Statement From CSB Chairman Katherine Lemos on Massive Explosion and Fire in Beirut
August 08, 2020
August 08, 2020
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- The U.S. Chemical Safety Board issued the following statement on Aug. 7 by Chairman Katherine Lemos:
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The video accounts are stunning. Smoke emerges over the city as yellow flames reach towards the sky. A few seconds later an explosion and its resulting pressure wave leave death and destruction in its wake. This was West, Texas in 2013. This is Beirut, Lebanon in 2020. As details of Tuesday's accident continue to emerge, one thing is clear: we . . .
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The video accounts are stunning. Smoke emerges over the city as yellow flames reach towards the sky. A few seconds later an explosion and its resulting pressure wave leave death and destruction in its wake. This was West, Texas in 2013. This is Beirut, Lebanon in 2020. As details of Tuesday's accident continue to emerge, one thing is clear: we . . .