Naomi Campbell, Salma Hayek and Ariana Grande send prayers and love to Beirut after explosion

‘Heartbroken’: Naomi Campbell, Salma Hayek and Ariana Grande among celebrities sending prayers and love to Beirut after massive explosion By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com Published: 06:41 BST, 5 August 2020 | Updated: 06:41 BST, 5 August 2020 She’s one of the world’s most famous supermodels. And on Tuesday, Naomi Campbell reacted to news of the … Read more

Beirut’s day of destruction: Explosion lays waste to Lebanese capital

Entire buildings were razed to rubble in Beirut yesterday after a chemical explosion punched through the city and wreaked devastation for miles.  The industrial port that provides Lebanon with crucial trade routes was virtually flattened by the blast, which is believed by officials to have been caused at a warehouse storing ammonium nitrate.   Sobering scenes … Read more

Beirut explosion: Massive port area blast destroys ex-PM’s home

Massive explosion rocks Beirut destroying buildings and ‘leaving people covered in blood and broken glass’ The country’s health minster said the blast has left many injured and inflicted severe damage on the city  Middle Eastern country’s media carried images of people trapped under rubble  Security sources told Reuters the blast occurred in the port area   … Read more

Massive explosion rocks Beirut destroying buildings

Massive explosion rocks Beirut destroying buildings and ‘leaving people covered in blood and broken glass’ By Reuters Published: 16:45 BST, 4 August 2020 | Updated: 16:47 BST, 4 August 2020 A massive explosion has rocked Beirut this afternoon destroying buildings and sending a huge fireball into the sky. Dramatic footage on social media shows people … Read more

‘Now I Am Become Death’ 75th Anniversary of ‘Trinity,’ the world’s first nuclear bomb explosion

Seventy-five years ago today, a group of physicists, engineers and Army personnel assembled in New Mexico’s forsaken desert in the pre-dawn hours of July 16, 1945 for a top secret operation, code name: Trinity. Their goal was to detonate the world’s first nuclear bomb. J. Robert Oppenheimer is best known for his role as the scientific … Read more

Massive explosion at a Chinese firecracker factory sends a huge mushroom cloud into the

Massive explosion at a Chinese firecracker factory sends a huge mushroom cloud into the air A large fire triggered a series of blasts at a factory in Guanghan last night State TV footage shows a mushroom cloud of smoke billowing into the sky Other clips show locals screaming at home and on the street moments … Read more

Explosion rips through grain silo at Port of Tilbury

Firefighters were today battling a ‘major incident’ at Tilbury Grain Terminal after a massive explosion in a grain silo, with dramatic photographs showing how the blast blew off the roof. Nearby residents in the Essex town heard a ‘huge bang’ shortly before 10am which was so loud that it rattled the windows of homes, and … Read more

Woman is pulled from burning flat as explosion rips through dry cleaners below

Woman is pulled from burning flat as explosion rips through dry cleaners below Fire broke out in dry cleaners on Croydon High Street in south London last night Emergency services pulled woman from first-floor flat in burning building London Fire Brigade received reports of an explosion in the dry cleaners By Jack Wright For Mailonline … Read more

At least 19 die as huge explosion tears through buildings in Iranian capital Tehran 

At least nineteen people were killed and six injured on Tuesday in an explosion at a medical clinic in the north of the Iranian capital Tehran, Fars news agency reported, quoting a state official.  The blast was triggered by a gas leak, Tehran Deputy Governor Hamid Reza Goudarzi told state television. It was initially reported … Read more

White Island survivor watched skin fall off her hands and fingers following explosion

24 Australians were among 47 tourists on New Zealand’s White Island when it erupted.    THE DEAD:  Julie Richards, 47, and her daughter Jessica, 20, from Brisbane. Julie Richards, 47, and her daughter Jessica, 20, (pictured) from Brisbane are among the dead Martin Hollander and his wife Barbara Martin Berend Hollander, 48, from Sydney. His two … Read more