Explosion in Beruit
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WingsOfGold
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Why would they even have that much nitrate?????
Israel of course.
Chris0nllyn
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Apparently it came off an abandoned ship in 2014 and they stored it like this for years.
The govt. never gave permission to move it.
Chris0nllyn
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Here's what's left...
BOP
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"Allah dammit!"
This isn't the first time ammonium nitrate has been involved in a deadly catastrophe. The deadliest industrial accident in U.S. history occurred in the port of Texas City, Texas, in 1947. A carelessly tossed cigarette started a fire aboard a ship carrying about 2,300 tons (2,086,000 kg) of ammonium nitrate packed in paper sacks. When the chemical exploded, it caused a blast powerful enough to knock people to the ground in Galveston, Texas, 10 miles (16 kilometers) away.
That detonation also caused a chain reaction when a nearby ship, also carrying ammonium nitrate, exploded, setting fires at chemical tanks and oil refineries near the port. An estimated 581 people were killed in the disaster.
According to a report by The Associated Press, experts think that spark came from an initial fire that may have engulfed fireworks being stored at the port.
https://www.livescience.com/28841-fertilizer-explosions-ammonium-nitrate.html
That detonation also caused a chain reaction when a nearby ship, also carrying ammonium nitrate, exploded, setting fires at chemical tanks and oil refineries near the port. An estimated 581 people were killed in the disaster.
According to a report by The Associated Press, experts think that spark came from an initial fire that may have engulfed fireworks being stored at the port.
https://www.livescience.com/28841-fertilizer-explosions-ammonium-nitrate.html
Sneakers
Just sneakin' around....
Fireworks and ammonium nitrate. Tell me there was an acetylene storage there too. What could go wrong?
PeoplesElbow
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Nice, storing fireworks beside ammonium nitrate, what could go wrong.