Aid workers find ring of destruction in N. Korea

[FormerOstrich]

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Aid workers found huge craters and a ring of destruction Saturday at the scene of a massive train explosion that North Korea blamed on carelessness, saying downed power lines ignited a cargo of oil and chemicals.
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"There was just rubble everywhere and very large craters in the ground. The buildings around were totally flattened, especially the houses. It's just a mess everywhere," he said.

Buildings in a radius of hundreds of yards were "totally destroyed."
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Chinese villagers 12 miles away said they were shaken by the force of the blast and saw a black, mushroom-shaped cloud tower over the horizon.









http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4806450/

[Archae]

1. Any big explosion causes a mushroom cloud.

I saw a video of a rocket fuel factory explosion, it blew up twice, both times with a mushroom cloud.