Beirut explosion aftermath in Lebanon's devastated capital

Aerial footage of Beirut's devastated port and surrounding area the day after a huge explosion killed at least 100 people and left 4,000 injured in Lebanon's capital.

The disaster was feared to have been started by a reckless welder. Shocking footage shows flattened buildings, the walking wounded, and a sea of rubble in the wake of the explosion which could be heard 110 miles away in Cyprus.

Beirut's Mayor, Jamal Itani, says it will take at least a year to rebuild the capital city after this catastrophic event. More than 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate detonated when a blaze apparently spread to the warehouse where it had been stored for six years.

Security sources reportedly now claim a welder sparked the initial fire that in turn ignited the chemicals - causing a blast the fifth the size of Hiroshima.

Ammonium nitrate is mainly used as a fertilizer but has also been linked to terror attacks after being used in homemade bombs.

General Security chief Abbas Ibrahim said it had been confiscated years earlier, reportedly from a ship.

Up to 250,000 people have been left homeless by the explosion which caused around £5bn of damage, say reports.

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Beirut explosion – Blast a fifth the size of Hiroshima kills 100 as ‘welder ignites 2,700 tons of explosive chemicals’
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