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(8,155 posts) Thu Apr 18, 2013, 03:18 AM Apr 2013

Question for DU fertilizer "experts" on the West explosion...

I assume the explosion was caused by something along the lines of ammonium nitrate.

I saw a very small explosion just prior to the final blast. I'm wondering if that represented some pressure failure in one or more containers.

What I don't know is how such volatile fertilizers are stored. Are they kept in silos?

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Sorry, sorry, sorry. Fixed title because it looked like I was talking about the Waco seige... Gravitycollapse Apr 2013 #2

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2. Sorry, sorry, sorry. Fixed title because it looked like I was talking about the Waco seige...