2020 Beirut explosions

When

4 Aug 2020

Kind

Fire

Coordinates

33.90° N, 35.52° E

Description

accidental ammonium nitrate explosion in Beirut, Lebanon

Deaths

218

Injured

6900

Cause

industrial fire, explosion

Ammonium nitrate explosion in Lebanon

On 4 August 2020, a major explosion occurred in Beirut, Lebanon, caused by the ignition of 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate. The chemical, confiscated in 2014 from the cargo ship MV Rhosus and stored at the Port of Beirut without adequate safety measures for six years, detonated after a fire broke out in a nearby warehouse.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “An explosion caused by unsafely stored ammonium nitrate kills at least 218 people, injures thousands, and severely damages the port in Beirut, Lebanon”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “2020 Beyrut patlamaları, Lübnan'ın başkenti Beyrut'taki Beyrut Limanı'nda patlamalar gerçekleşti”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Bei einer Explosion in Beirut werden mindestens 190 Menschen getötet und mehr als 6500 verletzt”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “в порту города Бейрута прогремели взрывы”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “En Líbano, un par de explosiones masivas en el Puerto de Beirut causa al menos 220 muertos, 7000 heridos y varios desaparecidos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “انفجار ضخم في مرفأ بيروت يُلحق أضرارًا جسيمة في أرجاء بيروت، وسُمع دويه في الدول المجاورة للبنان، مخلفًا عشرات القتلى وآلاف الجرحى وعدد غير معلوم من المفقودين”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “2020年貝魯特爆炸事故”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ベイルート港で巨大な爆発事故発生。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page