The tragedy in Beirut

I'm sure we all feel horror and pity at what has happened to the people of Beirut. But at least we have enough information now to be fairly certain that this was an awful accident and not an act of terror by any group or state. A huge quantity of ammonium nitrate had been stored in a dockside warehouse apparently for some years with very few safety precautions. It had just been dumped and forgotten. A small fire, perhaps sparked off by a welder's torch caused it to blow up with catastrophic results.

This article describes the earlier events that led up to this.

Trust Trump to say it was a bomb!