2020 Beirut explosions
accidental ammonium nitrate explosion in Beirut, Lebanon
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Summary
2020 Beirut explosions is an industrial disaster[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of industrial disaster entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (43,573 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Beirut Governorate[3]
- Country: Lebanon[4]
- Instance of: explosion[5], industrial fire[6]
- Location: Port of Beirut[7]
- Commons category: 2020 Beirut explosions[8]
- Point in time: August 4, 2020[9]
- Has cause: explosion[10], industrial fire[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:2020 Beirut explosion[12]
- Number of deaths: 218[13]
- Number of injured: 6900[14]
- Number of missing: 32[15]
- Number of casualties: 7000[16]
- Explosive energy equivalent: 1.25 kiloton of TNT[17]
- Hashtag: لا-نريدها[18], BeirutExplosion[19]
- Cost of damage: 15,000,000,000 US dollars[20]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Explosives[21]
- Victim(s): Nazar Najarian[22], Jean-Marc Bonfils[23]
Why It Matters
2020 Beirut explosions has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 75 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]