On August 4th, 2020 at 6:07 PM a fire in a warehouse at the Port of Beirut ignited ~2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate that claimed the lives of at least 215 people and displaced over 300,000. The presence of such a large quantity of ammonium nitrate stored in such a volatile area for so long was a result of the willful government negligence— yes criminal.
Rebecca Wakim 