Explosion accident in the port area of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, damage occurred even 10 km away



A large-scale explosion occurred in Beirut, the capital of the Lebanese state in the Middle East, located between Syria and Israel. A number of photographs and footage of the second explosion were captured by people filming the large smoke that had risen after the first explosion.

Big explosion in Beirut smoke in port area, unknown cause-Sankei News

https://www.sankei.com/world/news/200805/wor2008050002-n1.html

Large-scale explosion in Beirut, capital of Lebanon, Middle East | NHK News
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20200805/k10012551441000.html

Beirut explosion: Large blast near port rocks Lebanese capital-CNN
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/04/middleeast/beirut-explosion-port-intl/index.html

Twitter user @BissanCampaigns has released the following video as what it received on WhatsApp.



Large smoke rising in the harbor area.



Then, a pillar of fire occurred just around the shadow of the building.



The second explosion occurred, and a different red-black smoke from the first one rose.



In addition, a dome-shaped fog that envelops everything is generated.



This dome is like the same phenomenon that Professor Hidenori Watanabe of the University of Tokyo explained to the photograph of the nuclear explosion in the 'Baker experiment' as 'the condensation of water in the air due to the expansion wave accompanying the shock wave'. I can see it.



@tayyaraoun1 is on the boat at the moment of this accident.



The video is for 3 seconds immediately after the second explosion. Red-black smoke rises...



Then, the dome-shaped fog expanded vigorously.



Before reaching the boat, the fog has disappeared and you can see the black smoke inside.



At AFP, we are shooting red smoke that rises high after the second explosion. Not much time has passed since the explosion, but you can hardly hear human voices, and you can see that it looks more like silence.

Strong explosion rocks Beirut | AFP-YouTube


In the video from another angle, you can see many sparks scattered just before the second explosion.



Looking at the place where the explosion occurred on Google Maps, it is 'Beirut Port Silos' around here.


The white building that appears in the video appears in the photo that Joe Akiki linked to Google Maps. The shooting is said to be in November 2019.



There is also the residence of former Prime Minister Saad Hariri near the site of the explosion, but the former Prime Minister seems to be safe.

Some local TV stations reported that the explosion occurred in a warehouse where firecrackers or fireworks were stored, while former Harrily 's father Rafik Hariri's former prime minister was assassinated in a car bomb in 2005. Four members of the Shi'a organization, Hezbollah , who has been accused of doing so, are to be decided by the UN special court on August 7, 2020 (Friday), and their relevance Some voices suggest.

Beirut explosion: Massive blast at port rocks Lebanese capital
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/04/massive-explosion-near-beirut-port-rocks-lebanese-capital.html

・Additional notes
Prime Minister Hassan Diab points out that since the explosion of the warehouse had been left with 2750 tons of ammonium nitrate since 2014, it was 'a dangerous warehouse.' Only 70 people were known to have died in the explosion, and 3000 were injured.

Beirut: At least 70 killed and thousands injured after huge explosion in Lebanese capital | World News | Sky News
https://news.sky.com/story/lebanon-large-explosion-heard-in-capital-beirut-12042456

There are also voices saying 'I thought it was an Israeli attack', and there are also doubts about the involvement of Hezbollah mentioned above, but these are rumors often whispered when something happened in Lebanon, this time due to human error or omission. Hezbollah and Israel have denied any involvement.

US President Trump holds an interview and announces support for Lebanon. The explosion was described as a 'terrible attack'.

Trump announces support for Lebanon Beirut explosion ``attacks''-Reuters
https://jp.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-blast-idJPKCN25030B

Trump calls deadly Beirut explosions a'terrible attack' and says US is ready to assist Lebanon | Daily Mail Online
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8593773/Trump-calls-deadly-Beirut-explosions-terrible-attack-says-ready-assist-Lebanon.html

Governor Marwan Abood of Beirut said what happened in Beirut was 'like Hiroshima.'



There are reports that the death toll is 78 and the number of injured is close to 4000.



The movie shooting started after the first explosion adjacent to the exploded warehouse, and the video capturing the moment of the second explosion has also been released. Looking at this, from the window where white smoke is vigorously coming out



Sina Booeshaghi, who has a bachelor's degree in mathematics and mechanical engineering from MIT and is involved in the development of single-cell genomics technology at the California Institute of Technology, said that the explosion scale was about 12 terajoules in TNT equivalent by dimensional analysis. It is estimated to be 3 kt (kilotons). It is estimated that the atomic bomb, Little Boy , dropped on Hiroshima is about 13 to 18 kt.



If about 2700 tons of reported ammonium nitrate reacted, it would be about 1 kt. It is unknown whether Sina Booeshaghi's estimated value is fluctuating a little, or whether the estimated value is correct and the power increased for some reason.

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