Image have surfaced on social media that shows the final moments of a fire crew sent to tackle a blaze at warehouses in Beirut's port, shortly before chemicals stored inside exploded with the force of a nuke.


The ten firefighters who were first on the scene. All of them are missing, with one, Sahar Fares, top centre, confirmed dead.

Top left to right: Ralf Mallahi, Sarah Faris, Najib Hati. Middle left to right: Ellie Khuzami, Charbel Hati, Jo Noon, Charbel Karam. Bottom left to right: Jo Bou Saab, Methal Hawwa, Rami Kaaki.




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An image of the warehouse taken some time before the blast shows ammonium nitrate stored in large quantity.


Blast map, windows were blown out over 10km away.

The port warehouse before and after the blast.

If only they knew death was lurking around shey they would have called in sick that day.

2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate stored within the burning warehouse exploded shortly after the images and footage were taken, leaving behind little more than a watery hole in the ground

The blast sent out a shockwave that pulverized nearby warehouses (pictured), shredded the interior of nearby buildings, and blew out glass panes across the city up to 9km away.

The ten firefighters who were first on the scene. All of them are missing,

God rest their souls

One thing I particularly learned from the mishap was the stability of their structures.

There were some high-rise buildings close to the blast, yet they stood firm.
It only takes one rainfall to wash off a story building here

Workers remove rubble from damaged buildings near the site of the explosion which brought devastation to central Beirut.

Emmanuel Macron arrived in Lebanon, a former French colony, where he met with senior officials and was taken to the site of the blast (pictured), where French rescue teams are helping with the cleanup.

Wow

An army of volunteers have taken to the streets to sweep up glass, clear away rubble, rehouse the homeless and repair buildings amid a near-total absence of state support


People donate items of clothing, water and food in Martyrs Square in Beirut in an attempt to help those who were injured and left homeless following the huge explosion.

Photos shows the scene of devastation that the blast has caused on the city, which is already struggling from economic woes.

Lebanese soldiers search for survivors after a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon on Tuesday.


A survivor is taken out of the rubble after a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon. The city is starting three days of mourning.


A Lebanese army helicopter throwing water at the scene of the explosion on Wednesday morning. Smoke continued to pour from the scene of the disaster throughout the night

A drone picture shows the scene of an explosion that struck the port in Beirut yesterday and has caused devastation in the capital.

So devastating...

Rescue team taking a survivor to ambulance.

A lady snapping a destroyed church.

Man walks in a destroyed street.

Office building destroyed by shockwaves from the blast.

A man reacts at the scene of an explosion at the port in Lebanon's capital Beirut on August 4.

Lord have mercy.


RIP to the dead and speedy recovery to the injured.

This is just sad, so sad

City in ruins.

So sad. Their bodies must have been blown in bits due to the impact of the explosion. Very unwise putting such explosive content together in large quantity.

Inside homes destroyed by shockwaves.

Smoke billows at the site of the large explosion and buildings are reduced to twisted wreckages.

The blast ripped through buildings and blew bricks out of walls and brought them crashing down on to the street.

Great job Explorers!

Thank you so much for the update.

Firefighters trying to put out the fire after the blast.




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Welcome back Explorers, you no longer have time like before. Time is everything. You've played your part making NL FP worth visiting and your position in the NL Hall of Fame is no shaking.
Your loyal students, Macsjebs and the rest are doing well.

Explorers:

The ten firefighters who were first on the scene. All of them are missing, with one, Sahar Fares, top centre, confirmed dead.

They were lucky to find one dead. Others would have been shattered into pebbles and dust.
It takes more than bravery to make a move to put out fire, in an Ammonium Nitrate warehouse. It is safer to go into the dem of hungry lions than venture into a burning warehouse where NH₄NO₃ is stored.

Having witnessed blasts from this explosive many times, it only takes few kg to send resounding quakes over kilometers.

R.I.P to them. In a jiffy, their hearts would have exploded in fear before their bodies got shattered. They exploded at point-blank. The sound of the blast alone is enough to shatter the body in pieces.

Officialgarri:
One thing I particularly learned from the mishap was the stability of their structures.
There were some high-rise buildings close to the blast, yet they stood firm.
It only takes one rainfall to wash off a story building here

Yea. That's solid Structural Engineering.
And yet, those structures are not pure steel Sky scrappers, they're reinforced concrete structures.
In any part of the world where standard construction regulations and guidelines are followed to the letter, nothing less than this should be obtainable. That's why professionals have the opinion that 9/11 was an inside job, and explosives were already mounted inside the building, that aided the hit.

It would be interesting to know that ordinary block in some countries have more strength than concrete used in Nigeria.
I still remember Combustion movie, the scene where the bad guy wanted to hit Navas with Craw bar on his hand, he placed the hand on a block, when the Craw bar hit the block, it sparked and the block sounded like a metal. To show how strong the block is.
Nigeria is just a ridiculous parody of the real life out there.

Lebanon's President Michel Aoun (centre) visits the site of a massive explosion the previous day in the heart of the Beirut.

Destroyed vessel can be seen at the port.

Homes were destroyed from kilometers away.

Survivor covered in blood.

Lord have mercy

Port before and after the blast.

Members of a Dutch Urban search and rescue team (USAR) board the plane at Eindhoven Air Base.

The Netherlands is sending the team to Beirut to help find people who are missing after Tuesday's explosions


Members of German Federal Agency for Technical Relief arrive for their departure to Beirut at international airport in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Members of German Federal Agency for Technical Relief arrive for their departure to Beirut at international airport in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Gosh, this is awful...