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EPISODE · Aug 1, 2025 · 11 MIN

Shock waves continue five years on from Port of Beirut explosion

from Saturday Extra - Separate stories podcast · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation

It is five years since a fire ignited a storage warehouse in the port of Beirut, causing a massive explosion in the Lebanese capital.With shock-waves equivalent to a 3.3 magnitude earthquake, the port was pulverised and the death toll is believed to be at least 221.The political and personal shock-waves continue to this day, but there is renewed hope for justice after the resumption of a judicial investigation into the blast. 

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