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Just now, Cinga said:

 

Really hard to tell, but looks like a smaller explosion, maybe a bomb? Sets off a larger gas explosion.

 

Could be? Sounds like there was a fire first, which drew people (and their phones) closer to the site to gawk -- which is real bad news for what happened next. 

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Just now, Cinga said:

 

Really hard to tell, but looks like a smaller explosion, maybe a bomb? Sets off a larger gas explosion.

I’m no expert, but it looked chemical in nature.  Just awful.

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2 minutes ago, Deranged Rhino said:

 

 

 

I didn’t notice the rounds on the first video.  That plum colored smoke from the second blast...   Not good at all.  Prayers to the people who were there.  Just awful.

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Just now, Doc said:

Fireworks maybe?

Maybe the first explosion.  That second one I would doubt it.   It both mushroomed upwards, retracted from the sides and then released horizontally before billowing plum smoke.  My guess is that was chemical.  Just a guess of course.  But awful either way.

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24 minutes ago, Deranged Rhino said:

Grain of salt: 

 

It's weird how that 'fireworks' story was quick to come out. That blast was devastating. In fact, it was a lot of things...but fireworks was definitely not one of them. The video is incredible. 

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