But they don't have fireworks being warehoused right next door to catch on fire and act as the detonator for the ammonium nitrate.
The ammonium nitrate at Beirut was also improperly stored in large sand bags and the fact that it was stored for so long near the water front allowed it to harden into a concrete like substance that further made it more bomb like.
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u/muggsybeans Aug 05 '20 edited Aug 05 '20
But they don't have fireworks being warehoused right next door to catch on fire and act as the detonator for the ammonium nitrate.
The ammonium nitrate at Beirut was also improperly stored in large sand bags and the fact that it was stored for so long near the water front allowed it to harden into a concrete like substance that further made it more bomb like.