Cmon really are they actually that stupid?
Massive blast in Beirut
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Cmon really are they actually that stupid?
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Just saw the NSFW footage - tragic 
There's conflicting info about when the nitrate was stored in the warehouse.
But when ever it was stored you'd think storing that in a warehouse along with fireworks and probably other flammables and chemicals next to a massive grain silo wouldn't be the smartest of things to do.
But when ever it was stored you'd think storing that in a warehouse along with fireworks and probably other flammables and chemicals next to a massive grain silo wouldn't be the smartest of things to do.
Looks like an equivalent 10kt explosion to me.
The Achinsk munitions depot going up produced a similar effect.
http://youtu.be/fS3OdeU1GVc
Whatever happened it's horrific.
The Achinsk munitions depot going up produced a similar effect.
http://youtu.be/fS3OdeU1GVc
Whatever happened it's horrific.
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That is more than just ammonium nitrate - though possible that redness is caused by other stuff in storage turning to ash (maybe related to the grain storage) but I'd guess fuel or bulk chemicals of some kind.
Have you seen a high-yield ANFO blast? It's more than enough. (It's often used in quarry blasting)
Not talking about the power of the explosion - but the composition.
As you say high-yield ANFO will easily cause something like this - but it doesn't look like the only component here.
Ah fair enough
Yeh who knows with the composition, especially if there was fireworks and other chemicals stored there too, could pretty-much be anything. (Could even just have been something as simple as a few hundred liters of red paint getting vaporized)
Videos of that explosion are from a lot further away - that was a bigger one than what happened here. Though very similar in terms of the shock wave, etc.
It's a shock-wave from the detonation.
Seems to be similar to the one in China a few years back. Pretty shocking stuff.
Sadly I'd imagine there could be quite a large number of dead from this, the damage to the surrounding area looks like its going to be pretty substantial as well.
Sadly I'd imagine there could be quite a large number of dead from this, the damage to the surrounding area looks like its going to be pretty substantial as well.
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There are some old videos on youtube of authorities testing various shipping containers packed full of fireworks.
The biggest of them tend to go off like this, utterly massive explosions from thousands of densely packed rockets ect.. Amazing how much big a bang can be made with these things.
....and of course if you also have stupid amounts of exploadable "other stuff" then... er not a good place to keep it.
The biggest of them tend to go off like this, utterly massive explosions from thousands of densely packed rockets ect.. Amazing how much big a bang can be made with these things.
....and of course if you also have stupid amounts of exploadable "other stuff" then... er not a good place to keep it.
The first is the shockwave as with explosions like this they’re supersonic. So the second bang is likely to be the sound of the actual explosion.
You can see and hear fireworks going off after the initial, much smaller fire/explosion in the video in this tweet.
By Christ though, that's a blast and a half.
@SVNewsAlerts: #BREAKING - #Lebanese media claims the MASSIVE #explosions in #Beirut occurred in a fireworks warehouse. Fireworks can be seen in the video, moments later a secondary explosion caused most of the damage. #Lebanon https://twitter.com/SVNewsAlerts/status/1290674216623366144/video/1
By Christ though, that's a blast and a half.
@SVNewsAlerts: #BREAKING - #Lebanese media claims the MASSIVE #explosions in #Beirut occurred in a fireworks warehouse. Fireworks can be seen in the video, moments later a secondary explosion caused most of the damage. #Lebanon https://twitter.com/SVNewsAlerts/status/1290674216623366144/video/1
I'd be very surprised if they didn't add a couple of zero's to that. I would think it's quite a densely populated place.