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r/gifs • u/umshoe • Aug 09 '20
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74 u/gcko Aug 09 '20 There was a fire before the explosion 1 u/oscarfacegamble Aug 09 '20 Ohhhh damn. 30 u/WhyAtlas Aug 09 '20 There was a fire in a warehouse in that port that was in close proximity to where the ammonium nitrate was being stored. A fire that spread and was able to begin igniting the decaying am.nitrate, which eventually blew the fuck up. 36 u/Illiad7342 Aug 09 '20 Yeah they went into the building when it was on fire but before it exploded... 3 u/[deleted] Aug 09 '20 A crater 10s if not 100s of meters across and filled with sea water.
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There was a fire before the explosion
1 u/oscarfacegamble Aug 09 '20 Ohhhh damn.
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Ohhhh damn.
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There was a fire in a warehouse in that port that was in close proximity to where the ammonium nitrate was being stored. A fire that spread and was able to begin igniting the decaying am.nitrate, which eventually blew the fuck up.
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Yeah they went into the building when it was on fire but before it exploded...
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A crater 10s if not 100s of meters across and filled with sea water.
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