Beirut :- A bomb blast near the Lebanese capital, Beirut, has shaken the world, killing at least 100 people and injuring more than 4,000. Rescue operations are underway to remove the debris from the collapsed buildings.
The cause of the blast is said to be "ammonium nitrate" which was kept in a large quantity in a warehouse which weighed more than 2700 tons. Videos of the Beirut blast have gone viral on social media with the first smoke rising. It is visible and after a few moments there is a terrible explosion. The sound of the explosion was heard for more than two hundred kilometres, while for ten kilometres the windows of buildings were shattered and buildings were severely damaged while vehicles parked on the road were completely destroyed. Gone.
According to the Associated Press, ammonium nitrate cannot explode spontaneously, but something is being done near it that could cause sparks to form and cause dangerous heat.
A Lebanese source said welding work on the warehouse door was underway, which ignited 2,700 tonnes of ammonium nitrate, according to details released by the Spectator Index, a foreign website. "A picture in this regard is also going viral on social media, but there has been no official confirmation or denial.
According to the Associated Press, Lebanese Interior Minister Mohamed Fahmy told a local TV channel that the blast may have been caused by 2,700 tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored in a nearby warehouse in 2014. Seized from a ship.
The cargo ship, possibly an "MV Rhesus", was docked in Beirut in 2013 due to a technical glitch and was confiscated shortly thereafter, according to lawyers involved in the case. He came from Georgia and was to go to Mozambique, but after a while the huge stockpile of "ammonium nitrate" was approved to be moved to a nearby warehouse, and for the past six years the ammonium nitrate has remained the same. He was present in the warehouse. It is said that the ship has been in the port of Beirut for a long time due to non-payment of dues. The legal battle between the company and the port has been going on for many years.
