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Damn shame that nobody listened to those managers.
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Now You Are Going to Die’: Beirut Bride Recounts Moment of Blast
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/06/worl ... video.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/06/worl ... video.html
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The CSB video was very informative. Thanks Pugsley.
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Go watch a few others involving refineries and you learn all sorts of stuff... but mainly bean counters cause most accidents.
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Ship Cited in Beirut Blast Hasn’t Sailed in 7 Years. We Found It.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/07/worl ... -ship.html
So it looks like it was fireworks, and not munitions, that were seen going off before the big explosion. What's insane is that they were in the same warehouse.
30 minutes before the fire, they were welding a gate on the building.
Beirut explosion: former port worker says fireworks stored in hangar
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/ ... -in-hangar
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/07/worl ... -ship.html
So it looks like it was fireworks, and not munitions, that were seen going off before the big explosion. What's insane is that they were in the same warehouse.
30 minutes before the fire, they were welding a gate on the building.
Beirut explosion: former port worker says fireworks stored in hangar
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/ ... -in-hangar
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The Tragic Physics of the Deadly Explosion in Beirut
https://www.wired.com/story/tragic-phys ... on-beirut/
https://www.wired.com/story/tragic-phys ... on-beirut/
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Not going to be much evidence left. Check out the crater left behind where the warehouse stood, right of the silos.
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/ ... 298960001/
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/ ... 298960001/
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