People stand near damaged cars following an explosion in Beirut, Lebanon August 4, 2020. The interior minister told Al Jadeed TV that ammonium nitrate had been stored at the port since 2014. The governor of Beirut port told Sky News that a team of firefighters, who were battling the initial blaze, had "disappeared" after the explosion. Smoke rises after an explosion in Beirut, Lebanon August 4, 2020, in this picture obtained from a social media video. In Cyprus, a Mediterranean island 110 miles (180 km) across the sea from Beirut, residents heard the blast.

Source: bd News24 August 04, 2020 17:06 UTC