Apocryphal, 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 carelessn

Apocryphal, 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?