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This was amazing to watch. Highly recommended. I do start to wonder if any of such materials are stored like this in one of our ports, such as Rotterdam, The N

This was amazing to watch. Highly recommended. I do start to wonder if any of such materials are stored like this in one of our ports, such as Rotterdam, The Netherlands. I can't imagine such a mess to exist there. But The Netherlands remembers the Firework explosion in Enschede, from 2000. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enschede_fireworks_disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enschede_fireworks_disaster It's not nearly at the scale of Beirut, but it killed 23 people.

zerkten 6y ago
The BBC asked a similar question after the event: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-53755289 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-53755289.
thdrdt 6y ago
https://www.ad.nl/buitenland/moeten-wij-ons-in-nederland-zorgen-maken-om-ammoniumnitraat~a6ff8f8c/ https://www.ad.nl/buitenland/moeten-wij-ons-in-nederland-zor... (Dutch) The storage and production is highly regulated. Every suspicious event must be communicated with the "Nationaal Coördinator Terrorismebestrijding" (coordinator counterterrorism).
- louwrentius 6y ago
  Bedankt!
lostlogin 6y ago
Not exactly ‘stored’ but it’s one hell of a mess - the sunken explosives near London. If those went up the theories on what happens are horrifying. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/17/fresh-fears-ss-richard-montgomery-wartime-wreck-kent-explosive-munitions https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2019/...
- spurgu 6y ago
  Non-AMP link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/17/fresh-fears-ss-richard-montgomery-wartime-wreck-kent-explosive-munitions https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/17/fresh-fears-ss...
ineedasername 6y ago
I would hope that every person in any type of supervisory role over a warehouse took this as an opportunity to say "Oh f*ck I need to make sure my warehouse isn't next"
iSnow 6y ago
Well, if you remember the horrible port explosion in Tianjin, it seems not unlikely, China is a major exporter to Europe. The west probably has better site safety rules and hazmat regulations in place, though.

zerkten 6y ago

The BBC asked a similar question after the event: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-53755289 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-53755289.

thdrdt 6y ago

https://www.ad.nl/buitenland/moeten-wij-ons-in-nederland-zorgen-maken-om-ammoniumnitraat~a6ff8f8c/ https://www.ad.nl/buitenland/moeten-wij-ons-in-nederland-zor... (Dutch) The storage and production is highly regulated. Every suspicious event must be communicated with the "Nationaal Coördinator Terrorismebestrijding" (coordinator counterterrorism).

louwrentius 6y ago
Bedankt!

lostlogin 6y ago

Not exactly ‘stored’ but it’s one hell of a mess - the sunken explosives near London. If those went up the theories on what happens are horrifying. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/17/fresh-fears-ss-richard-montgomery-wartime-wreck-kent-explosive-munitions https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2019/...

spurgu 6y ago
Non-AMP link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/17/fresh-fears-ss-richard-montgomery-wartime-wreck-kent-explosive-munitions https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/17/fresh-fears-ss...

ineedasername 6y ago

I would hope that every person in any type of supervisory role over a warehouse took this as an opportunity to say "Oh f*ck I need to make sure my warehouse isn't next"

iSnow 6y ago

Well, if you remember the horrible port explosion in Tianjin, it seems not unlikely, China is a major exporter to Europe. The west probably has better site safety rules and hazmat regulations in place, though.