First of all, my condolences to the families of those that did not survive this event and sympathy to all affected by this disaster. :shock:
Lets not jump to conclusions even before any serious investigation has taken place. I know this is a corner of the world that has had more than its share of social unrest and destruction in the past, but accidents can still happen.
Some say it looked like a bomb, well, Ammonium nitrate is also a known explosive besides being a fertilizer.
We tend to learn only from big accidents where unfortunately the work force are often the vicitms.
That's why prevention and learning from accidents across the globe to better protect ourselves is so important.
Lets take our lessons from events like this and do our best to prevent them in the future, or prevent the impact. Proper storage of hazardous substances is not to be taken lightly. No ammonium near your nitric!!
To see how close this storage was to the populated areas, is scary, and the authorities could have learned from other disasters like the one in my country years ago, where a fireworks storage/factory in the middle of a town blew up and killed a lot of people.
We don't allow that anymore.
Someone will be given the blame, most likely not the ones who really are to blame...
Please don't speculate about the ... we're talking about human beings here.
Martijn.
