On the occasion of the second anniversary of the Lebanon Big Bang, the explosive ground granary part collapsed

Jimu Journalist Li Lili

Intern Yang Xingnan

According to the BBC report on July 31, on Sunday, part of the large grain granaries in Port in Port in Lebanese collapsed, and a few days later was the second anniversary of the Berut Big Bang. The dust caused by the collapse was shrouded in the whole city, and once again evoked people's traumatic memories of the explosion of more than 200 people.

(Source: BBC video screenshot)

There are currently no reports of casualties.

It can be seen from the video that the top of the right part of the large grain granary began to collapse, and then the right half of the entire building collapsed, setting off huge smoke.

The granary was severely damaged in the Lebanon Big Bang in 2020. At that time, the Lebanon government ordered the building to demolish the building, but was collectively opposed by the family members of the explosion victims. They hoped to keep the building to commemorate the Big Bang. It has been put on hold so far.

As the anniversary of the Big Bang was about to come, the granary suddenly collapsed and once again pulled people back to a thrilling scene two years ago.

On August 4, 2020, a huge explosion occurred in the port area of ​​Berut, and the explosion occurred twice, causing damage to many houses and the glass was shattered. This is the most powerful non -nuclear explosion in history, causing more than 200 people to die, more than 6,500 people injured, and hundreds of thousands of people can return due to house damage and losses up to $ 15 billion.

According to Reuters, the explosion was caused by the poor management of chemicals by government departments. Since 2013, there are ammonium nitrate nitrate in the port warehouse, with about 2750 tons, and the explosion or ammonium nitrate is related to improper storage.

Agence France -Presse reported that the earthquake waves generated at that time were equivalent to a magnitude 3.3 earthquake, and the port was razed to the ground. The buildings within 100 meters away from the explosion location were razed to the ground within 1 second. The airports 6 kilometers away were damaged, and both the Prime Minister's Palace and the Presidential Palace were destroyed.

After the incident, the current government was forced to resign.

For two years, the granary has been risk of collapse. Since July this year, Lebanon has continued to have high temperatures, and the remaining grain fermentation in the granary has spontaneously ignited for several weeks. Local officials said the building has the risk of completely collapsed.

The grain granary was built in the 1960s and was about 50 meters high. It was once Lebanon's largest granary. Its storage capacity is equivalent to the sum of the imported wheat in 1 to 2 months.

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