Apparently the fire got into over 2700 tonnes of ammonia nitrate. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.abc.net.au/article/12524632 :argh:
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So who put 2700 tonnes of diesel on the Ammonium Nitrate to turn a combustible product into an explosive?? :bomb: 
Looking at the colour of that cloud it sure as hell wasn't a stoichiometric ratio.
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Darn a bit of oxidizing agent will do that.
It was a big bang. One Australian killed in the blast.
In ANFO the A/Nitrate is the oxidiser, & diesel is usually the fuelshakergt said:
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Geez that was bloody massive, Poor buggers,
They just showed people walking away from the area so badly covered in blood that you can't see the colour of their skin, So much so you can't see where their wounds are,
Heart breaking totally heart breaking,
That big white shockwave wrecked buildings miles away from the blast, they say about 80 people are dead but I think the number is a lot higher than that, it has wrecked cars and tossed em up in the air like they were toys.
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They just showed people walking away from the area so badly covered in blood that you can't see the colour of their skin, So much so you can't see where their wounds are,
Heart breaking totally heart breaking,
That big white shockwave wrecked buildings miles away from the blast, they say about 80 people are dead but I think the number is a lot higher than that, it has wrecked cars and tossed em up in the air like they were toys.
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Well that's August done. What's for September?
That's one hell of a shock wave...
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what would caused the Ignition ?
Maybe the fire.
It has been reported on several sites I have looked at as having been 2700 tons of confiscated Ammonium Nitrate.
If indeed it was that large an amount you would have had to have had several tankers of diesel spraying the stockpile and as for ignition source the only thing that will set it off is a booster charge, that is a smaller high explosive charge. Ammonium Nitrate by itself is totally inert and ANFO does not detonate by itself so that leaves only one possible conclusion.
It was not an accident.
If indeed it was that large an amount you would have had to have had several tankers of diesel spraying the stockpile and as for ignition source the only thing that will set it off is a booster charge, that is a smaller high explosive charge. Ammonium Nitrate by itself is totally inert and ANFO does not detonate by itself so that leaves only one possible conclusion.
It was not an accident.
Blew a few things up in 80's and 90's with anfo, long time ago, but I remember that after mixing the diesel with the ammonia nitrate, it needed to be compressed, it also needed to be detonated, we would use a claymore mine,I think once I saw our pioneer platoon use a bee hive, turned upside down to detonate it, and the crater it left was massive! did not think fire would do it? Maybe a really hot fire for a really long time? Dunno?
Used to work in a transport place.
One of the things we carted was Super including Nitram.
Even back then it was known that it was not a good idea to include drums of diesel
in a load with it.
We never held it in stock, Only ordering it in when needed.
If it was left exposed to air for a while, It would start to sweat an oily type substance.
And it would burn very well when ignited.
A truck with a load of Nitram rolled north of Bega once and the fuel tanks ruptured spilling
diesel all over the load. A rather large area was evacuated for a couple of days until the mess
was neutralized and cleaned up for fear of an explosion.
Safe when used properly but when stuffed around with, Bloody dangerous.
One of the things we carted was Super including Nitram.
Even back then it was known that it was not a good idea to include drums of diesel
in a load with it.
We never held it in stock, Only ordering it in when needed.
If it was left exposed to air for a while, It would start to sweat an oily type substance.
And it would burn very well when ignited.
A truck with a load of Nitram rolled north of Bega once and the fuel tanks ruptured spilling
diesel all over the load. A rather large area was evacuated for a couple of days until the mess
was neutralized and cleaned up for fear of an explosion.
Safe when used properly but when stuffed around with, Bloody dangerous.
One thing is for sure, I bet a lot of people said WTF was that!
Video of the blast..note the small sparks before the major ignition sets off the explosion.. some are reporting a fire and fireworks were stored next to the ammonia nitrate stores
https://www.facebook.com/shaunking/videos/1706776632796754
https://www.facebook.com/shaunking/videos/1706776632796754
Initial reports were a fireworks factory went up, then the ammonium nitrate story broke. Ties in with what you are seeing.
Seems the only thing missing was a large diesel storage tank next to the fireworks factory and the ammonia nitrate warehouse
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