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It's pretty easy - the fireworks were probably a pretty small shipment, and were loaded along with a bunch of other shipments into an anjoining warehouse. I re

It's pretty easy - the fireworks were probably a pretty small shipment, and were loaded along with a bunch of other shipments into an anjoining warehouse. I realise this seems weird to people living in a country which has all sorts of extremely restrictive and impressive safety protocols, but in poorer countries, this kind of mistake happens __all the time__. It just doesn't normally result in much more than a small fire.

avh02 6y ago
The (more local) news I'm reading, it was apparently known to be dangerous immediately, and regularly reported (~twice a year), just never actioned to remove it. To me that's where the criminal responsibility lies. The beating-around-the-bush has begun though. Port authorities (who were the ones reporting the danger) were arrested. skimmed, since I'm on the clock, but holds the key info: https://www.mtv.com.lb/en/News/Local/1088201/Lebanons-leaders-warned-in-July-about-explosives-at-port---Reuters https://www.mtv.com.lb/en/News/Local/1088201/Lebanons-leader...