![Police and forensic officers work at the scene of an explosion which took place yesterday at the port of Lebanon's capital Beirut, on August 5, 2020. - Rescuers worked through the night after two enormous explosions ripped through Beirut's port, killing at least 78 people and injuring thousands, as they wrecked buildings across the Lebanese capital. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP) (Photo by ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)](https://static.sky.it/images/skytg24/it/mondo/2020/08/05/esplosione-beirut-libano/00_beirut_libano_getty_ok.jpg.transform/hero-mobile/1033e4ec7ad31656d1788715faf85bf6cd7884e6/img.jpg)
Beirut tra macerie e fumo: la capitale del Libano il giorno dopo l’esplosione. FOTO
Dopo la violenta deflagrazione che ha scosso la città il 4 agosto, provocando almeno 100 morti e 4.000 feriti, molti edifici si presentano sventrati e le strade sono piene di detriti. In azione i soccorsi per la ricerca di superstiti
![1227916112 The wreckage of a ship is seen following yesterday's blast at the port of Lebanon's capital Beirut, on August 5, 2020. - Rescuers worked through the night after two enormous explosions ripped through Beirut's port, killing at least 78 people and injuring thousands, as they wrecked buildings across the Lebanese capital. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP) (Photo by ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)](https://static.sky.it/images/skytg24/it/mondo/2020/08/05/esplosione-beirut-libano/01_beirut_getty.jpg.transform/gallery-horizontal-mobile/ad5e7e4c95b26374649858dfafd3b09773fa3b02/img.jpg)
A poche ore dalla violenta esplosione che ha scosso Beirut il 4 agosto, provocando almeno 100 morti e 4.000 feriti, la città si presenta avvolta da fumo e con edifici sventrati per via della deflagrazione
TUTTI GLI AGGIORNAMENTI![1227916289 Police and forensic officers work at the scene of an explosion which took place yesterday at the port of Lebanon's capital Beirut, on August 5, 2020. - Rescuers worked through the night after two enormous explosions ripped through Beirut's port, killing at least 78 people and injuring thousands, as they wrecked buildings across the Lebanese capital. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP) (Photo by ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)](https://static.sky.it/images/skytg24/it/mondo/2020/08/05/esplosione-beirut-libano/00_beirut_libano_getty.jpg.transform/gallery-horizontal-mobile/1033e4ec7ad31656d1788715faf85bf6cd7884e6/img.jpg)
I maggiori danni si registrano nella zona del porto, quella in cui è avvenuta l' esplosione causata da un incendio in un deposito dove erano immagazzinate 2.750 tonnellate di nitrato di ammonio
LE FOTO DELL'ESPLOSIONE![1227915848 The aftermath of yesterday's blast is seen at the port of Lebanon's capital Beirut, on August 5, 2020. - Rescuers worked through the night after two enormous explosions ripped through Beirut's port, killing at least 78 people and injuring thousands, as they wrecked buildings across the Lebanese capital. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP) (Photo by ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)](https://static.sky.it/images/skytg24/it/mondo/2020/08/05/esplosione-beirut-libano/05_beirut_getty.jpg.transform/gallery-horizontal-mobile/ea333d04174563a3d62253078af037530e0ea361/img.jpg)
A Beirut cresce anche la preoccupazione per le sostanze che si sono sprigionate nell’aria, tanto che il ministro della salute Hasan consiglia a chiunque possa di andare via dalla città
IL VIDEO DELLA DOPPIA ESPLOSIONE![1227915660 The aftermath of yesterday's blast is seen at the port of Lebanon's capital Beirut, on August 5, 2020. - Rescuers worked through the night after two enormous explosions ripped through Beirut's port, killing at least 78 people and injuring thousands, as they wrecked buildings across the Lebanese capital. (Photo by Anwar AMRO / AFP) (Photo by ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)](https://static.sky.it/images/skytg24/it/mondo/2020/08/05/esplosione-beirut-libano/04_beirut_getty.jpg.transform/gallery-horizontal-mobile/ab15e8015547f486a2d2124e17651cc9b206a426/img.jpg)
Proclamato lo stato d'emergenza per due settimane e per oggi, 5 agosto, il lutto nazionale
Trump: “Sembra terribile attentato”![1227915429 Damaged church and vehicles are seen following yesterday's blast that shook the Lebanese capital Beirut, on August 5, 2020. - Rescuers worked through the night after two enormous explosions ripped through Beirut's port, killing at least 78 people and injuring thousands, as they wrecked buildings across the Lebanese capital. (Photo by Anwar AMRO / AFP) (Photo by ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)](https://static.sky.it/images/skytg24/it/mondo/2020/08/05/esplosione-beirut-libano/06_beirut_getty.jpg.transform/gallery-horizontal-mobile/47dbcd937526587c7955e90c32247811b767a1b1/img.jpg)
L'esplosione ha devastato molti degli edifici vicini al magazzino e in particolare uno, di tre piani, è crollato
Cos’è il nitrato d’ammonio: i vari usi, da fertilizzante alle bombe