It's estimated up to 300,000 people have been made homeless with between $3 billion and $5 billion worth of damage done in the city. I looked up in the sky and I saw the big purple orange cloud after the explosion," he told news.com.au. We're heartbroken. "There were glass injuries and other minor injuries as a result of that, but we thank heavens that those injuries were not more serious, although staff have, of course, received medical care." Your News is the place for you to save content to read later from any device. This video is incredible ... a guy on a jet ski captured the moment the entire city of Beirut shook after a massive explosion killed at least 135 people and injured 5,000. 8/22/2020 12:01 AM PT People were shouting. "The windows of McDonald's fell. This video is incredible ... a guy on a jet ski captured the moment the entire city of Beirut shook after a massive explosion killed at least 135 people and injured 5,000.The perspective is different from the video captured on land. The European Union (EU) said it would send rescuers, dogs and equipment to reach into the rubble for survivors. 8/22/2020 12:40 AM PT 8/22/2020 1:00 AM PT Lenarcic said the Czech Republic, Greece and the Netherlands have already committed to the operation, while France, Germany and Poland were offering assistance. Tributes and offers of aid, rescue workers and food have flooded into the country since the blast, after an appeal from Lebanese leaders. before and after of Beirut's main port after Yesterday's explosion..This is the moment before the explosion when the fire was ongoing at Amateur photographer, Farouk Bakhour, 17 was 10 minutes away from the port at McDonald's with his friend and cousin when the explosion hit and was about to eat when the car started shaking. 8/22/2020 8:20 AM PT Get TMZ breaking news sent right to your browser! 8/22/2020 12:45 AM PT Security sources have reportedly said welding on the warehouse may have led the fertiliser to ignite, triggering the cataclysmic blast. The pandemic already meant that hospitals are overwhelmed, and frontline workers are exhausted. On Wednesday a frantic search for survivors of the blast was under way, with footage of one man emerging from the rubble after 10 hours shared online. "On the go and no time to finish that story right now? "Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends of those who have been injured or lost their lives, and all those whose homes and livelihoods have been affected." Photo / AP A combo of satellite images of the port of Beirut and the surrounding area in Lebanon, top, taken on May 31, 2020 and the bottom taken on Wednesday Aug. 5, 2020. He instantly started getting calls from his parents and family, but thought immediately the city had been hit by an air strike. "Yesterday's catastrophe in Beirut adds to what has already been a terrible crisis for the people of Lebanon compounded by an economic collapse and a surge in Covid-19 cases. Every single Lebanese loved Beirut like nobody does to any city. Register with us and content you save will appear here so you can access them to read later. The FT's Chloe Cornish, who was in the Lebanese capital when the blast happened, asks where the city goes from here after the government declared a state of emergency There was blood all over everyone, it was really terrifying." Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne said an estimated 20,000 Australians are in Lebanon at any given time and the embassy there had suffered significant damage, but staff were unhurt. Pop up field hospitals and tracking dogs were also provided, with the Gulf states first to respond, including Qatar sending mobile hospitals, Kuwait sending medical supplies. "The EU Civil Protection Mechanism is now co-ordinating the urgent deployment of over 100 highly trained firefighters, with vehicles, dogs and equipment, specialised in search and rescue in urban contexts," the European commissioner for crisis management, Janez Lenarcic, said.