The following aerial footage shows Beirut port after the catastrophic blast which destroyed it completely on Tuesday. The video shows the destroyed buildings and vehicles with the debris scattered throughout the scene. Two massive explosions rocked the Lebanese capital Beirut on Tuesday, killing or wounding hundreds of people. The blasts ...
Ammonium nitrate, which Lebanese authorities have said caused the devastating Beirut blast, is an odourless crystalline substance commonly used as a fertiliser that has been the cause of numerous industrial explosions over the decades. Notable among these was an explosion at a fertiliser plant in the US state of Texas ...