# Beirut explosion, bridal video: sound before arrival of main blast?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 7, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beirut-explosion-bridal-video-sound-before-arrival-of-main-blast/917505 "2020-08-07T14:50:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 10, 2020, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beirut-explosion-bridal-video-sound-before-arrival-of-main-blast/917505/25 "2020-08-10T07:26:52Z")

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There were more than thirty seconds between the two explosions (the smaller, though still substantial, first one and the much more powerful second one). In the video it’s only one or two seconds between the sound the OP asks about and the main blast. So it can’t have been the first explosion.

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