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Well I just read their explanation, I suppose it it had been stored for 7 years there could have been some break down in the composition adding to instability.

RoyGBiv wrote: ↑Wed Aug 05, 2020 5:39 pm

mrvmax wrote: ↑Wed Aug 05, 2020 5:22 pm All I can say is if it was ammonium nitrate something had to initiate the explosion. I’ve witnessed 15000 pound BLU-82’s dropped, B52 bombing, conventional ALCM, thousands of pounds of comp b, C4, TNT and dynamite blow and I do not ever recall seeing a shock wave move that fast.

The quote I read was 2750 TONS. 2.75 Kilotons.
Over 6 million pounds of Ammonium Nitrate. >400 of those BLU-82's going off all at once.

What I’m saying is that I don’t believe it was just plain ammonium nitrate. If it was what initiated it? Just fire alone shouldn’t. Was it a bomb building factory? Munitions storage? The ammonium nitrate story doesn’t sound right. I’ve been wrong once or twice before but I don’t think we have a correct story of the cause.

All I can say is if it was ammonium nitrate something had to initiate the explosion. I’ve witnessed 15000 pound BLU-82’s dropped, B52 bombing, conventional ALCM, thousands of pounds of comp b, C4, TNT and dynamite blow and I do not ever recall seeing a shock wave move that fast.