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On the BBC here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-53656220
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but the clips from here are astonishing:
http://mobile.twitter.com/ashish_nishuu/status/1290680566749081600?s=21
Especially the second one. Like the scene from T2!
Fireworks?....
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sj says...
"Fireworks?.... "
I think it was a stockpile of ammonium nitrate in a warehouse that was on fire. Lots of people dead and injured. 😞
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Rumour mills abound that a large stockpile of fireworks may have been part of the cause, but that's probably from the same rumour mill that threw 'nuclear' around yesterday
To give a sense of scale, someone made a couple of overlays of the scope of the explosion & shockwave had the blast happened in London or New York. Long story short, we'd be looking for a new government, royal family, & capital city
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I posted the thread almost minutes after and long before they knew what it was and fireworks were being given as a credible explanation. I still wasn't onboard with it but lots of the initial footage suggested some sort of firework activity in there.
Long confirmed to be ammonium nitrate and there will be numerous people blamed and scapegoats. Plenty of similar incidents around the world it seems....
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This item was edited on Wednesday, 5th August 2020, 21:33
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Pete-MK says...
"To give a sense of scale, someone made a couple of overlays of the scope of the explosion & shockwave had the blast happened in London or New York. Long story short, we'd be looking for a new government, royal family, & capital city"
It would appear that those comparisons are not as accurate as you might think, being out by a large proportion.
https://twitter.com/DrEddieBradley/status/1291029291527016449
https://twitter.com/JoannaMerson/status/1291095463119056896
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This item was edited on Thursday, 6th August 2020, 08:05
Interesting round up of facts by the NY times
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Si Wooldridge says...
"It would appear that those comparisons are not as accurate as you might think, being out by a large proportion."
Thanks for the check, I had a feeling they were a touch off, but I'm on holiday on my low-powered lappy so couldn't do the usual in-depth research myself
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Pete-MK says...
"Thanks for the check, I had a feeling they were a touch off, but I'm on holiday on my low-powered lappy so couldn't do the usual in-depth research myself"
No worries, still large so not to be sniffed at...
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