Live Massive explosion shakes Lebanons capital Beirut

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A MASSIVE explosion has killed at least ten people and left hundreds injured after the blast devastated part of Lebanon's capital Beirut. • Pictures show buildings destroyed, people walking wounded, and a sea of wreckage after the blast that could be heard some 125 miles away in Cyprus. • Lebanon's state news agency NNA and two security sources said the blast had occurred in the port area where there are warehouses housing explosives, reports Reuters. • Buildings around the port have been levelled, windows and doors have been blown out and huge plumes of smoke are blowing across Beirut. • The Government Palace - the home of Lebanon's PM Hassan Diab - was damaged in the blast, and his wife and daughter were injured in the explosion. • Video shows a column of smoke rising from the port area from what appeared to be an initial explosion, followed by a massive blast that sent up a mushroom cloud and a shock wave. • Lebanese security services have said the blast was caused by a fire in a depot of highly explosive material, including Sodium nitrate. • They said that material was confiscated from a ship months ago and stored there. • The Lebanese health ministry had previously claimed the explosion was caused by fireworks. • Al Mayadeen television reported there were hundreds of casualties, and the Lebanese Red Cross have said they are receiving thousands of emergency calls. • Beirut's governor Philip Boulos called the explosion a national disaster and compared it to the Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear attacks. • It is estimated up to 226,000 people were killed when the US dropped nuclear bombs on the cities at the end of World War 2. • Lebanese security and medical sources have confirmed at least ten dead bodies have been removed from the scene of the explosion. • Read more • Beirut explosion – Massive blast with mushroom cloud rips through Lebanese capital killing 10 and injuring scores • https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1231121... • Witnesses claim there may have been two blasts - with many people filming the aftermath of the first when the second ripped through the city. • Become a Sun Subscriber and hit the bell to be the first to know • Read The Sun: http://www.thesun.co.uk • Like The Sun on Facebook: / thesun • Follow The Sun on Twitter: / thesun • Subscribe to The Sun on Snapchat: / 1633225139

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