Explosion in Beruit

[Chris F]

If you haven’t seen the footage, it’s worth looking up.

reports are saying it was 2700 tons of ammonium nitrate.

 

[Still Farming]

Makes you think with the old Nitram stores about years ago !

 

[JJT]

Current reports saying 70 dead, as bad as that is, i'm amazed its not more watching that explosion!

 

[Chris123]

Current reports saying 70 dead, as bad as that is, i'm amazed its not more watching that explosion!

That’s all they have probably found doubt anyone in the immediate area will ever be found looking at the footage

 

[DealeyPlaza1963]

Best prepare for the backlash and kneejerk reaction of likely new regulations whipped up when the DM runs an article telling folks of the life threatening risk they have in their village at Home Farm....where 25t of Nitram or Lithan is being kept...….let alone the residents of Cheshire and Teeside where 100,000's tonnes of the stuff is made and stored...….
Seem to remember the Oklahoma bomb which killed 100's was made with just 600kgs of AN- deadly stuff in the wrong hands or as seems yesterday, in the wrong place at the wrong time.

 

[Will Blackburn]

They’ll be banning AN and making us use urea.
The Manchester bomb was 1.5 tonnes of AN, for comparison.

 

[Tarw Coch]

Best prepare for the backlash and kneejerk reaction of likely new regulations whipped up when the DM runs an article telling folks of the life threatening risk they have in their village at Home Farm....where 25t of Nitram or Lithan is being kept...….let alone the residents of Cheshire and Teeside where 100,000's tonnes of the stuff is made and stored...….
Seem to remember the Oklahoma bomb which killed 100's was made with just 600kgs of AN- deadly stuff in the wrong hands or as seems yesterday, in the wrong place at the wrong time.

It’s not a new revalation though, wasn’t the Canary Wharf bomb made from AN

 

[onthehoof]

Dunce hat on here, am I right in thinking AN on its own won’t explode, it needs an excelerant?? i.e. diesel and a detonator??

 

[Tarw Coch]

Dunce hat on here, am I right in thinking AN on its own won’t explode, it needs an excelerant?? i.e. diesel and a detonator??

That’s my understanding but I’m not a very good bomb maker , I just chuck it around my fields

 

[Badshot]

And they're thinking of banning urea because it's bad for the environment.

 

[powerontheland]

It’s not a new revalation though, wasn’t the Canary Wharf bomb made from AN

I believe that AN was the IRA’s preferred method.........

 

[kill]

I believe that AN was the IRA’s preferred method.........

How long before use is restricted, or licensed or even banned?

 

[Chae1]

They’ll be banning AN and making us use urea.
The Manchester bomb was 1.5 tonnes of AN, for comparison.

Chap must have had a big back pack.

 

[beardface]

How long before use is restricted, or licensed or even banned?

It didn't happen in the UK so I wouldn't worry

 

[Steevo]

It's often said on here that the rest of the world don't use AN.....so how did 2700t end up there?

 

[roscoe erf]

Welding fireworks and 7 year old an the perfect storm

 

[capfits]

@Chae

Chap must have had a big back pack.

Do not hear sick eedjt and please have the decency to remove.

 

[roscoe erf]

Chap must have had a big back pack.

Think he means the lorry bomb of some years ago

 

[glasshouse]

@Chae

Do not hear sick eedjt and please have the decency to remove.

The manchester bomb was a backpack.
Not 1.5 t of AN

 

[Sid]

AN was banned in Ireland many years ago and ag used urea.

Used AN and diesel in Australia for getting rid of bunny borrows.....you really don't need a lot for a big bang!

Although this doesn't seem like a terrorist attack, you can tighten the regulations on AN etc as much as you like and they will find a way to create havoc. Take the Twin towers attack, no bomb, just a few that believe they are doing it for "good".
The mind is the deadliest weapon.


There must have been some power to create the mushroom shock wave. Only see that with massive forces. I saw on Twitter someone filming 10km away and the power and noise set off car alarms! So shocking.