There are serious questions about why 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate was allowed to be stored at Beirut’s port — by comparison, about two tonnes of the highly-explosive material was used in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. Reporting by Thomas Daigle | CBC News: The National

103K views · 1K reactions | [Repost] Watch: Lookback at Beirut explosion 2020 On 4 August 2020, the city of Beirut was rocked by an enormous blast as hundreds of tons of improperly stored ammonium nitrate exploded. A year on, here is a lookback at how the explosion struck killing more than 200 people, wounding thousands, and devastating swathes of Beirut. | Khaleej Times | Facebook