Massive Explosion in Tianjin, China - Cause Unknown

[itchy]

That is not a petroleum explosion.

Example

You only get one boom and fire once all petrol is ignited.

What ever fell out the sky was a warhead no doubt about it.

Deffo ammo dump.

 

[muon]

Seems a huge explosion just for petrol?

If you look at the carnage caused buy a petrol statio. explosion here

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/04/dozens-killed-in-ghana-petrol-station-explosion

I wouldn't be surprised.A storage facility would have many many times more of the stuff.

 

[teaboy5]

That is not a petroleum explosion.

Example

You only get one boom and fire once all petrol is ignited.

What ever fell out the sky was a warhead no doubt about it.

Deffo ammo dump.

O give over. Are you one of these CT nuts?

Ever stop to think it may just be debris?

 

[Firestar_3x]

O give over. Are you one of these CT nuts?

Ever stop to think it may just be debris?

According to Chinese state media, the explosion occurred when a shipment of explosives blew up at about 23:30 (16:30 GMT).

 

[Amp34]

That is not a petroleum explosion.

Example

You only get one boom and fire once all petrol is ignited.

What ever fell out the sky was a warhead no doubt about it.

Deffo ammo dump.

Where do you see a warhead falling from the sky? Those trails coming down at the beginning of the video are probably debris from the first explosion - going down way too slow to be missiles (as an example). Also note the second explosion is way after the debris hits the ground.

The sparks from the second explosion don't immediately suggest petrol to me, but then I'm no expert. Does make sense to be explosives, but not coming from the sky

 

[Psyoletic]

O give over. Are you one of these CT nuts?

Ever stop to think it may just be debris?

Don't even bite, leave him to it and laugh at his ignorance and head in the cloud opinions.

Okay... it was skynet.

 

[muon]

From watching mythbusters, doesn't a petrol explosion cause an orange fireball like that?

All the other explosions they performed didn't create a fireball.

 

[Firestar_3x]

From watching mythbusters, doesn't a petrol explosion cause an orange fireball like that?

Yes it does, but it looks like the initiating event was the detonation of a shipment of explosives.

 

[FlamBango]

godzilla

 

[Psyoletic]

godzilla

Godzilla is Japanese.

 

[FlamBango]

its summer, he is on his hols

 

[Dis86]

Godzilla is Japanese.

Nah, he was a pacific islander.

 

[dowie]

I love how everyone is becoming an expert on recognising different types of explosions now...

 

[Scougar]

I hope my Chinese colleagues are ok. (Hopefully nowhere near there).

 

[Curio]

It's China. My guess is shed load of explosives being transported and the crew stubbing out their cigs on the totally unprotected TNT.

 

[Haggisman]

When Buncefield blew up the shockwave woke my parents up. They were about 20 miles away.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buncefield_fire

When they go up, they go up...

I used to work for Northgate, who owned one of the buildings right next to that.

Apparently cars in the carpark on the other side of the building melted

 

[stuman]

lol, shipment of explosives into a petrol storage site....seems like a great idea lol.

 

[dowie]

I hope my Chinese colleagues are ok. (Hopefully nowhere near there).

I've heard it is quite a big country....

 

[itchy]

Wow sometimes you guys are ignorant!

The initial explosion sent something into the air, then you see it coming back to cause another massive explosion. Petrol don't work like that, yes maybe the initial explosion was from the petrol, but the thing coming down and exploding bigger than the first explosion was a warhead of some kind.

Industrial accident on a epic scale.

 

[Scougar]

Also... since I live next oil tanks.... makes me nervous lol.

I've heard it is quite a big country....

I know that.... but so is my company...