The Lebanon flag hangs at half-mast at the Embassy of Lebanon in The Hague after a powerful explosion tore through Lebanon's capital, resulting from the ignition of a huge depot of ammonium nitrate at the city's main searched for survivors in Beirut after a cataclysmic explosion at the port sowed devastation across entire neighbourhoods, killing more than 100 people, wounding thousands and plunging Lebanon deeper into crisis. The blast, which appeared to have been caused by a fire igniting 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate left unsecured in a warehouse, was felt as far away as Cyp
The Lebanon flag hangs at half-mast at the Embassy of Lebanon in The Hague after a powerful explosion tore through Lebanon's capital, resulting from the ignition of a huge depot of ammonium nitrate at the city's main searched for survivors in Beirut after a cataclysmic explosion at the port sowed devastation across entire neighbourhoods, killing more than 100 people, wounding thousands and plunging Lebanon deeper into crisis. The blast, which appeared to have been caused by a fire igniting 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate left unsecured in a warehouse, was felt as far away as Cyprus, some 150 miles (240 kilometres) to the northwest.
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