At least 50 dead and more than 2,700 wounded after massive explosion rocks Beirut, Lebanon, health minister says
A massive explosion rocked Beirut, Lebanon, with the force of an earthquake followed by a shock wave that caused widespread damage across the capital. At least 50 people were killed and more than 2,700 wounded, according to Health Minister Hassan Hamad.
Local television channel LBC said the material was sodium nitrate. Mohammed Fahmi, Lebanon's interior minister, told Al Jazeera news it appeared to have been caused by ammonium nitrate that was stored in a warehouse. Ammonium nitrate, used in chemical fertilizer production, was a key component of the bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building in 1995.
Beirut Gov. Marwan Abboud called it a"national catastrophe," and the prime minister declared a day of mourning, according to CNN. Online videos showed a dark pall rising from the port, what normally might be expected from an industrial-area fire. It is followed by an explosion creating a massive white cloud that envelops the area. A moment later, the shock wave hits.
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