Texas fertilizer blast

[Robinho]

Scary scenes coming out of Texas right now, near Waco, where a fertilizer plant has exploded, taking out a number of residential buildings nearby with "dozens" feared dead

Dozens feared killed and hundreds injured after fertiliser plant explodes near Waco, Texas | Perth Now

BBC News - Texas fertiliser plant blast leaves scores injured

[BleAivano]

Wasn't there a similar accident at a similar plant in the USA in the 1990's?

*edit, I think it was the Pepcon disaster that I was thinking about.,

Also here is a video of the fire/explosion: http://edition.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp...-explosion.cnn
Location of the plant: https://maps.google.se/maps?q=West+F...tater&t=h&z=17

[Robinho]

Its also 66 years this week since a massive explosion in Texas from a ship carrying the same stuff

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[airshifter]

The reports still seem to be all over the place. 5 to 15 dead according to most agencies reporting. What is really strange to me is the local damage... why wouldn't they isolate a place that has such fire/explosion risks involved?

[markabilly]

The reports still seem to be all over the place. 5 to 15 dead according to most agencies reporting. What is really strange to me is the local damage... why wouldn't they isolate a place that has such fire/explosion risks involved?

nobody thinks about such things until it is too late

[airshifter]

I'm not sure about that. Many large fireworks facilities and other such places use a lot of separate small buildings rather than larger buildings for that very reason.

[BleAivano]

perhaps the plant were isolated when it was built but that the town have grown around it.

[wedge]

perhaps the plant were isolated when it was built but that the town have grown around it.

If that's the case then what were they thinking building a school nearby?

[Starter]

If that's the case then what were they thinking building a school nearby?

People don't have the same respect for a fertilizer factory that they might have for, say, a fireworks factory. Same goes in our mid west for grain storage facilities which can blow up pretty well too, so "not think" is more appropriate.
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[Gregor-y]

If that's the case then what were they thinking building a school nearby?

I'll guess it was because the land was cheap.