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2002-10-11 Europe

Blast kills five a Finnish shopping center...

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2002-10-11 04:37 pm|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Latest: 6 dead, 59 injured (YLE).The death toll could yet rise since several injured are in critical condition.According to local TV, some witnesses thought that gas bottle(-s) used by a clown (a local celebrity) to fill balloons for kids exploded, but this has not been confirmed.

Posted by El Id 2002-10-11 17:04:10|| 2002-10-11 17:04:10|| Front Page Top

#2 Uhhhh, Helium isn't explosive.

And if he was filling kiddies balloons with Hydrogen then he's a real clown.

Posted by John B. 2002-10-11 19:00:33|| 2002-10-11 19:00:33|| Front Page Top

#3 Update: The police now say they suspect a crime,which means they are almost certain it wasnÂ´t an accident.Also, there were no gas bottles around.Over 80 are now injured, with one critically.

Posted by El Id 2002-10-11 19:50:49|| 2002-10-11 19:50:49|| Front Page Top

#4 Somehow, I just can't see a clown's helium bottle taking out 3000 square feet of shopping center...

Posted by Fred 2002-10-11 22:39:19|| 2002-10-11 22:39:19|| Front Page Top

#5 Oughtta be able to tell from the shrapnel in the victims - most helium bottles don't come filled with bolts and nails

Posted by Frank G 2002-10-12 08:17:41|| 2002-10-12 08:17:41|| Front Page Top

#6 I work in an industrial environment which uses welding gasses, and hear safety talks about them almost all the time. Gas bottles usually break at the base (via corrosion) or at the neck (from falling over). There is SOME shrapnel, but the cylinder then becomes a missile that can fly more than a couple of miles if it was full. It can go through walls. I've never heard of a bottle shattering into pieces, unless it was wearing an explosive belt at the time...

Posted by G 2002-10-12 20:16:10|| 2002-10-12 20:16:10|| Front Page Top

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