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TBH it is a really sucky problem to solve... As I understand the goods got there from some shipping company that in the meantime went bankrupt. The port authori
by smsm42 6y ago
TBH it is a really sucky problem to solve... As I understand the goods got there from some shipping company that in the meantime went bankrupt. The port authorities weren't able to just make 2KT of ammonium nitrate disappear - and probably were legally not allowed to anyway. There really was nobody who was responsible for it and no procedure for getting rid of it - it's not like you can just throw it to the garbage... It's a classic bureaucratic situation where nobody can or is willing to take responsibility, and if it wasn't explosive, these sacks probably could be in there for decades...
- iSnow 6y agoApocryphal, but I read they tried to get the military to transport the stuff away but the explosion came before anyone decided. It's the usual mix of carelessness, lack of security guidelines, bureaucratic inertia and corruption. How hard would it really have been to rent a warehouse outside the city to store explosive and flammable material at?