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Three Chinese nationals, including two women, were among four people killed on Tuesday when a powerful blast ripped through a van inside the premises of the University of Karachi. BLA has claimed responsibility. Woman pictured below was the suicide bomber.
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2015, Tianjin, China. Improper storage of chemicals, if I recall. Almost 200 dead. Many other videos exist, including at least one collage video showing all of them with proper timing. There's at least one subreddit dedicated to it for those who wanna dig deeper.
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Supposedly they put a firework down there but i can't actually see where they do it so Imma stick with this title for now
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A pair of explosions erupted in Beirut, Lebanon creating a wave of destruction that claimed more than 150 lives and injured thousands more. The explosion was caused when dozens of bags of fireworks being kept in a factory that was housing 2,400 tons of ammonium nitrate accidentally ignited. The seismic impact of the blast was recorded hundreds of kilometres away. It levelled dozens of buildings, stretching from Beirut’s industrial waterfront to residential neighbourhoods and popular tourist districts.
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A container of dry nitrocellulose started a fire eventually causing a stockpile of ammonium nitrate to explode.
Ammonium nitrate is an oxidiser similar to those used in explosives it provides oxygen so the chemical reaction is much faster and more energetic.