One warehouse leveled half a capital city. π₯ . . . On August 4, 2020, 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate β abandoned in a Beirut port warehouse since 2013 β detonated. The shockwave reached Cyprus, 240 km away. Seismographs logged a 3.3-magnitude tremor. The crater was 140 meters wide. 218 people died, 300,000 lost their homes β all from cargo no one had claimed for seven years.
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