A large blast in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, has killed at least 70 people and injured more than 2,700 others, the health minister says.
Videos show smoke billowing from a fire, then a mushroom cloud following the blast at the city's port.
Officials are blaming highly explosive materials stored in a warehouse for six years.
President Michel Aoun tweeted it was "unacceptable" that 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate was stored unsafely.

An investigation is under way to find the exact trigger for the explosion.
Hospitals are said to be overwhelmed and many buildings have been destroyed.
A BBC journalist at the scene reported dead bodies and severe damage, enough to put the port of Beirut out of action.


Prime Minister Hassan Diab called it a catastrophe and said those responsible must be held to account.
He spoke of a "dangerous warehouse" which had been there since 2014, but said he would not pre-empt the investigation.
Local media showed people trapped beneath rubble. A witness described the first explosion as deafening, and video footage showed wrecked cars and blast-damaged buildings.

"All the buildings around here have collapsed. I'm walking through glass and debris everywhere, in the dark," one witness near the port told AFP news agency.
The blast was heard 240km (150 miles) away on the island of Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean.

President Aoun tweeted after an emergency meeting of the Supreme Defence Council. Wednesday has been declared a day of mourning.
The explosion comes at a sensitive time for Lebanon, with an economic crisis reigniting old divisions. Tensions are also high ahead of Friday's verdict in a trial over the killing of ex-Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in 2005.

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The Hospitals are in short supply of blood as more injured people are trooping in.

Some Hospitals in Beirut are saying that they are treating more than 500 injured patients and are not able to receive any more.
The hospitals are appealing for blood donations.

Some can no longer accept patients because they were damaged in the blast.

Being alive is just pure luck and grace..I know there are loads of people that are living healthy, worshiping God still they died in that unfortunate incident..I pray God rests their souls and may their families find comfort..

I'm dedicating Coldplay everyday life to this bomb blast..

too bad!

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Sad sad news every now and then

What could have been the cause of the explosion? Bad news everywhere..

end of things

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