[ikk157]

@ikk157  I got something different from the New York Times and BBC.  There was no fireworks.  The fire came from Warehouse 12 where the many tonnes of ammonium nitrate were stored.  The material started to combust and created fires.  And then when the fire in the warehouse got our of control, the explosion happened.  There was an article about Firemen heroes who sacrificed their lives to try and stop the blaze by going into Warehouse 12 to try and stop the fires.  Like imagine how large that silo must have been for tonnes of nitrate to have been stored in there.  

But yes, I also understood you can't light ammonium nitrate with a match.  The large explosion could only have been triggered with a large fire source.  But my understanding is it came from the ammonium nitrate that combusted in parts and caused small fires and then larger out of control ones that were responsible for the big explosion.

So yesterday (probably like @"Hidden Refuge" got frustrated with misinterpretation of info) there was a journalist woman who actually was staying in Beirut at the time of the explosion referring to it as a BOMB!  So I then understood and also forgave her, as I imagine with the background of civil war, and attacks from neighbouring countries, and islamic extremist dangers, any one hearing an explosion in Beirut would have thought it was a bomb going off.  Only people in a safe distance and unused to regular bombing, would understand it was a chemical explosion that was one of the worst yet, particularly since it was so close to a densely populated area in the harbour.

Watch this: https://youtu.be/F-vGkIKxGAg

You can hear crackles and pops, along with seeing flashes which are characteristic of fireworks. Then skip to the 8:50 mark, and keep watching, in a few seconds you’ll see the first minor explosion, but what you’ll also see is a bunch of sparkles as well, which makes it hella obvious that they’re fireworks! 

Here’s also a video of a guy literally standing next to the warehouse (couldn’t find it on youtube so ive uploaded it to ufile.io): https://ufile.io/2xenj23f

You can clearly see the flashes of light and cracklings sound caused by fireworks. 


“But my understanding is it came from the ammonium nitrate that combusted in parts and caused small fires”

Nope, that’s not possible at all. Ammonium nitrate isn’t combustible by itself at all. You can’t even have small fires caused by it alone. Again, chemistry proves this, so there’s no point in trying to prove this fact otherwise.

The insane amount of misleading information provided by clueless media is very worrying. It’s almost as if they’re rushing to get their articles out there that they’re not too bothered to fact-check. Like wow.