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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 judge investigating Beirut’s massive 2020 port blast resumed work Monday after a nearly 13-month halt, ordering the release of some detainees and announcing plans to charge others, including ...

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 exact cause of the blast remains unknown, ... A view of the damaged port the day after a massive explosion in Beirut on Aug. 5, 2020. Houssam Hariri/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press.

The blast radius stretched far beyond the limits of the city, ... A Lebanese protester speaks with security forces in downtown Beirut on August 8, 2020, ...

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.

On Aug. 4, 2020, hundreds of tons of ammonium nitrate detonated in a Beirut Port warehouse, killing at least 218 people, injuring more than 6,000 and devastating large swaths of the capital.

Lebanese activists and families of the victims of the 2020 Beirut port blast gather outside the Palace of Justice to protest a decision by Lebanon's top prosecutor to release the suspects detained ...

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 ...

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 2022-07-31T18:20:46Z ...

The judge investigating Beirut's massive 2020 port blast resumed work Monday after a nearly 13-month halt, ordering the release of some detainees and announcing plans to charge others, including ...