Huge explosions rock Beirut with widespread damage, injuries

BEIRUT (AP) — Massive explosions rocked downtown Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the port, damaging buildings and blowing out windows and doors as a giant mushroom cloud rose above the capital. Witnesses saw many people injured by flying glass and debris.

Aftermath of a massive explosion is seen in in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Massive explosions rocked downtown Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the port, damaging buildings and blowing out windows and doors as a giant mushroom cloud rose above the capital. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Witnesses saw many people injured by flying glass and debris in the aftermath of a Tuesday explosion. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

In this frame from video, people walk down the street after an explosion in Beirut Tuesday. Explosions rocked Beirut, inflicting many injuries and damaging buildings in a large radius around the city’s port. ((AP Photo))

Massive explosions rocked downtown Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the port, damaging buildings and blowing out windows and doors. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Aftermath of a massive explosion is seen in in Beirut, Lebanon Tuesday. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

A cloud from a massive explosion is seen in in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

A smoke from a massive explosion is seen in in Beirut, Lebanon Tuesday. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

People help a man wounded in a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Aftermath of a massive explosion is seen in in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Lebanese security officers run to the explosion scene that hit the seaport, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Aftermath of a massive explosion is seen in in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)