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Huge Explosion Rocks Beirut
“Beirut has never seen anything like this before…It is a destroyed city, people lying on the streets, damage everywhere.”
Lebanon’s capital Beirut experienced a massive explosion at its main port on Tuesday, injuring a vast number of people and causing widespread damage.
At least 100 people have died and around were 4,000 wounded by the initial blast. The death toll continues to climb as the high number of critically injured people fill local hospitals.
Video footage on social media showed an enormous fire, soon followed by crackling lights and a large explosion. A thick cloud of smoke then erupted into the city, appearing to blanket the area for a few moments.
The Lebanese Red Cross tweeted that over 30 teams were responding at the scene of the blast soon after the explosion. Two hospitals had to be evacuated due to the damage they sustained and many other hospitals in Beirut have been inundated with injured and dying patients.
One hospital in Beirut was so overwhelmed it was turning wounded people away as of yesterday, reported…