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There's a link on the other thread to a BBC story about a security guard who escaped being killed in a nearby building occupied by Fuji Film -- he reports smelling strong fumes in the building before the explosion and sticking his head out an open window to get relief, only to discover that the smell was just as strong outside.

Sounds like an accidental spill, attended by the formation of a big vapor-cloud.

Similar incident happened at a natural-gas storage facility 30 miles from Houston, about 15 years ago. Office buildings in Houston swayed on their foundations when it finally was ignited by a passing car about 7 a.m. -- the car was crushed and its occupants killed. Fuel-air explosions can be extraordinarily powerful.

I have read this story. Since it appears, thank God, that everyone who was working on the site escaped with their lives, it should be possible to corroborate this story, and possible to get first hand information on what really happened.

However, I still find it a strange coincidence that this explosion occurred the 11 day of the 12 month (remember 9/11 and 3/11) only days after Scotland Yard issued a public warning about al Qaeda activities in Britain, and not long after al-Zawahiri called for attacks on oil installations in the Middle East.

Could be a coincidence, but good reasons to stay alert and vigilant.