[Repost] Watch: Lookback at Beirut explosion 2020 On 4 August 2020, the city of Beirut was rocked by an enormous blast as hundreds of tons of improperly stored ammonium nitrate exploded. A year on, here is a lookback at how the explosion struck killing more than 200 people, wounding thousands, and devastating swathes of Beirut. | Khaleej Times