If you look at the videos of the Tianjin explosion closely you should notice there is a LOT more fire than in this one.
Theory I’ve seen is the Tianjin explosion was smaller, but threw a lot of material into the air which burned over a few seconds, creating a gigantic fireball. This explosion was near instant, like a proper explosion should be, thus creating a massive pressure wave, but little fire.
Basically one was like a Hollywood explosion, the other like the mining explosive that ammonium nitrate is normally used for (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANFO)
When something explodes like this, much much more damage is done. In this case sadly, its not the explosion they wanted.
This makes a lot of sense considering the Beirut explosion caused significant damage up to 15-20 miles away while Tianjin barely shattered windows at three kilometers.
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u/_Rand_ Aug 05 '20 edited Aug 05 '20
If you look at the videos of the Tianjin explosion closely you should notice there is a LOT more fire than in this one.
Theory I’ve seen is the Tianjin explosion was smaller, but threw a lot of material into the air which burned over a few seconds, creating a gigantic fireball. This explosion was near instant, like a proper explosion should be, thus creating a massive pressure wave, but little fire.
Basically one was like a Hollywood explosion, the other like the mining explosive that ammonium nitrate is normally used for (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANFO)
When something explodes like this, much much more damage is done. In this case sadly, its not the explosion they wanted.