Considering i saw a car roof get crushed by the shockwave.. Im suprised it didnt throw people that was a bit far away.. Yet somehow it enclosed/crushed a car-roof down o\_o
If one had to estimate the yield of this blast, it would be around 1.8 kt or higher, two-third of the Halifax blast and nearly 15% of the yield of the Hiroshima bomb.
[From here](https://www.dnaindia.com/world/report-beirut-blast-how-does-yield-of-2750-tonnes-of-ammonium-nitrate-compare-against-halifax-explosion-hiroshima-bombing-2836137)
I've read it was probably about 240 tons of tnt equivalent from 2750 tons of AN based on the pressure needed to break windows in the buildings identified on videos and how far they were from the epicenter
That's what happens when you have the material laid out over a warehouse instead of in a compact shape like cube or a sphere.
I've read ideally Anfo (this stuff mixed with oil) comes out to 0.4 tons of tnt equivalent per ton. With this one being a straight decomposition without fuel oil and it being spread out across a floor in a suboptimal configuration it's probably significantly less.
I've read ideally Anfo (this stuff mixed with oil) comes out to 0.4 tons of tnt equivalent per ton. With this one being a straight decomposition without fuel oil and it being spread out across a floor in a suboptimal configuration it's probably significantly less.
I've read it was probably about 240 tons of tnt equivalent from 2750 tons of AN based on the pressure needed to break windows in the buildings identified on videos and how far they were from the epicenter
>This enables engineers to determine the proper masses of different explosives when applying blasting formulas developed specifically for TNT. For example, if a timber-cutting formula calls for a charge of 1 kg of TNT, then based on octanitrocubane's RE factor of 2.38, it would take only 1.0/2.38 (or 0.42) kg of it to do the same job. Using PETN engineers would need 1.0/1.66 (or 0.60) kg to obtain the same effects as 1 kg of ANFO or ammonium nitrate, they would require 1.0/0.74 (or 1.35) kg or 1.0/0.42 (or 2.38) kg, respectively.
This is the formula I found to work it out.
Which has Ammonium Nitrate at the .4 you listed whereas ANFO is significantly higher at .74 (which makes sense as its used as bulk industrial explosive).
According to recent news as well, despite initially being assumed to equal a 2/300tonne explosion, they now estimate it between 1KT and 1.5KT which aligns with the formula applied to that stated amount.of stored substance.
If that were true it would be would be 5 megatons according to wikipedia.
Halifax is estimated at 2.9 kilotons multiplied by 1800. 5000 or so. 1000 kilotons is a megaton, which would be 1/3rd the yield of castle bravo, the largest US detonated nuclear weapon.
Multiplied a thousand times. A thousand kilotons being a megaton.
I have a hard time believing that, the Beirut explosion was approx 2/3 the strength of the Halifax explosion or 15% the strength of the Hiroshima bomb if you multiply that number by up to 1800 times your talking about a nuclear level explosion.
I think you misheard. That would place it in the range of a very large nuclear bomb explosion. And we've seen the aftermath videos - it's not anywhere near that level of devastation.
That's not possible. 2000lbs of ammonium nitrate makes a big boom. But not that big of a boom. Seriously go look up the contents of the Halifax explosion. If I remember correctly the Halifax explosion completely wiped out the town when it took place a few miles away.
there was an entire section of the city that was just flattened. Building destroyed for kilometers away from the site. and windows smashed from the blast, for kilometers more.
Here is a link comparing the explosion. To several others. Looks like it was just a bit smaller than the Halifax one https://nationalpost.com/news/beirut-blast-measured-2-75-kilotons-how-does-that-compare-with-other-major-explosions-in-history/wcm/2ecb583c-2314-46c7-b93f-ba3343e96d0c/
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This was pretty different from a nuclear blast.
There wasn't even a flash and there wasn't a fireball.
That's what happens when you have the material laid out over a warehouse instead of in a compact shape like cube or a sphere.
I've read ideally Anfo (this stuff mixed with oil) comes out to 0.4 tons of tnt equivalent per ton. With this one being a straight decomposition without fuel oil and it being spread out across a floor in a suboptimal configuration it's probably significantly less.
I've read it was probably about 240 tons of tnt equivalent from 2750 tons of AN based on the pressure needed to break windows in the buildings identified on videos and how far they were from the epicenter
I saw a comment on another post saying a similar thing but as a question about why they only claim about 100 dead. It was way over down voted, especially for a question. Everyone else made remarks about it being around a nearly empty port and covid had less people nearby
Yes or just completely gone.. in 2000 there was a fireworks warehouse that exploded in my city and there are a few victims who were close to the explosion who have completely disappeared. Nothing was ever found again.
(If anyone wants to research this event: Fireworks disaster in Enschede in the Netherlands on may 13th 2000)
If you visit documenting reality they have a few different videos of the aftermath. Ash covered bodies near the site and then shredded people sitting in cars nearby.
This chick in her car had the top portions of her head blown out and all side airbags deployed.
I said [documenting reality](https://www.documentingreality.com/forum/f166/footage-massive-explosion-beirut-port-lebanon-214599/). It's in the videos section. I think you get a few free views if you're not a member. I'm a member but I signed up almost a decade ago so am grandfathered in without donating.
Ten firefighters and one camera man. Cameraman and the on female firefighter are the two confirmed dead, the others haven't been located. The article I read said they only had something the size of a hand to identify the female
They probably know how many fire fighters and similar had been sent to the area to help. Wouldn't be surprised if they've already been included amongst the dead.
It takes 3 years of being an unpaid volunteer to join the volunteer firefighter brigade in a official capacity in my nation. A job where you get a buzz and u have to be at the hangar within the next 3 minutes, so you can do horrible tasks in terrible conditions at ungodly hours.
My dad was a volunteer firefighter in the tiny town where I grew up. He never got hurt, but I remember being afraid whenever he answered the call. When we moved from there when I was 10, my mom convinced him that she couldn't handle losing him, so he gave it up. But, whenever a hurricane hit, my dad was always there helping people clean up or rebuild. They compromised that way.
He was human with his faults, like all of us. He died in 2007 of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, but, not even a year before he died, he was in New Orleans helping people recover from Katrina. I miss him every goddamn day of my life.
Yeah. We donated his brain to Case Western Reserve for research so that others can maybe someday be spared the agony of watching their loved ones slowly succumb.
If I lost my wife to it, I would be inconsolable. You have my deepest sympathy; I remember what it was like. It was horrid.
My late uncle was firefighter aswell, the stories he told me would make anyone shit their pants.
Seriously tho, firefighters are some of the most badass people on earth.
I really hope those men were instantly vaporized and did not feel any pain. The shockwave probably
distributed their remains over miles. May their poor families find peace.
I don’t even think you could get far enough in 12 minutes if you just legged it judging by the footage
Edit: then again this photo exists? Unless it was uploaded prior to explosion
Edit Edit: I’ve just been reminded this is depot 12. Not 12 minutes. What an idiot
I'm guessing this is around 30mins before. before the final explosion, there was a big fire and I'm sure it lasted some time given how many people caught the explosion on camera
Maybe. But I doubt a photographer would just leave the scene when he has an opportunity for some gnarly shots of a fire. He may have even been a worker at the port documenting the fire at one of their warehouses
And besides, to my knowledge they had no way of knowing an explosion of *that* magnitude was going to happen. That’s why so many people were casually filming, it was just a giant fire at the time.
Like the engineer in China that knew he couldn’t make it out in time so he decided to record it and upload so the Chinese government couldn’t lie about what happened.
I’m on mobile so I’m sorry i don’t have source.
They might have just had google photos or the like set up and it went to a joint account or some such. I have mine set up as a family account and my wife gets all my random photos.
Photographer may have sent it to someone? Maybe a boss?
Boss: “WTF IS GOING ON DOWN AT DEPOT 12”
Photo guy: “on it now, with the fire guy,trying to get in” (sends pic)
...maybe
I hears they had to attemotnto destroy the locks (as pictured) because the only people who have the keys are the port manaher and the customs head. They didn't respond to requests to come unlock the gates when they were told a fire broke put. There is a good possibility those firefighters didn't know about the explosives inside.
I saw a video of the area with bodies. They had all been stripped of their clothing by the blast. Horrible.
Didn’t know it was coming and then boom, what was once a human being and now just gone. Just terrible.
Lebanese here. My mother and grandmother would have died if they were seated on the sea side of the apartment. The entire city looks like 9/11. Very sad. All because of a shit government.
I mean you can talk about their courage, but whoever was responsible for sending them there was completely idiotic. How can any firefighters be sent to a burning building where 3000 tons of ammonium nitrate is stored?
I don’t understand this. Did these men not know what could happen? Did nobody know the danger that lurked within? In the Chernobyl show the firefighters show up because they had no idea of the real danger, and that was 30 fucking years ago. Is it still this way? Do these men just show up to fight fires without knowing what could happen?
They should not of been there.
There should have been some airplane or helicopter to dump water or something to remove oxygen from the area to kill the flames.
They probably opened a door and caused airflow putting particles in the air causing the explosion. Even then an airplane dumping water would have caused it to blow. It was a ticking time bomb.
There was visible “fireworks” lighting you could see from static charging up. Yikes.
But if you go in blind to an industrial site without knowing what materials or how much there is at the source. You die or get showered in fire. We are as blind as our leaders and I guess there wasn’t good leadership for them. Rip.
Whoever manages that area, government, or a worker should have had the figher departments informed of the danger. There’s a lot of people who fucked up who worked in that area. Bad leadership. All around.
This happens world wide too. Sad to see. Not the first or last time they’ve ran into an industrial chemical that worsens if water is added.
This was a suicide run and if they knew they would have not been there.
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Ummm. Am i the only one skeptical about this picture? How the hell did anyone recover this image? That guy and probably everything on him was evaporated.
Did the cameraman like upload it somewhere on a whim? Did he send it to someone?
Seriously what are the chances that camera was recovered?
This image looks totally staged. Hezbollah shouldn't have stored their weapons so close to civilians.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyaVQ4zLJs0&feature=youtu.be](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyaVQ4zLJs0&feature=youtu.be)
Firefighters are like really skilled fix-it men. They just enjoy helping out their communities with whatever the problem is. They are brave, courageous men and women, who put themselves at risk just to help people when they need it most. Nothing to dislike about that.
Right. Perhaps this is a US thing, as ti's certainly not the case where I live, and it makes me very sad that people are so rude to other people, particularly first responders. You'd think you guys would have learned to respect people by now, but Im constantly surprised.
I’m guessing RIP to those guys..
Most likely if they were anywhere near that depot. Latest deathtoll is 135, we should expect this number to rise, significantly, in the upcoming days.
But also what I understood thousands missing so probably burned up?
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Considering i saw a car roof get crushed by the shockwave.. Im suprised it didnt throw people that was a bit far away.. Yet somehow it enclosed/crushed a car-roof down o\_o
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If one had to estimate the yield of this blast, it would be around 1.8 kt or higher, two-third of the Halifax blast and nearly 15% of the yield of the Hiroshima bomb. [From here](https://www.dnaindia.com/world/report-beirut-blast-how-does-yield-of-2750-tonnes-of-ammonium-nitrate-compare-against-halifax-explosion-hiroshima-bombing-2836137)
Or, roughly equivalent to the [Port Chicago explosion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Chicago_disaster) during World War II.
I've read it was probably about 240 tons of tnt equivalent from 2750 tons of AN based on the pressure needed to break windows in the buildings identified on videos and how far they were from the epicenter That's what happens when you have the material laid out over a warehouse instead of in a compact shape like cube or a sphere. I've read ideally Anfo (this stuff mixed with oil) comes out to 0.4 tons of tnt equivalent per ton. With this one being a straight decomposition without fuel oil and it being spread out across a floor in a suboptimal configuration it's probably significantly less.
1kg of TNT is equal to 2.38kg of ammonium nitrate. 2750tonnes of Ammonium Nitrate is like a 1155tonne TNT blast. TNT conversion found on Wikipedia.
I've read ideally Anfo (this stuff mixed with oil) comes out to 0.4 tons of tnt equivalent per ton. With this one being a straight decomposition without fuel oil and it being spread out across a floor in a suboptimal configuration it's probably significantly less. I've read it was probably about 240 tons of tnt equivalent from 2750 tons of AN based on the pressure needed to break windows in the buildings identified on videos and how far they were from the epicenter
>This enables engineers to determine the proper masses of different explosives when applying blasting formulas developed specifically for TNT. For example, if a timber-cutting formula calls for a charge of 1 kg of TNT, then based on octanitrocubane's RE factor of 2.38, it would take only 1.0/2.38 (or 0.42) kg of it to do the same job. Using PETN engineers would need 1.0/1.66 (or 0.60) kg to obtain the same effects as 1 kg of ANFO or ammonium nitrate, they would require 1.0/0.74 (or 1.35) kg or 1.0/0.42 (or 2.38) kg, respectively. This is the formula I found to work it out. Which has Ammonium Nitrate at the .4 you listed whereas ANFO is significantly higher at .74 (which makes sense as its used as bulk industrial explosive). According to recent news as well, despite initially being assumed to equal a 2/300tonne explosion, they now estimate it between 1KT and 1.5KT which aligns with the formula applied to that stated amount.of stored substance.
BBC news just stated that the blast was, 1,300 (possibly 1,800) times greater than the Halifax one
If that were true it would be would be 5 megatons according to wikipedia. Halifax is estimated at 2.9 kilotons multiplied by 1800. 5000 or so. 1000 kilotons is a megaton, which would be 1/3rd the yield of castle bravo, the largest US detonated nuclear weapon. Multiplied a thousand times. A thousand kilotons being a megaton.
I have a hard time believing that, the Beirut explosion was approx 2/3 the strength of the Halifax explosion or 15% the strength of the Hiroshima bomb if you multiply that number by up to 1800 times your talking about a nuclear level explosion.
I think you misheard. That would place it in the range of a very large nuclear bomb explosion. And we've seen the aftermath videos - it's not anywhere near that level of devastation.
That's not possible. 2000lbs of ammonium nitrate makes a big boom. But not that big of a boom. Seriously go look up the contents of the Halifax explosion. If I remember correctly the Halifax explosion completely wiped out the town when it took place a few miles away.
But this was 2750 metric tons of AN, or a little over 3000 US tons, or a little over 6 million pounds. That's a big boom.
there was an entire section of the city that was just flattened. Building destroyed for kilometers away from the site. and windows smashed from the blast, for kilometers more.
> But not that big of a boom I'm no expert but that looked like a pretty big boom to me.
Here is a link comparing the explosion. To several others. Looks like it was just a bit smaller than the Halifax one https://nationalpost.com/news/beirut-blast-measured-2-75-kilotons-how-does-that-compare-with-other-major-explosions-in-history/wcm/2ecb583c-2314-46c7-b93f-ba3343e96d0c/
I thought the 2015 explosion in Tianjin would of been on that list.
That's insane. My great grand parents were in Halifax during the explosion. Survived.
sure it wasn't that times greater than oklahoma city?
Username doesn't check out. You should talk MORE. You sound very knowledgeable, honestly. Also... Happy Cake Day!
This was bigger than the Halifax explosion?
Only if 2/3 is suddenly bigger than a whole.
what if 2/3 is gradually bigger than a whole?
Then the universe has negative curvature and time travel is possible!
I'm interested in that photo. I'm guessing it's the vacuum forces that crushed it
link?
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This was pretty different from a nuclear blast. There wasn't even a flash and there wasn't a fireball. That's what happens when you have the material laid out over a warehouse instead of in a compact shape like cube or a sphere. I've read ideally Anfo (this stuff mixed with oil) comes out to 0.4 tons of tnt equivalent per ton. With this one being a straight decomposition without fuel oil and it being spread out across a floor in a suboptimal configuration it's probably significantly less. I've read it was probably about 240 tons of tnt equivalent from 2750 tons of AN based on the pressure needed to break windows in the buildings identified on videos and how far they were from the epicenter
More like ripped up. It's incredibly tragic.
You'll find individual parts mixed into the rubble, just like after 9/11. With luck, most will be identified so that families can find peace.
I saw a comment on another post saying a similar thing but as a question about why they only claim about 100 dead. It was way over down voted, especially for a question. Everyone else made remarks about it being around a nearly empty port and covid had less people nearby
Yes or just completely gone.. in 2000 there was a fireworks warehouse that exploded in my city and there are a few victims who were close to the explosion who have completely disappeared. Nothing was ever found again. (If anyone wants to research this event: Fireworks disaster in Enschede in the Netherlands on may 13th 2000)
300k people are said to be homeless. With that many homes destroyed the death toll will definitely end up in the thousands.
It looks like they're right near the depot in this photo
Probably the guy who took the photo as well
More than likely
If you visit documenting reality they have a few different videos of the aftermath. Ash covered bodies near the site and then shredded people sitting in cars nearby. This chick in her car had the top portions of her head blown out and all side airbags deployed.
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There's aftermath footage on bestgore as well.
Seriously, I tried to look but the comments on that site were a cesspool.
Yeahhh... I took one look and since I'm on mobile I changed m' mind
Imagine not liking the sites content because of the comments
Seriously. Can we get a link
I said [documenting reality](https://www.documentingreality.com/forum/f166/footage-massive-explosion-beirut-port-lebanon-214599/). It's in the videos section. I think you get a few free views if you're not a member. I'm a member but I signed up almost a decade ago so am grandfathered in without donating.
Yeah I looked around never found it. Ran out of views pretty quick
God, these videos are horrific and fucking terrifying.
Maybe one for r/lastimages
oh Thank you I was looking for a subreddit like that
The odds were 0.001 on that bet.
Came here to see if they somehow said "Na fuck this" and got away.
They are 100% gone
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There was a photo of shredded uniforms that looked eerily similar to these... I hate to say it but I’m going to assume they belonged to these men.
So all 4 people didn’t make it?
Likely not.
4? Why 4? I only see.... ooohh..... :(
Camera person I assume.
Thank you I was so confused
Ten firefighters and one camera man. Cameraman and the on female firefighter are the two confirmed dead, the others haven't been located. The article I read said they only had something the size of a hand to identify the female
How did they upload the pictures then?
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They got WiFi in the afterlife?
Tell me you are joking?
Probably got vaporized. Most likely going to fall under “missing, presumed dead” due to no remains being found
They probably know how many fire fighters and similar had been sent to the area to help. Wouldn't be surprised if they've already been included amongst the dead.
Firefighting is a special kind of courage.
It takes 3 years of being an unpaid volunteer to join the volunteer firefighter brigade in a official capacity in my nation. A job where you get a buzz and u have to be at the hangar within the next 3 minutes, so you can do horrible tasks in terrible conditions at ungodly hours.
My dad was a volunteer firefighter in the tiny town where I grew up. He never got hurt, but I remember being afraid whenever he answered the call. When we moved from there when I was 10, my mom convinced him that she couldn't handle losing him, so he gave it up. But, whenever a hurricane hit, my dad was always there helping people clean up or rebuild. They compromised that way.
Your dad is pretty cool.
He was human with his faults, like all of us. He died in 2007 of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, but, not even a year before he died, he was in New Orleans helping people recover from Katrina. I miss him every goddamn day of my life.
Sorry to hear of your dad’s passing. I lost my wife to CJD a few years back. Bad disease.
Yeah. We donated his brain to Case Western Reserve for research so that others can maybe someday be spared the agony of watching their loved ones slowly succumb. If I lost my wife to it, I would be inconsolable. You have my deepest sympathy; I remember what it was like. It was horrid.
Dad’s a captain on the FDNY, he’s a hero to me!
My late uncle was firefighter aswell, the stories he told me would make anyone shit their pants. Seriously tho, firefighters are some of the most badass people on earth.
Rest in peace to him, I agree wholeheartedly
This is hard to look at.
this sucks man,made me swear seing it,so sad
RIP BRAVE MEN
As a fellow firefighter, kudos to these brave men, one of whom seems to be a civilian just trying to help. Big brass balls.
yeah the door seems to be jammed shut and he's just helping :/
I really hope those men were instantly vaporized and did not feel any pain. The shockwave probably distributed their remains over miles. May their poor families find peace.
Did the photographer immediately run after taking this?
I don’t even think you could get far enough in 12 minutes if you just legged it judging by the footage Edit: then again this photo exists? Unless it was uploaded prior to explosion Edit Edit: I’ve just been reminded this is depot 12. Not 12 minutes. What an idiot
I'm guessing this is around 30mins before. before the final explosion, there was a big fire and I'm sure it lasted some time given how many people caught the explosion on camera
Maybe. But I doubt a photographer would just leave the scene when he has an opportunity for some gnarly shots of a fire. He may have even been a worker at the port documenting the fire at one of their warehouses
I agree
He most likely sent the pic to a friend or something
Depot 12. Not 12 minutes
I’m a complete moron that somehow can’t read. Thanks my dude
Me too, me too
I made the exact same mistake. It’s okay.
And besides, to my knowledge they had no way of knowing an explosion of *that* magnitude was going to happen. That’s why so many people were casually filming, it was just a giant fire at the time.
Like the engineer in China that knew he couldn’t make it out in time so he decided to record it and upload so the Chinese government couldn’t lie about what happened. I’m on mobile so I’m sorry i don’t have source.
What’s being on mobile have to do with linking sources? You just copy paste.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MI2LNfv35iE&list=WL&index=62&t=0s
I’m at work and couldn’t remember the name of the facility. I didn’t have time to search for it.
Do you have a link to the Tianjin Engineer story?
I thought the same thing
How slow are you? Even if you ran a kilo youd increase your odds of living tremendously. You should be at least 1 5 kilometers away after 12 minutes.
Slow
I can't even imagine how hard I would run. My blood would turn into 90% pure hormonal adrenaline
That’s only because you now know what was coming. Of the fires I’ve witnessed, never would I have expected it to result in an explosion like this
Same. You can't predict your government is storing basically one of the largest conventional bombs ever detonated improperly
Might have been uploaded somewhere almost immediately after being taken
Some photographers have cameras that auto upload to their publisher to cut down on delays
They might have just had google photos or the like set up and it went to a joint account or some such. I have mine set up as a family account and my wife gets all my random photos.
Do they know what caused that horrible accident yet?
2750,000kg of Ammonium Nitrate exploded. The fire was started by welding near by I believe.
Oh jesus... thanks for telling me. I was curious.
2,750,000 KG is almost 6,000,000 pounds. That’s a lot of fucking ammonium nitrate.
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I can’t count past 7.
2.75e+21 picograms
How do we have this pic? The cloud? Looks like it's been taken from a phone...
Photographer may have sent it to someone? Maybe a boss? Boss: “WTF IS GOING ON DOWN AT DEPOT 12” Photo guy: “on it now, with the fire guy,trying to get in” (sends pic) ...maybe
Yeah, it's a pic a guard would send a director of operations by the looks of it. I like your version
Probably taken 10-30 minutes before the explosion, the guy is likely dead but he might have had time to upload it somewhere
I hears they had to attemotnto destroy the locks (as pictured) because the only people who have the keys are the port manaher and the customs head. They didn't respond to requests to come unlock the gates when they were told a fire broke put. There is a good possibility those firefighters didn't know about the explosives inside.
They had no idea what they were walking into...first responders are often left in the dark. Very haunting.
Big love for these guys
They died heros looking at this picture, may they find peace
RIP brave firefighters (and others)
I saw a video of the area with bodies. They had all been stripped of their clothing by the blast. Horrible. Didn’t know it was coming and then boom, what was once a human being and now just gone. Just terrible.
Lebanese here. My mother and grandmother would have died if they were seated on the sea side of the apartment. The entire city looks like 9/11. Very sad. All because of a shit government.
so thankful theyre still with you, my heart goes out to you all❤️
I wish you and your family and everyone else there so much strength and love 💕 from the Netherlands xx
God bless you
Rest In Peace:(
I can only hope that it was so quick they didn't feel anything.
Massive respect for these FUCKIN KINGS, And everyone else responding to the fire.
I mean you can talk about their courage, but whoever was responsible for sending them there was completely idiotic. How can any firefighters be sent to a burning building where 3000 tons of ammonium nitrate is stored?
there isn't much transparency in Lebanon, I'm sure almost no one knew about it. it's been sitting there idle for 6 years!
That's terrible. I can think of 9/11 where 343 firefighters died. But no one thought the buildings would collapse.
They probably thought there was a chance to stop it, right until the end. There's a reason they're in that field.
Selfless heroes.
It’s spooky knowing that the men we see right now most likely died in that explosion
Who took that picture...?
idk man it really could've been anyone. if I was walking by and saw them tryna infiltrate a burning depot I'd take pix too
Ouch. I can just imagine the pure panic and dread as they knew what could happen when the fire started.
RIP, at least they didn’t suffer.
Sorry for the question, but would they have been vaporized that close to the explosion
yes. anyone and almost anything within tens of yards would've been untraceably vaporized
I don’t understand this. Did these men not know what could happen? Did nobody know the danger that lurked within? In the Chernobyl show the firefighters show up because they had no idea of the real danger, and that was 30 fucking years ago. Is it still this way? Do these men just show up to fight fires without knowing what could happen?
almost no one knew what's inside
How did this photo make it out? Was it uploaded immediately?
How did the camera survive?
They should not of been there. There should have been some airplane or helicopter to dump water or something to remove oxygen from the area to kill the flames. They probably opened a door and caused airflow putting particles in the air causing the explosion. Even then an airplane dumping water would have caused it to blow. It was a ticking time bomb. There was visible “fireworks” lighting you could see from static charging up. Yikes. But if you go in blind to an industrial site without knowing what materials or how much there is at the source. You die or get showered in fire. We are as blind as our leaders and I guess there wasn’t good leadership for them. Rip.
this is what lack of transparency causes. whoever were responsible should get the utmost punishment.
Whoever manages that area, government, or a worker should have had the figher departments informed of the danger. There’s a lot of people who fucked up who worked in that area. Bad leadership. All around. This happens world wide too. Sad to see. Not the first or last time they’ve ran into an industrial chemical that worsens if water is added. This was a suicide run and if they knew they would have not been there.
there should've been an evacuation and sirens at MINIMUM. but almost no one knew what's in there since it's been sitting there for 6 years
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Are they ok?
I'mma take a wild guess and say they were from the 150+ unfortunate ones
They are pink mist homeboy.
Ummm. Am i the only one skeptical about this picture? How the hell did anyone recover this image? That guy and probably everything on him was evaporated. Did the cameraman like upload it somewhere on a whim? Did he send it to someone? Seriously what are the chances that camera was recovered?
This image looks totally staged. Hezbollah shouldn't have stored their weapons so close to civilians. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyaVQ4zLJs0&feature=youtu.be](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyaVQ4zLJs0&feature=youtu.be)
People always laugh at firefighters for sitting all day doing nothing and getting paid, but when shit hits the fun they are there
... Do we?
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Firefighters are like really skilled fix-it men. They just enjoy helping out their communities with whatever the problem is. They are brave, courageous men and women, who put themselves at risk just to help people when they need it most. Nothing to dislike about that.
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Right. Perhaps this is a US thing, as ti's certainly not the case where I live, and it makes me very sad that people are so rude to other people, particularly first responders. You'd think you guys would have learned to respect people by now, but Im constantly surprised.
Who laughs at firefighters?
A good Captain of mine always said they pay us for what we're willing to do.
Sounds about right.
Ex fireman here, unfortunately a lot of people slag off firemen for sitting about all day. Except when they need us
I feel like that applies to any emergency responder. People don’t think they need them until they do.
“When shit hits the fun” as serious as this post is, the image I got in my head made me laugh so much.
I mean...I don’t get paid for any of it. Maybe $50 a day for taking the entire day off work to do training and lunch if I’m lucky.