2020.08.19 17:30 GMT+8

Live: View of Beirut after the cataclysmic explosion

Updated 2020.08.19 17:30 GMT+8

Two weeks ago, a cataclysmic explosion at the Port of Beirut ripped the Lebanese capital apart, leaving nearly 180 people dead, around 6,000 injured and about a quarter of a million people homeless. Authorities said the blast was caused by a fire igniting 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate left unsecured in a warehouse for six years.

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