Beirut explosion

At least 10 times did Lebanon authorities raise alarm that a massive stockpile of explosive chemicals was being kept with almost no safeguard in Beirut.

Lebanon President Michel Aoun said an investigation into the biggest blast in Beirut’s history would examine whether “external interference” had a role.

Lebanon mourned on Thursday the victims of the most powerful blast to hit a country that has already been struck down by an economic crisis.

Fireworks and ammonium nitrate appear to have been the fuel that ignited a massive explosion that rocked the Lebanese capital of Beirut.