[News] THIS is what you call an explosion

[Norman Potting]

Texas City, Texas (1947) was another bad one.

Thank you RC, interesting article.

 

[armchairclubber]

i hope the 2 missing Firefighters are located.

Many more than that. It would appear 12 have sadly been killed and possible 36 missing. Devastation on a massive scale

 

[GT49er]

Looking at that level of devastation, I fear there will be many dead whose bodies are never found.

 

[TomandJerry]

Death toll rises to 50 - more than 700 injured

 

[Man of Harveys]

Texas City, Texas (1947) was another bad one.

Wowza. No wonder Texas City looks a bit, well, bare really. Not just because it's in Texas.

 

[Razi]

Here's another video of the explosion, a little closer to the scene. Watch all the way...

 

[TomandJerry]

Here's another video of the explosion, a little closer to the scene. Watch all the way...

I'm glad he had the sense to run away and hide..or he would have been impaled with a lot of glass

 

[carlzeiss]

Wow

Many dead , missing , horribly maimed , homes destroyed etc . Can't see anything to laugh about there .

 

[DumLum]

Must be very worrying for residents that China is now evacuating them 3km from the blast zone due to fears of chemical contamination.

 

[spongy]

This is the best/worst I've seen of it and the closest too. It's unbelievable that more haven't been killed. That city will take years before its rebuilt. And the chemical fears added in. A true tragedy for China.

This footage shows why a lot of the world hate Americans too. They shut up pretty damn quick.

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/84695768/

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

This bbc report http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-33945293 has a video that shows the shockwaves following both explosions, it's amazing that the death toll is not much much bigger as the blasts looks absolutely devastating.