As residents picked up the pieces, many saw the explosion as the culmination of years of mismanagement and neglect by Lebanon’s political leaders.
Tag: Beirut, Lebanon, Explosions (2020)
Blame for Beirut Explosion Begins With a Leaky, Troubled Ship
The bleak tale of chronic negligence started over six years ago, when an indebted vessel and its volatile cargo pulled into port. It ended on Tuesday in a giant explosion.
What Is Ammonium Nitrate, Blamed in the Beirut Explosion?
In ordinary circumstances, ammonium nitrate is fertilizer. But when placed under stress of heat and pressure, it acts like a bomb.
How to Help Lebanon After Beirut Explosion
As the search for survivors continues, aid groups have mobilized to help the thousands of people wounded by the blast, and the hundreds of thousands of others who have been made homeless.
Anger Rises After Beirut Blast and Evidence Officials Knew of Risks
The chemical cache that apparently exploded was not supposed to be in Lebanon, but arrived there on a troubled freighter. Now, Beirut residents are digging out of the devastation, looking for survivors, victims and answers.
What We Know About the Beirut Explosions
At least 154 people were killed, and the second blast was felt as far away as Cyprus. An investigation and a search for survivors are continuing.
After Beirut Explosion, a Search for Survivors: Live Updates
Some 300,000 people are displaced from their homes by the explosion that killed more than 100 people. Rescue workers dug through rubble as fires continued to burn.
Blasts Rock Beirut, Killing Dozens and Wounding Thousands
The cause remained unclear hours later. But officials in the Lebanese capital said 2,750 tons of highly explosive ammonium nitrate had been stored in a depot at the center of the explosion.
Beirut Explosion: ‘I Was Bloodied and Dazed. Beirut Strangers Treated Me Like a Friend.’
In a land conditioned by calamity, people knew what to do, including helping wounded people they didn’t know.
The Lebanon Explosions in Photos
Images from Beirut show the extent of the devastation from blasts that shook the Lebanese capital on Tuesday.