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2021-07-01 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Los Angeles explosion: 17 injured after bomb truck carrying illegal fireworks explodes

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Posted by Skidmark 2021-07-01 07:45|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 The explosion was actually in the Bomb Disposal Containment vessel. Somebody F'd up

Posted by Frank G 2021-07-01 08:38|| 2021-07-01 08:38|| Front Page Top

#2 Seventeen people injured as 'controlled' detonation of illegal fireworks by police in middle of Los Angeles neighborhood goes horrifically wrong

Posted by Skidmark 2021-07-01 08:46|| 2021-07-01 08:46|| Front Page Top

#3 LAPD should have called in an expert on explosives and such....

Posted by Omeater Spise8055 2021-07-01 09:36|| 2021-07-01 09:36|| Front Page Top

#4 Huh?

I've seen tangled fishing line make more sense.

Posted by swksvolFF 2021-07-01 10:59|| 2021-07-01 10:59|| Front Page Top

#5 From Skidmark’s Daily Mail article:

LAPD Chief Michel Moore said three box trucks and a 53-foot trailer were brought in to load up the fireworks and move them to a safe location. However, 'improvised explosives' also were found that were too dangerous to move.

He described them as 40 home-made devices the size of Coca-Cola cans with simple fuses and 200 smaller but similar devices.

Arturo Cejas III, a 27-year-old man, was arrested on suspicion of possessing fireworks and destructive devices and also on suspicion of child endangerment because a minor, Cejas' 10-year-old brother, was found at the home.

Cejas is accused of bringing the fireworks in from out of state to resell ahead of celebrations for July 4th. He is being held on $500,000 bail.

Some of the fireworks appeared to be large mortar-sized devices used for commercial purposes while others were described as improvised explosive devices.

Posted by trailing wife 2021-07-01 13:23|| 2021-07-01 13:23|| Front Page Top

#6 Sympathetic detonation from the blast-wave that far exceeded the containment vessel capacity and carried over to stored explosives proximate to the Bomb Squad Containment Vehicle?

Posted by NoMoreBS 2021-07-01 13:40|| 2021-07-01 13:40|| Front Page Top

#7 Yeah. That.

Posted by Skidmark 2021-07-01 20:31|| 2021-07-01 20:31|| Front Page Top

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