In Pictures | Remembering Lebanon's Deadly Beirut Blast that Killed 200 People
The devastating port blast that thundered through the city killed more than 200 people
Last Updated: August 04, 2021, 12:06 IST
FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020 file photo, Michel Rahi stands inside a room at the Saint George Hospital University Medical Center that was damaged by the Aug. 4 massive blast at Beirut's seaport, in Beirut, Lebanon. The hospital, one of Lebanon's most prestigious and oldest medical centers, is located about 900 meters (yards) from a warehouse in Beirut port, where hundreds of tons of ammonium nitrate, a highly explosive fertilizer, blew up a year ago, triggering one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
FILE - This Aug. 5, 2020 file photo, shows a general view of the scene of an explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon. It’s been a year since one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history erupted at a port warehouse in Beirut. The blast destroyed entire neighborhoods and killed scores of people, including 22 at the nearby St. George Hospital. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)
In this Aug. 6, 2020 photo, people stand at the main entrance of Saint George Hospital University Medical Center that was damaged by the Aug. 4 massive blast at Beirut's seaport, in Beirut, Lebanon. The hospital, one of Lebanon's most prestigious and oldest medical centers, is located about 900 meters (yards) from a warehouse in Beirut port, where hundreds of tons of ammonium nitrate, a highly explosive fertilizer, blew up a year ago, triggering one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
FILE - In this Aug 5, 2020 file photo, a drone camera captures the scene of an explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon. The Aug. 4 blast at Beirut's port tore through the city at 6:07 p.m., destroying entire neighbourhoods and killing scores of people. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
Lebanese and foreign security personnel inspect site of car bomb blast that killed Lebanon's former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri in Beirut. Lebanese and foreign security personnel inspect the site of a car bomb blast that killed Lebanon's former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri in Beirut March 11, 2005. The site of the bombing on an exclusive seafront strip has been sealed off while investigators sift through the wreckage. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir - RP6DRMRIRQAE
Lebanese medics carry an injured Lebanese away from the blast site in Beirut March 26, 2005. A car bomb exploded in an industrial suburb of Christian east Beirut on Easter's eve, causing a large fire and wounding eight people, security sources said on Saturday. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj DS/DL - RP6DRMWMEPAC
Smoke rises behind buildings from the site of an explosion in Beirut's southern suburbs, August 15, 2013. Rescue workers in the southern Beirut district hit by an explosion on Thursday have found nine bodies, a witness at the scene said. The powerful blast engulfed several cars in flames and also trapped people in a nearby building. REUTERS/ Mohamed Azakir (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - GM1E98G01F101
Relatives and Hezbollah members gesture as they carry the coffin of one of the victims who were killed during suicide bombings that occurred on Tuesday near Iran's embassy compound in Beirut, as they march during their funeral November 20, 2013. Two suicide bombings rocked Iran's embassy compound in Lebanon on Tuesday, killing at least 23 people including an Iranian cultural attache and hurling bodies and burning wreckage across a debris-strewn street. REUTERS/ Sharif Karim (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS DISASTER MILITARY OBITUARY) - GM1E9BK1TZ301
A woman reacts at the site of an explosion in the Haret Hreik area in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut January 21, 2014. An explosion rocked Beirut's southern suburbs on Tuesday, witnesses and local media said, hitting a Hezbollah stronghold that has been the repeated target of car bomb attacks in recent months. REUTERS/Issam Kobeisi (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - GM1EA1L1GL201
Members of the Civil Defense, police, Lebanese army soldiers and Hezbollah members inspect the site of an explosion in the Haret Hreik area, in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut January 21, 2014. A suicide bomber killed four people on Tuesday in the residential neighbourhood of southern Beirut known for its support of Shi'ite military and political group Hezbollah, security sources said. REUTERS/Hasan Shaaban (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY) - GM1EA1L1HPR01
Smoke rises as people walk near the site of an explosion in Beirut, Lebanon August 4, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir - RC277I90BEXX
A still image taken from a drone footage shows the damage two days after an explosion in Beirut's port area, Lebanon August 6, 2020. Reuters TV/via REUTERS - RC2D8I997DWH
Members of the rescue team walk at the damaged site of Tuesday's blast in Beirut's port area, Lebanon August 8, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay - RC2N9I9FMU20
Debris and damaged vehicles are seen in the port area, after a blast in Beirut, Lebanon August 11, 2020. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani - RC2KBI94LLD1
People take part in a candle vigil for the victims lost in a massive explosion, in Beirut, Lebanon August 11, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay - RC2SBI9W6MJK
Riot police officers form a line during protests that have been ignited by a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon August 11, 2020. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani - RC2TBI9AF62Q
