Is this the location of the suspected explosion?
32.586997° 51.796273°
That is the location that was presented in the story of the thread. It was a real old site and no much to speak of. If you see the video, the explosion area was much larger based on the plume coming off the surface behind the small mountains on the horizon. not much disturbed on the site with the exception of the buildings mentioned and the cargo containers they say are heavy equipment are no longer there.
In the latest GE images, the one area that was excavated was already in a state of some work. I am going to speculate that it was actually some other site where the explosion occurred.