No Accountability 3 Years After History’s Biggest Non-Nuclear Explosion
5th August 2023
Three years have passed since the city of Beirut was nearly turned to rubble by history’s biggest non-nuclear explosion, which killed well over 200 people and injured thousands. In the intervening time, no official has been held accountable for allowing a vast stockpile of industrial chemical ammonium nitrate to be haphazardly stored in the heart of Beirut for seven years.
The dangerous chemicals ignited on August 4, 2020, creating a massive shockwave that tore through several neighborhoods, causing over $15 billion in damage. According to experts, had the blast not happened by the sea, the entire city of Beirut would have been wiped off the map, as the shockwave was felt as far away as Cyprus.
August 6th, 2023 at 15:00
Gibbstown, NJ – 1916
Faversham, UK – 1916
Oppau, Germany – 1921
Nixon, NJ – 1924
Texas City, Texas – 1947.
West, Texas – 2013
Beirut, Lebanon – 2020
There are many others. Storing large quantities of ammonium nitrate can be dangerous. The learning curve appears to be a danger as well.
August 7th, 2023 at 06:48
Santayana had it right.