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I noted the maintenance connection in a CNN article about a week ago on HN [1]. This “report” seems to skip the fire stage and the reports that fire fighters we
by sradman 6y ago
I noted the maintenance connection in a CNN article about a week ago on HN [1]. This “report” seems to skip the fire stage and the reports that fire fighters were on site and noted the oddity of the fire.
> Maintenance was conducted on the warehouse door just hours before the blast on Tuesday, he added.
This looks like a key piece of evidence. Warehouse door maintenance could have caused the fire seen at the start of the videos of the incident.
Until more evidence is revealed I think “warehouse with 2750 tons of ammonium nitrate caught fire” is a good hypothesis.
Coulda, shoulda, and speculating about motivations can come later.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24069640 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24069640