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Re: Can part of the explosion in Lebanon be a dust explosion?

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Russ from MN

08-05-2020 14:18:20




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That's what I read too, extreme negligence! We had a similar explosion here in the US in 1947, I googled it, and this is what I found.

"A giant explosion occurs during the loading of fertilizer onto the freighter Grandcamp at a pier in Texas City, Texas, on April 16, 1947. Nearly 600 people lost their lives and thousands were injured when the ship was literally blown to bits.

Ammonium nitrate was used as an explosive by the U.S. Army in World War II and, after the war ended, production of the chemical continued as its use as a fertilizer became accepted. However, the precautions used in its transport became far more lax in the post-war years."

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EFV

08-05-2020 15:50:02




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 Re: Can part of the explosion in Lebanon be a dust explosion? in reply to Russ from MN, 08-05-2020 14:18:20  
Believe Texas City fire/explosion was munitions being decommissioned ,that's where
the ammonium nitrate came from. Wasn't there two ships involved in that explosion ?



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John S-B

08-05-2020 16:33:46




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 Re: Can part of the explosion in Lebanon be a dust explosion? in reply to EFV, 08-05-2020 15:50:02  
That was fertilizer grade Ammonium Nitrate. It was packaged in parafin wax coated bags. And yes, there was a second ship that exploded the next day.



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quefan

08-05-2020 16:18:50




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 Re: Can part of the explosion in Lebanon be a dust explosion? in reply to EFV, 08-05-2020 15:50:02  
2 Ships involved in this one Nova Scotia Canada 1917



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