[1/6] A view shows the partially-collapsed Beirut grain silos, damaged in the August 2020 port blast, in Beirut Lebanon July 31, 2022. REUTERS/Issam Abdallah Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab.

A section of Beirut’s massive port grain silos, shredded in the 2020 explosion, collapses after burning for weeks. Authorities say more could follow.

The Aug. 4 blast was caused by the ignition of more than 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate, a common fertilizer and explosive, which caught fire after years of improper storage in Beirut’s port.

The blast destroyed much of Beirut’s eastern coastal area. Rescue workers use a crane to lift concrete slabs from a destroyed building as they search for survivors on September 4, 2020 in Beirut ...

The blast killed at least 100 people and injured ... Before and after SkySat imagery shows the impact of yesterday’s explosion in Beirut. Imagery captured on May 31, 2020 and today, August 5 ...

Beirut’s blast and Lebanon’s deeper crisis. August 6, 2020. ... 2020 “Lebanon is no longer on the brink of collapse. The economy of Lebanon has collapsed,” Fawaz Gerges, ...

A drone picture shows the scene of an explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. A massive explosion rocked Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the city's port ...

People in Beirut are still looking for justice after the 2020 port explosion Two years after an ... but against the judge investigating the port blast. NPR's Ruth Sherlock is in Beirut.

Damaged grain silos and its surroundings, Aug. 5, 2020, one day after a powerful explosion tore through Beirut. AFP via Getty Images “The main feeling here is sheer rage,” Bulos said.

The blast destroyed four hospitals in Beirut, including St. George, one of the largest in the country, leaving many dozens of Lebanon’s youngest cancer patients with nowhere to go for care.

BEIRUT, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The judge investigating the deadly 2020 Beirut port blast said he had postponed interrogations of senior current and former officials that had been set to begin on Monday ...

The explosion that devastated large parts of Beirut and killed more than 190 people was one of the largest non-nuclear blasts in history — about 1/20th the size of the atomic bomb that levele… ...