Crazy Explosion at Beirut Port (video)

[mat]

And if it was an accident?

A truly horrific one at that.

 

[inbetween]

Incredible, not quite Tianjin but incredible, bloody awful way to go.

 

[basokla]

You can clearly see charges going off before the large explosion - fireworks or ammunition?

And now rumors confiscated sodium nitrate in storage in close proximity.

If true, someone literally created a ticking time bomb. Good grief.

 

[fulabeer]

We used to mess about with Sodium Nitrate fertiliser mixed with sugar to make bottle bombs as kids in Gorton.
This stopped when the owners of the "Handy Corner" (opposite BJ car spares) twigged what we were up to!

Trust me, if this stuff was stored next to a fireworks warehouse, then somebody is going to jail. It's almost unthinkable that this would be allowed.

Wasn't the Manchester bomb made from this stuff? Then imagine a warehouse full...

 

[Bovril]

Looking at the blast wave (which is the reaper and limb taker), looks like a tragic industrial explosion, combat indicator was the white wave and prior the fireworks going off. Top tip, separate dangerous fuel from an accelerant.

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

We used to mess about with Sodium Nitrate fertiliser mixed with sugar to make bottle bombs as kids in Gorton.
This stopped when the owners of the "Handy Corner" opposite BJ car spares twigged what we were up to!

Trust me, if this stuff was stored next to a fireworks warehouse, then somebody is going to jail. It's almost unthinkable that this would be allowed.

Wasn't the Manchester bomb made from this stuff? Then imagine a warehouse full...

we don't need to imagine.

 

[west didsblue]

Holy crap. Thats a big explosion - A couple of kilotonnes of TNT I'd say

When you look at the list of previous large non-nuclear explosions there’s no description of any that could be felt 150 miles away like this was in Cyprus. This was fucking massive.

 

[Gabriel]

Remember that. Poorly stored was cover the confiscated explosives with tarpaulin and wash it down with water to keep it cool... in a place where temperatures can exceed 40 it is a ticking bomb.

What could possibly go wrong?

 

[fulabeer]

When you look at the list of previous large non-nuclear explosions there’s no description of any that could be felt 150 miles away like this was in Cyprus. This was fucking massive.

I thought that report was the seismology dept in Cyprus said they got readings. I would be amazed if people actually felt/heard it. But stand to be corrected etc.

 

[BlueAnorak]

Sodium Nitrate stored next to a firework warehouse is the latest theory according to Beirut port officials.
WTF is all I can say.