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2018-08-06 Europe

Road Closure: Huge EXPLOSION near airport sends fireball into the sky

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Posted by Besoeker 2018-08-06 09:06|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Italian nuclear testing ?

Posted by Besoeker 2018-08-06 09:15|| 2018-08-06 09:15|| Front Page Top

#2 I'd say that one of the cars on the lorry was wired up and loaded up as a boom mobile.

A BIG boom mobile.

Cars and transport trucks don't explode like this.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2018-08-06 09:34|| 2018-08-06 09:34|| Front Page Top

#3 You have to go to a lot of effort to make a bang that big...

I'd consider it being looked at going higher up the page to terrorism?

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2018-08-06 12:26|| 2018-08-06 12:26|| Front Page Top

#4 I'd consider it being looked at going higher up the page to terrorism?

A good question, Bright Pebbles. I just posted an update: a fuel truck exploded, but the authorities still haven’t decided on the cause. Let’s continue to watch for updates, because jihadis remain a real possibility.

Posted by trailing wife 2018-08-06 14:23|| 2018-08-06 14:23|| Front Page Top

#5 US Iran sanctions will be reimposed tomorrow.

Iranian show of asymmetrical war fighting force?

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2018-08-06 15:02|| 2018-08-06 15:02|| Front Page Top

#6 Do fuel trucks explode? Looks more like a Fuel-Air truck explosion to me.

Posted by gorb 2018-08-06 15:24|| 2018-08-06 15:24|| Front Page Top

#7 We do have a consensus that it was NOT an accident.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2018-08-06 16:04|| 2018-08-06 16:04|| Front Page Top

#8 Gorb: I haven't read anything, but I think a BLEVE explosion could produce similar effects to a fuel-air explosion.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2018-08-06 16:34|| 2018-08-06 16:34|| Front Page Top

#9 That's more believable. ;-)

And even if it is terror, it seems that incinerating a Peugeot dealership might actually count as mitigating circumstances.

Posted by gorb 2018-08-06 17:13|| 2018-08-06 17:13|| Front Page Top

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