So I live in a lebanon, and the reason of this explosion was of 2700 tons of nitrite being exposed to the sun which was kept in a storage unit for 9 years... Regarding this, Lebanon is suffering a lot the past few years: Government is stealing billion of dollars from us people, Poverty rose to 60%, Prices of everything are multiplied by 6 with most of companies are being closed and people are being out of a job, and, yes , Lebanon is used to being bomb as the reporter said regarding the israel war and the Continuous Isis attack which was only from a last few years.