Beirut explosion: 2 people describe being caught up in blast - Business Insider

A destroyed silo at the scene of an explosion at the port in the Lebanese capital Beirut on August 4, 2020.Beirut was devastated by a huge explosion Tuesday, upending the lives of its millions of citizens.One was a woman who was driving near the center of the blast at Beirut's port. She felt the explosion in her body before seeing or hearing it.

Firefighters evacuate a wounded man from the scene of an explosion at the port in Beirut on August 4, 2020.Between the first explosion and the second, from her car Rayane saw workers running away, and decided to flee. "I knew something was up, and the first thing that immediately comes to mind is that it's an explosion," she said. "Cars around me started to honk and speed as well.

A helicopter puts out a fire at the scene of an explosion at the port of Lebanon's capital Beirut on August 4, 2020."I turned around and saw the red plume of smoke," she said. At first it seemed to her like the color was from the sunset over the Mediterranean "I thought it might be an explosion from a shipment or fuel [leak] or something," Rayane said, who at that point was anxiously waiting outside her damaged apartment building, which she worried could collapse.ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images

Patients covered in blood rushed to the hospital in droves, he said. Many were treated and stitched on the spot in any available corner.

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