Yikes !
Apparently it was heard in Cyprus, +100km away. Hoping for the best, but it will be tragic.
While I'm sure there is some truth to the reports of what blew up, I'm not sure I would believe too many of the official, internal reports of what is going on in a port city in that area. I know I have handled a lot of munitions leaving Canada and headed that way, and we are not a huge exporter of weaponry, unlike many other countries.I can only imagine how much in the way of military grade explosives, legitimate and otherwise, were likely in the area, and you'd be hard pressed to convince me otherwise.I think a lot of people would be very surprised (and upset) to find out the things that go through pretty much any port in the world, and especially the things I am sure you will find in the Middle East. Def