Fertilizer truck explodes in Queensland

TarJak · 09-06-14, 06:11 AM

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2014-0...8-hurt/5724512

Wow that was a big bang.

Wolferz · 09-06-14, 06:23 AM

Are the bananas OK?

Jimbuna · 09-06-14, 06:42 AM

So what's the big stink over?

BossMark · 09-06-14, 06:48 AM

So that is how they make Fosters is it.....

Oberon · 09-06-14, 07:03 AM

Aye, Ammonium nitrate sure does go up, that's why it's the bomb material de jure for the amateur terrorist.

Aktungbby · 09-06-14, 08:54 AM

Keeping up with US are you?! http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fertilizer-explosion-kills-581-in-texas The Grandcamp exploded at 9:12 a.m. Exploded is probably too mild a word.
The captain and 32 of the Grandcamp's crew died; 10 somehow survived. More than 200 people were killed on the quay, including the fire department. The blast was heard 160 miles away. It shattered all the windows in Texas City and half of those in Galveston, 10 miles away.
Some debris reached an altitude of nearly 3 miles before falling back to earth. Two airplanes circling overhead were blown apart by the heavy shrapnel. A one-ton piece of the ship's propeller shaft landed 2½ miles away. Other pieces sailed 5 miles.
The blast flattened 20 waterfront blocks and 12 blocks inland. Flaming debris ignited oil, gas and chemical tanks at the sprawling Monsanto complex and three nearby oil companies. The horror did not cease...The second ship, Highflyer, similarly loaded, blew up, also raining death and fire anew on Texas City. The shockwave and new fires killed hundreds more.
The fires were not put out until April 18. Bodies and parts of bodies were strewn all over town. "Blood and guts" was not just a phrase. At least one survivor reported getting stuck in a slippery tangle and looking down to see that it was human intestines.

The blast and the fires that follow kill about 600 people and injure 3,500 more. Six decades later, it remains the deadliest explosion and worst industrial disaster in U.S. history.

Tango589 · 09-06-14, 08:55 AM

If this Ammonium Nitrate got mixed with diesel from the ruptured fuel tank when the truck rolled over, this would have created something akin to ANFO (Ammonium Nitrate Fuel Oil). On Mythbusters they used 850 lbs (386 Kgs) of ANFO to reduce a cement truck to tiny parts. I can only imagine the kind of boom that went up when 50 Tonnes of ANFO went up!

Here's the Mytbusters clip:

TarJak · 09-07-14, 03:58 PM

Yes we have all round hazardous materials labelling as mandatory on all vehicles carrying over a certain weight. Not sure of the details in this case but looks like the fire trucks got parked too close.

09-06-14, 06:11 AM	#1
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Fertilizer truck explodes in Queensland http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2014-0...8-hurt/5724512 Wow that was a big bang.

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Wolferz Navy Seal Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a mighty quest for the Stick of Truth Posts: 5,963 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	Are the bananas OK? __________________ Tomorrow never comes

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,525 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	So what's the big stink over? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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BossMark Fleet Admiral Join Date: May 2011 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Posts: 15,272 Downloads: 278 Uploads: 0	So that is how they make Fosters is it..... __________________ Never trust the Tories look what Thatcher and Major did in the 80s and 90s and look what the wicked witch May is doing now doing now

09-06-14, 08:54 AM	#6
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,003 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	16/APR/1947 Keeping up with US are you?! http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fertilizer-explosion-kills-581-in-texas The Grandcamp exploded at 9:12 a.m. Exploded is probably too mild a word. The captain and 32 of the Grandcamp's crew died; 10 somehow survived. More than 200 people were killed on the quay, including the fire department. The blast was heard 160 miles away. It shattered all the windows in Texas City and half of those in Galveston, 10 miles away. Some debris reached an altitude of nearly 3 miles before falling back to earth. Two airplanes circling overhead were blown apart by the heavy shrapnel. A one-ton piece of the ship's propeller shaft landed 2½ miles away. Other pieces sailed 5 miles. The blast flattened 20 waterfront blocks and 12 blocks inland. Flaming debris ignited oil, gas and chemical tanks at the sprawling Monsanto complex and three nearby oil companies. The horror did not cease...The second ship, Highflyer, similarly loaded, blew up, also raining death and fire anew on Texas City. The shockwave and new fires killed hundreds more. The fires were not put out until April 18. Bodies and parts of bodies were strewn all over town. "Blood and guts" was not just a phrase. At least one survivor reported getting stuck in a slippery tangle and looking down to see that it was human intestines. The blast and the fires that follow kill about 600 people and injure 3,500 more. Six decades later, it remains the deadliest explosion and worst industrial disaster in U.S. history. __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

09-06-14, 07:03 AM	#5
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Aye, Ammonium nitrate sure does go up, that's why it's the bomb material de jure for the amateur terrorist.

09-06-14, 08:55 AM	#7
Tango589 Still crazy as ever! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 3,375 Downloads: 180 Uploads: 1	If this Ammonium Nitrate got mixed with diesel from the ruptured fuel tank when the truck rolled over, this would have created something akin to ANFO (Ammonium Nitrate Fuel Oil). On Mythbusters they used 850 lbs (386 Kgs) of ANFO to reduce a cement truck to tiny parts. I can only imagine the kind of boom that went up when 50 Tonnes of ANFO went up! Here's the Mytbusters clip: __________________ Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way...

09-07-14, 03:58 PM	#8
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Yes we have all round hazardous materials labelling as mandatory on all vehicles carrying over a certain weight. Not sure of the details in this case but looks like the fire trucks got parked too close.