Fertilizer Plant explodes in Texas.

[enterthemadness]

Not good.

"The fertilizer plant down here exploded, said Jason Shelton, a clerk at the Czech Best Western Hotel in West. “It was a small fire and then water got sprayed the ammonia nitrate and it exploded just like the Oklahoma City bomb.

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/loca...-fertilizer-plant-near-waco-in-west-texas.ece


Pics of the explosion are just insane.

It caused a Middle School to catch on fire, but since it happened so late in the day, hopefully no one was there.

 

[BeserkerHilf]

Oh ****.

 

[craigdbfan]

Are you kidding me?

 

[Hellion]

Unless I'm missing any news, it sounds like a huge freak accident...although the few sites I've visited have gone crazy with conspiracy with the comments...too soon to jump to conclusions.

...my thoughts and prayers for the town of West.

 

[TheDreamMaster]

Wow, this is awful. This week man....

 

[craigdbfan]

Here's the video of the actual explosion. Wow...

http://www.kwkt.com/news/caught-camera-fertilizer-plant-explosion-near-waco

 

[TheDreamMaster]

Two confirmed dead so far... My thoughts and prayers and with everyone down there.

 

[The Squirrel]

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[Thundercrack85]

You really don't need any conspiracy theories. Nitrogen-based fertilizers are often used in makeshift bombs.

Accidents can lead to really really bad explosions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oppau_explosion

That accident killed 600 people.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammonium_nitrate_disasters

 

[bullets]

That's just sad to hear the firefighters got caught in the middle of it.

 

[Spider-Man Luvr28]

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How terrifying. And the kid in the back...

 

[terry78]

What kind of precautions can you take for containing that type of thing?

 

[Duran Man]

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Wow.

 

[Trainwreck2100]

60-70 dead

 

[Venom75]

Is there ever any good news anymore? Jeez. My thoughts are with the victims and those in Texas.

 

[Sawyer]

How long before CNN or FOX News turns this into something it's not?

Either way, horrible.

 

[Thundercrack85]

If they don't get it under control, there will probably be more explosions. But at least they've evacuated the area.

Must have been one hell of an explosion.

 

[GRangerPrimeNYC]

Wait, 60-70 dead, is that true?!

And that video sounds terrifying

 

[Thundercrack85]

Wait, 60-70 dead, is that true?!

And that video sounds terrifying

Read about similar explosions (Wikipedia has a list).

There can be some incredible death tolls.

 

[Trainwreck2100]

Wait, 60-70 dead, is that true?!

And that video sounds terrifying

thats what local news is reporting the national guys haven't confirmed it

 

[craigdbfan]

Ammonium nitrate and fire is an incredibly dangerous mix. Definitely unfortunate as having a fire not break out should be one of the main concerns for a fertilizer plant.

 

[terry78]

Any fire that can't be doused with water is much crazier to deal with. Have to find the right concoctions to handle it.

 

[Thundercrack85]

God damn.

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Looks like a ****ing atomic bomb went off in some of these shots.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

This has been a horrible week...

 

[Maximus One]

That video with the kid and his dad is insane. To think that they were what? Maybe around a half a mile away and it was still loud enough to make them go temporarily deaf. That's ****ing bonkers. This has been a crazy couple of days that's for sure