreak and an economic crisis
British people are believed to be among those injured.
The UK government has said it will send search and rescue teams to help overwhelmed local authorities.
Continue to follow live updates here https://news.sky.com/story/beirut-explosion-lebanon-pm-says-those-responsible-will-pay-the-price-after-deadly-blast-12042684
The UK government has said it will send search and rescue teams to help overwhelmed local authorities.
Continue to follow live updates here
https://news.sky.com/story/beirut-explosion-lebanon-pm-says-those-responsible-will-pay-the-price-after-deadly-blast-12042684
