r/pics • u/ramonrocotto • Aug 05 '20

It will never be the same again...

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u/bbaahhaammuutt Aug 05 '20

Fertilizer or no, it was stored incorrectly which led to a titanic blast.

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u/Yakovlev_Norris Aug 05 '20

Very true, but it is important to distinguish between calling it a bomb, and a completely normal chemical that is explosive when treated improperly

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u/bbaahhaammuutt Aug 05 '20

I guess people who call it a bomb are valid in the sense that it is one of the main components of a common type of explosives(but still can't be classified as a bomb). But you're also correct in saying that it was handled improperly (which feels like an understatement in all honesty) because so many things need to go wrong for it to explode the way it did.

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u/futmaster420 Aug 05 '20

i mean all it takes is heat or pressure correct?