“I saw something flash and I couldn’t hear anymore.” Witness Hadi Nasrallah says it was “raining glass all over the city of Beirut” following a large explosion in the port area of the city. Follow the latest on this story here:
Hundreds believed to be injured, including many from flying glass and debrisReports say the blast was inside an area where fireworks were stored'They already don't have any more beds available in ICU... it's a humanitarian disaster' - witnessA shockwave during an explosion in Beirut.
Speaking to reporters, Abbas Ibrahim declined to speculate about the cause of the explosion in the capital, saying"we cannot preempt investigations".it appears the area where the fire and explosion took place was here in red on these maps.Some local TV stations reported the blast was inside an area where fireworks were stored.
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