2750 tonnes...
That’s roughly 3 kilotons... the amount of explosive in a small tactical nuke, and about 1/5 of the Hiroshima A-bomb.
Wow.
And if this ammonium nitrate was for agricultural use, why store it in downtown Beirut? Hmmmm?
That looked liked a hydrogen Bomb!
In THEORY, “they say” it was a shipment several years ago- the ship had technical problems and abandoned the cargo...at the port.
I find it hard to believe- but this is such an extraordinary event that it could be stupidity, negligence, laziness, that MIGHT or might NOT have been exploited. I tend to go with favor the stupid accident theory for the moment.
2020