NEWS: Beirut Explosion

[dewline]

Major explosion in downtown Beirut today.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/lebanon-beirut-explosion-1.5673644

Do any of you have friends or relatives or colleagues there?

Comments

[dewline]

A Halifax 1917-type situation would not surprise me as being at the root of this. Industrial accidents still happen.

[moon_custafer]

I'm worried that even if it is accidental, lots of people will blame terrorism anyway and political tensions will rise even higher.

[cmcmck]

Apparently there was also an attack on the compound of the family involved in the trial so it could be two separate incidents.