What Can We Learn from the Beirut Explosion of August 2020?

Craig Ellis, PE, CSP On the afternoon of August 4, 2020, two explosions occurred at the port of the city of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon. The second explosion was extremely powerful, and caused at least 190 deaths, 6,500 injuries, US $10–15 billion in property damage, and leaving an estimated 300,000 people homeless.   The event was linked to approximately 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate –whichContinue reading “What Can We Learn from the Beirut Explosion of August 2020?”