1) Thread in process...today’s initial fire and subsequent explosion.
2) reference to explosion.
3) The explosion itself.
4) Security source concerning fire and subsequent explosion.
5) The initial info- not a terrorist act.
6) Initial report - Hariri not targeted.
7) Initial reports - some injuries and damage noted.
8) Updates on injuries.
FT - “MTV correspondent: A large number of Port of Beirut employees have been injured and the fire is still burning.”
PT - “Health Minister Hamad Hassan instructs all hospitals to receive the injured at the expense of the Health Ministry.”
FT - “MTV correspondent: A large number of Port of Beirut employees have been injured and the fire is still burning.”
PT - “Health Minister Hamad Hassan instructs all hospitals to receive the injured at the expense of the Health Ministry.”
9) Damage update.
EDL completely damaged due to the explosion.
11) From before, report from Beirut.
12) Something to consider, while things get sorted.
13) Firefighters on scene working on fire, casualties update.
FT - “MTV correspondent: The total number of casualties is still undetermined and there are over 30 Lebanese Red Cross teams at the scene.”
FT - “MTV correspondent: The total number of casualties is still undetermined and there are over 30 Lebanese Red Cross teams at the scene.”
14) Recall from point 4 above there’s a reference to fireworks being involved in subsequent explosion. In the video, fireworks “appear” to be going off. Very much fwiw.
15)
FT - Sources to MTV: Kataeb's S.G Najarian has been injured due to explosion, transferred to Hotel Dieu Hospital.
FT - “MTV correspondent: There are at least 6 bodies inside the port, and there is a strong unpleasant smell of diesel in the area.”
FT - Sources to MTV: Kataeb's S.G Najarian has been injured due to explosion, transferred to Hotel Dieu Hospital.
FT - “MTV correspondent: There are at least 6 bodies inside the port, and there is a strong unpleasant smell of diesel in the area.”
16) Utter devastation....
17) Kataeb’s SG in a coma.
PT - “MTV correspondent: Urgent call from Saint George (Al-Roum) Hospital to quickly transfer patients.”
PT - “MTV correspondent: Urgent call from Saint George (Al-Roum) Hospital to quickly transfer patients.”
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18) FT - “Reuters citing ISF Director General: The explosion occurred at Beirut port in an area that contains high explosive materials, not explosives.”
19) Daily Star offices after today’s blast....
20) Sad news crossing now.
21) Devastating effects...
22) Devastation.....
23) Fireworks or “high explosive materials”. Let’s wait for a full investigation. But preliminary information....
24) Hospitals overwhelmed....
25) Effects from shockwave....
26) Death toll up to 8 ( at this hospital), of the various people under care at Geitawi Hospital, 3 are critical.
27) Devastation comes as Lebanon finds itself floundering well before this event.
28) Mass confusion....
29) Back to the blast - fireworks visible before huge blast, which may be the “high explosive materials” ( ammonia nitrate ? ) refenced by Lebanon’s Interior Minister.
30) Lebanon Health Minister reports 30 dead and about 2,500 wounded.
31) Naturally this is even more heart-breaking for the Lebanese people- living inside Lebanon today or around the globe. Just another dagger situation and still unfolding.
Many questions need serious answers about this tragedy.
Many questions need serious answers about this tragedy.
32) Death toll reported as increasing to 40.
FT :
*Minister of Health: "The number of Martyrs raised to 40".
*Reports are saying that the firefighter group that was trying to put the fire off in the fireworks depo got all killed.
FT :
*Minister of Health: "The number of Martyrs raised to 40".
*Reports are saying that the firefighter group that was trying to put the fire off in the fireworks depo got all killed.
33) Now 50 killed and about 2,750 wounded..
34) This......
35) 67 dead, more than 3,600 wounded.
36) From bad to worse....
37) Urgent ! Jordanian Seismological Observatory: Explosion equivalent to the magnitude 4.5 earthquake energy.
38) PT - “Just wait till the full list comes in of everything destroyed at Beirut port. Wheat, glass, medical products
... a catastrophe of epic proportions in the midst of Lebanon's financial crisis, where importers have to scrounge for hard currency to get this stuff in.”
... a catastrophe of epic proportions in the midst of Lebanon's financial crisis, where importers have to scrounge for hard currency to get this stuff in.”
39) An incredible blast. Photographer who died filming this wasn’t being reckless (look at his distance from the fire), but then see what happens when the explosion occurs.
40) Death toll at 78, wounded almost at 4,000.
41) CYA already in high gear....
