Fell Down a Very Explosive Rabbit Hole

Kinja'd!!! "Jcarr" (jcarr)
03/17/2015 at 14:04 • Filed to: Boom

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!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , which was cross-posted to Foxtrot Alpha, reminded me of a Discovery or History Channel show I'd watched about large explosions.

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One of the featured incidents was the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! outside of Henderson, NV where a fire involving ammonium perchlorate (used in solid rocket fuel) caused a series of massive explosions and killed two people.

That led me to a fire at a Dallas, TX welding company in which canisters of acetylene started going off like bottle rockets.

Finally, I was reminded of a derailed tanker car full of propane in Murdock, IL, that exploded and sent the car flying more than 3,600 feet.


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Kinja'd!!! Manic Otti > Jcarr
03/18/2015 at 12:23

Kinja'd!!!0

I hadn't seen that last one.