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Beirut port area ruined after mega blast

AFP, 22 Aug 2020
Aftermath of the devastated Beirut port and damaged areas surrounding it after a massive blast shook the Lebanese capital. A huge stock of ammonium nitrate stored unsecured for years in the rundown warehouse at the Lebanese capital's port exploded on August 4 which killed at least 181 people and injured more than 6,500.

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