Bride runs for her life in Beirut blast on her wedding day

A wedding video shows the moment a bride runs for her life during the devastating explosion in Beirut.

Newlywed Israa Seblani, 29, is seen draped in a shining white gown and smiling for the camera before a thunderous blast rings out just one kilometre away in the Lebanese capital.

135 people have been killed and around 5,000 injured in the blast - caused by the explosion of 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate.

In the clip, the bride is seen beaming as her photographer Mahmoud Nakib zooms in on her wedding dress.

But seconds later, a gigantic explosion is heard in the distance - with the force of the blast picked up by the microphone.

The camera then pans away to a quiet residential street where clouds of dust from the explosion have already created a thick smog.

Residents of nearby apartments are then seen hurrying across the street as the bride makes a dash for cover.

Bride Seblani, a doctor working in the US, helped to check on the injured nearby, before fleeing central Beirut's Saifi square to safety.

Returning to the scene a day after the explosion, she told Reuters: ""I have been preparing for my big day for two weeks and I was so happy like all other girls, 'I am getting married'. My parents are going to be happy seeing me in a white dress, I will be looking like a princess.

"What happened during the explosion here - there is no word to explain ... I was shocked, I was wondering what happened, am I going to die? How am I going to die?"

Lebanese prime minister Hassan Diab has said that the ammonium nitrate which exploded had been sitting unsecured for six years in a warehouse in the city's port.

The disaster was sparked when a welder ignited 2,700 tons of explosive chemicals in the port area, it’s reported.

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