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Beirut Explosion: Moment Blast Hit BBC Bureau

BBC Journalist Maryem Taoumi's horrific account as her building is hit by the explosion.

Apparently, Maryem Toumi did not sustain any serious injuries and even kept working, showing the devastation to her BBC office in Beirut.

Source: BBC Arabic

A dramatic illustration of the power of the explosion that rocked Beirut on August 4 came during a video interview on BBC Arabic, during which the journalist Maryem Taoumi was speaking to Faisal Al-Asil, of the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy.

As Taoumi begins the interview via video call, a rattling is heard, followed by a loud explosion which topples the camera. Al-Asil and a woman next to him are left looking on in shock as alarms begin to go off in the BBC office.

Taoumi later followed up with a video saying she was fine, and showing the damage to the office.

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