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25. Are you being sarcastic? Wouldn't you prefer the explosion was not an attack?

Tue Aug 4, 2020, 07:28 PM

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The # Of Dead In Beirut Must Be In The 4 Figures [View all] sfstaxprep Aug 2020 OP

Do we know what caused the explosion? Squinch Aug 2020 #1

Nope sfstaxprep Aug 2020 #2

Not necessarily A HERETIC I AM Aug 2020 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author Disaffected Aug 2020 #18

Thank you. Please, oh please, this was human error and not an attack. Squinch Aug 2020 #21

Yes, Like The 155K+ Dead In The U.S. - Human Error & Not An Attack sfstaxprep Aug 2020 #24

Fireworks factory? mikeysnot Aug 2020 #4

Based on some of the videos, that's what I was thinking... JHB Aug 2020 #15

Sounds Like A Lack Of Precaution ProfessorGAC Aug 2020 #6

Even an intense fire in the warehouse can set it off: Disaffected Aug 2020 #12

Texas City, 1947 ProfessorGAC Aug 2020 #16

Never would have thought that underpants Aug 2020 #10

Biggest non-military explosion on record? Mopar151 Aug 2020 #7

Um, it was a shipload of confiscated fertilizer Brother Buzz Aug 2020 #17

Agreed with RockRaven. GulfCoast66 Aug 2020 #8

That is horrific. CentralMass Aug 2020 #11

They are reporting it was tons of Sodium Nitrate stored there lettucebe Aug 2020 #19

An ammonium nitrate explosion would explain Disaffected Aug 2020 #22

It Was Yellow For A While ProfessorGAC Aug 2020 #23

that massive shockwave can kill. pansypoo53219 Aug 2020 #26