Massive explosion in Beiruit today

[Beiruty]

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https://www.facebook.com/saidbarakatlb/ ... 8683686171

[ELB]

https://www.facebook.com/libanesefisher ... 2408935895

This is a clever illustration of the damage.

[The Annoyed Man]

I have a question for those who might know.....

Is that orange color to the smoke of the explosion characteristic of an ammonium nitrate explosion?

[ELB]

I have a question for those who might know.....

Is that orange color to the smoke of the explosion characteristic of an ammonium nitrate explosion?

You might find this an interesting read:
https://www.osmre.gov/resources/blastin ... odule1.pdf

By skimming through it quickly it appears the red orange color is a product of unburned nitrogen oxides (NOx). There’s a picture in that document that shows a red orange brown cloud. It is poisonous.

Interestingly it says if you have the oxidizer and fuel balanced properly, the detonation will produce only harmless gases.

[The Annoyed Man]

I have a question for those who might know.....

Is that orange color to the smoke of the explosion characteristic of an ammonium nitrate explosion?

You might find this an interesting read:
https://www.osmre.gov/resources/blastin ... odule1.pdf

By skimming through it quickly it appears the red orange color is a product of unburned nitrogen oxides (NOx). There’s a picture in that document that shows a red orange brown cloud. It is poisonous.

Interestingly it says if you have the oxidizer and fuel balanced properly, the detonation will produce only harmless gases.

Cool! Thanks for the link!

[ELB]

I have no idea who this guy is but this seems informative as well

https://howdeepistherabbithole.com/2020 ... -oil-anfo/

[Beiruty]

It was reported the hole is 43m or 141 ft deep

[Paladin]

It was reported the hole is 43m or 141 ft deep

I saw a number of 70m radius or well over 400ft diameter. It's a massive crater.

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Keeping Lebanon in my prayers.

[Beiruty]

Said Prime Minister is my Professor at AUB from 1986-1994

[Beiruty]

Tons of photos. Some are very tough to watch.

[Beiruty]

Tons of photos. Some are very tough to watch.

https://www.facebook.com/HeyLebnen/post ... 9114831723

[Keith B]

Tons of photos. Some are very tough to watch.

https://www.facebook.com/HeyLebnen/post ... 9114831723

Unbelievable the injuries and damage. Prayers for all.

[philip964]

https://www.clickondetroit.com/features ... t-victims/

Little girls lemonade stand raises $7,500 for victims of explosion.