Fireworks factory goes up
11-26-2003, 02:19 PM
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Damn, I wonder what happened to the guy that was filming it? That last explosion was insane.
edit- just read your sig, got any pics of the car?
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edit- just read your sig, got any pics of the car?
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11-26-2003, 02:26 PM
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I wouldn't have been near the vacinity of the factory b/c you take a chance of an explosion like that if your response is quick. Especially when your dealing with Hazardous Materials like Fireworks (Explosion Hazard). I am not a municipal firefighter, but I work for a chemical plant and I'm on the ER Team. We mess with HazMat, but nothing of this nature.
11-27-2003, 12:36 AM
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11-27-2003, 07:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Carbon
I wouldn't have been near the vacinity of the factory b/c you take a chance of an explosion like that if your response is quick. Especially when your dealing with Hazardous Materials like Fireworks (Explosion Hazard). I am not a municipal firefighter, but I work for a chemical plant and I'm on the ER Team. We mess with HazMat, but nothing of this nature.
I saw a vid of a metal recycling plant on fire. They had powdered magnesium in barrels. When the water hit the burning magnesium, BOOM!
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Fireworks explosion articles http://www.wsws.org/articles/2000/ma...neth-m31.shtml
"100 tonnes of fireworks and other explosives detonated after a fire in the factory of S.E. Fireworks, situated in the middle of the working class housing estate of Mekkelholt in the northern Dutch city of Enschede."
"In a split second almost 400 houses were reduced to their foundations and another 1,000 damaged. Eighteen people were killed. A further 946 were injured, 23 of whom are still being treated in nearby hospitals—four in intensive care. "
"100 tonnes of fireworks and other explosives detonated after a fire in the factory of S.E. Fireworks, situated in the middle of the working class housing estate of Mekkelholt in the northern Dutch city of Enschede."
"In a split second almost 400 houses were reduced to their foundations and another 1,000 damaged. Eighteen people were killed. A further 946 were injured, 23 of whom are still being treated in nearby hospitals—four in intensive care. "