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DickTick 6 points ago +7 / -1

It was 2750 tons of ammonium nitrate stored unsecured in a building there for the last 6 years....

It's a wonder that shit waited till now to happen

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Deplora 2 points ago +2 / -0

That's an awfully specific claim, and a whole lot of people would have to have known about it, especially if the report that it was seized from a ship is true. It could have gone off accidentally, or it could have had "help". Either way, as you noted, it's pretty amazing that it didn't blow up sooner. Lots of people in that neck of the woods like to blow things up.

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GingerMinky [S] 2 points ago +2 / -0

I agree...

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Thx1138 2 points ago +3 / -1

A lot of people knew about. There’s a long and detailed history of lawsuits concerning the ship and its cargo.

There have been a number of similar disasters .

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TheAmbulance 4 points ago +4 / -0

5,400,000lbs. Stored near a city.. what could go wrong? Nevermind...