Need To Know News 20-08-06 Original post Cached copy Explosions in Beirut, Lebanon, Leave 130 Dead and 300,000 Homeless Need To Know News - 2020-08-06 - Original post - Cached copy The emerging official narrative is that a welder accidentally set off a stockpile of fireworks, which then caused more than 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate stored at a nearby warehouse to explode.