“We were, accordingly, a little to the side, that is, not directly in front of the port, but a kilometer to the side, towards the city. We were on the boat. At first there was cotton, white smoke came out, we even thought that this was another demonstration: blocking the road, setting fire to the tires, and so on. That was the first opinion, ”the journalist said.
According to him, the explosion took place after about a minute.
“We started filming this picture of a small haze from the port. After, probably, a minute this huge explosion sounded, the blast wave threw our boat a little, everyone who was in the boat, who got in, but, thank God, stayed on board. I would say that our team got off with a slight fright. The blast wave went to the city, not to the sea, ”Alaeddin said.
According to the latest data, the explosion in the port of Beirut killed 135 people and injured about 5 thousand.
A powerful explosion occurred on August 4 near the seaport of Beirut. According to local authorities, the cause of the tragedy was the detonation of 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate confiscated by the customs services stored in the warehouse.