© AFP / Magazine image The explosion also completely destroyed the grain silos in the port. LEHTIKUvA / AFP AFP The huge explosion in Beirut could lead to a shortage of bread in the next few days, as the explosion also completely destroyed the grain silos and at least 15,000 tonnes of wheat in the … Read more
© AFP / Magazine image The explosion on Tuesday is said to have been caused by ammonium nitrate stored in the port. LEHTIKUvA / AFP AFP In Lebanon, the number of victims of the explosion in the capital, Beirut, on Tuesday is still rising. Late Thursday, the death toll was already known 149, according to … Read more
© – The investigation into the Beirut explosion is ongoing, but authorities say the cause may already be clear. The cause is named ammonium nitrate, which comes from a Russian ship that once arrived in the port. CNN’s according to reports, a Russian-owned vessel called the Rh Rhusus, which had left Georgia and was on … Read more
© REUTERS / Aziz Taher Beirut 2020 The Lebanese authorities have requested material assistance from EU countries because of the extensive damage caused by the explosion. In its press release, the Finnish Ministry of the Interior states that it has decided to send expert and material assistance to Beirut through the European Union’s civil protection … Read more
© AFP / Magazine image The explosion in the port of Beirut is estimated to have left at least 300,000 people homeless. LEHTIKUvA / AFP In Beirut, grief and despair combined with anger on Thursday as more and more people asked how it was possible for explosive ammonium nitrate to be stored in a city … Read more
© Magazine image Beirut, Lebanon A preliminary investigation has been launched in Beirut into why a tonne of explosive ammonium nitrate was stored in the city’s port for years, which eventually exploded. Some of the port authorities have been placed under house arrest. The explosion that almost completely destroyed downtown Beirut was huge. According to … Read more
© AFP / Magazine image The number of victims is still feared to rise, as rescue and clearing work is still underway in the city and dozens of people are missing. PAGE / AFP Patrick Baz At least 135 people have died in an explosion in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on Tuesday night. The country’s … Read more
© Handout Screenshot of Cecilia Pellosniemi’s Facebook page. He was injured in the Beirut explosion in Lebanon yesterday. LEAF PICTURE / HANDOUT / CECILIA PELLOSNIEMI A Finnish UN employee says he was injured in an explosion in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on Tuesday. Cecilia Pellosniemi says on Facebook that she was injured in the head … Read more
© Edited by MTV Johannes Salonen, who is in Beirut due to commercials, was only a couple of blocks from the blast zone, he said. Johannes Salonen, who was in Beirut for work, was in the middle of a work meeting when the port of Beirut exploded. Salonen and his colleagues first thought the strong … Read more