Only an hour before, there had been no blood.St. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. Shards of glass from a shattered window ripped into the face and body of one of them, a father who was visiting his child. If it turned out to be accidental, he said, then the disaster is not particularly surprising, the product of “cumulative nonchalance at all levels.”“Whether you talk about the economy, safety standards, the port, the corruption — none of the country’s issues have had a serious attempt at resolution,” Mr. Hankach said. "Health minister Hasan added: "I have never in my life seen a disaster this big. The first blast struck the … They said hundreds of thousands of doses, used to supply health centers across Lebanon, were stored on tall shelves in the warehouse, in an area where other buildings were badly damaged.Inside St. George Hospital, about six-tenths of a mile from the explosion, “everything just fell down, the windows destroyed, the ceiling in pieces,” Dr. Noun said.

Only an hour before, we had all been walking dogs or checking email or grocery shopping. #Lebanon #beirutblastThe source of the explosion, which blew buildings apart and destroyed vehicles as it pulsated across the capital, was not immediately known.Abbas Ibrahim, head of Lebanon's intelligence agency, said the explosion may have come after highly explosive material was confiscated from a ship and stored in a warehouse in Beirut's port, In an address to the nation, Prime Minister Hassan Diab spoke of a "dangerous warehouse" that had been in existence for six years, the "What happened today will not pass without accountability," he said, according to a translation from A wounded man walks near the scene of an explosion in Beirut, Aug. 4.Photos from the scene show people walking dazed and bloody through the streets.The explosion occurred at the port of Lebanon's capital. The source of the explosion, which blew buildings apart and destroyed vehicles as it pulsated across the capital, was not immediately known. Dozens are dead and thousands hurt. "Balconies were blown off buildings. Many landmarks, including hospitals, mosques, churches and universities are nearby.They erupted next to a tall building called Beirut Port Silos, at or near a structure identified on maps as a warehouse. ""They have committed a crime by storing these nitrates for more than a decade there, with no accountability," Chaaban said, adding that there is a rising anger among the people.From CNN’s Jonny Hallam and Mohammed Tawfeeq in Atlanta and Mostafa Salem in Abu Dhabi The non-profit organization Human Rights Watch has called on Lebanese authorities to invite international experts for an independent investigation into Tuesday's blast, which rocked the capital Beirut.

The explosions hit Beirut’s northern, industrial waterfront, little more than a mile away from the Grand Serail palace, where Lebanon’s prime minister is based. “We are living in this doomed management of the country.”Ben Hubbard reported from Beirut, and Maria Abi-Habib from Los Angeles. Deadly Explosions Shatter Beirut, Lebanon - The New York Times “This is a promise to the martyrs and wounded people.

One resident said the streets looked like they were “cobbled in glass.”Videos posted online showed a shock wave erupting from the second explosion, knocking people down and enveloping much of the center city in a cloud of dust and smoke. The enormous blast could be heard some 125 miles away in Cyprus after it erupted in the port area of Beirut. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click Comments are subject to our community guidelines, which can be viewed People stand near damaged cars following an explosion in BeirutSmoke is seen after an explosion in Beirut in this picture obtained from a social media videoHospitals struggled to cope with the casualties and begged for blood donationsAn injured person is evacuated from the scene of explosion at the Beirut PortA combination picture shows a view of the port of Beirut August 22, 2019, and after the blastA combination of satellite images shows the port area, which was heavily damaged on August 5, 2020, and the same area on November 4, 2019The docks before and after the huge blast in the Lebanese capitalTrump says Beirut blast 'was a BOMB' as his generals 'don't think it was an accident' and calls deadly blast an 'attack' All of it. At first, neither of them said what those materials were, but General Ibrahim warned against getting “ahead of the investigation” and speculating about a terrorist act.American military leaders “seem to think it was an attack,” President Trump told reporters at the White House, which was at odds with what Lebanese officials said. Posted on August 4, 2020, at 1:21 p.m. Security services there said the carnage may have been caused by a fire in a depot of highly volatile materials seized from a ship a few months ago and stored there.Lebanon’s Prime Minister Hassan Diab said that those responsible for the explosion at a “dangerous” warehouse in Beirut port area that rocked the capital would pay the price.He said: “I promise you that this catastrophe will not pass without accountability. It’s a catastrophe.”The 60-bed Bikhazi Medical Group hospital treated 500 patients in the hours after the blast, despite extensive damage, said Rima Azar, the hospital director and co-owner. This is Joseph Haddad calling you from St. George Hospital. Mr. Najarian, known by the nickname Nazo, died of his injuries.“He had been through explosions, assassination attempts, wars with the Palestinians and Syrians, Nazo saw it all,” said He said the party was waiting for clarity on whether the blast was an attack, the kind of crude tool used for decades to shape Lebanon’s political landscape, or just an accident resulting from mismanagement.