I’m sorry. Upon further review you are right about the first picture not being “moments” before the blast as it says in the title of the article. There is a faint shadow next to the tall lamppost at the edge of the street on the right side of the second photo, and its angle is different than the shadow in the first photo.
In fact the reporter in the article’s video first says “seconds before” and then corrects herself saying that, “We do know that the first picture was taken some time...uh...it could been within an hour and then the second picture though was taken seconds after the explosion.”
By the shadows of the rummers I would say around 1:30 that’s just a guess if the Sun is up tommorow you can check it!
The Blast was @ 2:50 a 1 1/2 hr lapse!