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| WATCH huge mushroom-like cloud cover Beirut’s docks area after ‘fireworks depot’ explodes | WATCH huge mushroom-like cloud cover Beirut’s docks area after ‘fireworks depot’ explodes |
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| Terrifying footage has emerged, showing a huge mushroom cloud of fire and smoke covering much of Beirut’s port area, blowing out windows and destroying nearby buildings, as a warehouse in the Lebanese capital’s docks explodes. | Terrifying footage has emerged, showing a huge mushroom cloud of fire and smoke covering much of Beirut’s port area, blowing out windows and destroying nearby buildings, as a warehouse in the Lebanese capital’s docks explodes. |
| Videos on social media show large plumes of smoke, followed by a fiery blast that created a massive mushroom cloud, towering high above the nearby high-rises. | Videos on social media show large plumes of smoke, followed by a fiery blast that created a massive mushroom cloud, towering high above the nearby high-rises. |
| Photos on social media show many buildings in the area damaged or destroyed, leaving residents covered in glass and blood. | Photos on social media show many buildings in the area damaged or destroyed, leaving residents covered in glass and blood. |
| The blasts were initially blamed on a fire at a fireworks warehouse at the port, state-run National News Agency reported. Dozens of people were feared dead and at least hundreds were wounded. | |
| Lebanon's health minister said there were a "very high" number of casualties. Video shot near the explosion site shows buildings and cars destroyed with rubble strewn across the area and a cloud of dust hanging over much of the city. Hi-rises across a highway are denuded of windows and facades with only concrete shells showing in parts. | |
| Footage posted by reporter Ghada Alsharif showed damage to the Daily Star newspaper office, where windows and ceiling tiles were blown out and debris covered the floor. | |
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