Beirut Ammonium Nitrate Explosion: A Man-Made Disaster in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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dc.contributor.authorEl Sayed, Mazen J.
dc.contributor.departmentEmergency Medicine
dc.contributor.facultyFaculty of Medicine (FM)
dc.contributor.institutionAmerican University of Beirut
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-24T11:41:54Z
dc.date.available2025-01-24T11:41:54Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThe largest non-nuclear blast in modern history took place on August 4, 2020, at 6:07 PM in Beirut, Lebanon, after an estimated 2750 tons of unsafely stored ammonium nitrate exploded. The physical and social impacts of this catastrophic event coinciding with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic were massive. This article describes the national and international emergency responses to this event and highlights the impact of the explosion on the health care sector in Lebanon. Challenges noted during this response with recommendations for improving response to future disasters are also described. © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Cambridge University Press.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2020.451
dc.identifier.eid2-s2.0-85096720288
dc.identifier.pmid33203497
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10938/29905
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherCambridge University Press
dc.relation.ispartofDisaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectAmmonium nitrate
dc.subjectBeirut
dc.subjectCovid-19 pandemic
dc.subjectDisaster response
dc.subjectExplosion
dc.subjectCovid-19
dc.subjectDisasters
dc.subjectExplosions
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectPandemics
dc.subjectDisaster
dc.subjectEpidemiology
dc.subjectHuman
dc.subjectPandemic
dc.titleBeirut Ammonium Nitrate Explosion: A Man-Made Disaster in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic
dc.typeArticle

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