Beirut 'one of biggest non-nuclear blasts'

By Dave Higgens, Pa
Updated August 6 2020 - 6:41am, first published 6:39am
An expert says the Beirut explosion was about a tenth as powerful as the Hiroshima atomic bomb.
An expert says the Beirut explosion was about a tenth as powerful as the Hiroshima atomic bomb.

The Beirut explosion is "unquestionably" one of the largest non-nuclear blasts in history, according to calculations by British engineering experts.

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