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To: SkyDancer

“An Aussie paper reports that there was 2750 tons of ammonium nitrate stored next to that grain elevator and a welders spark set it all off.”

If there were a relatively small fire taking place and munitions (or even fireworks) going off, I’d get the hell out of there, rather than risking setting off the ammonium nitrate. Nice try, Lebanon.


5 posted on 08/05/2020 5:49:56 AM PDT by BobL (I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here)
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To: BobL
Yep, sympathetic detonation of improperly stored explosives would do the trick.

There's a nice video: Massive explosion at Ukraine ammunition depot forces evacuation

I'd bet someone on site said "oops" just before it went off.

7 posted on 08/05/2020 5:58:16 AM PDT by glorgau
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