Posted on 07/01/2021 8:19:49 AM PDT by USA Conservative
Local and federal investigators were combining efforts Thursday to determine why a cache of illegal fireworks exploded as it was being destroyed in South Los Angeles, injuring 17 people — including 10 law enforcement officers.
A Los Angeles police bomb squad truck was destroyed from the blast Wednesday, and the vehicle remained on the street in the 700 block of East 27th Street near San Pedro Street Thursday morning as investigators worked to retain the integrity of the scene.
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The moment the explosion happened:
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The aftermath:
The blast damaged cars in a residential neighborhood and left debris on the streets. A truck that was being used to collect the explosives also appeared to be severely damaged.
At a news conference, Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore said officials responding to a home on the 700 block of East 27th Street had found several thousand pounds of illegal fireworks as well as improvised explosive devices that were “more unstable.”
An LAPD bomb squad transferred the improvised devices into the iron chamber of a semi-truck that’s meant to contain such explosive material, he said.
A National Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives team was expected to arrive Thursday to conduct their investigation.
“This was completely unexpected. They followed all the protocols in place. It was not really one of these explosions that was unplanned. This was planned,” LAPD Lt. Raul Jovel said at a press conference Thursday morning.
Officials say the material being inside the LAPD truck made the blast more dangerous.
“You put a destructive device inside a closed container where it’s pressurized, when it blows up, that is a big punch,” Jovel said. “If some of these devices were to explode in the open, the impact would be a lot less because the blast would really go in all directions.”
They need a vertical vent on the armored truck, so the expanding gases would go up into the air in a controlled flow, like an army tank cooking off.
Plus it would look cool.
It’s not illegal, it’s just culturally different. They have the right to make their own fireworks, like they do in Mexico!🇲🇽🧨
Unexpected!
They are just figuring that out?
oopsie
With the 4th of July fast approaching, I feel compelled to advise all FReepers to buy their fireworks from a reputable source.
Where I live, the guy missing two fingers and wearing an eye patch seems to have the best selection.
So the Los Angeles police built a Truck Bomb and then blew up the neighborhood.
“You put a destructive device inside a closed container where it’s pressurized, when it blows up, that is a big punch,” Jovel said. “If some of these devices were to explode in the open, the impact would be a lot less because the blast would really go in all directions.”
I think we learned that in a grade school science class.
Maybe I had some kind of AP class, or maybe these people were out that day.
“It was supposed to be a bomb truck - not a truck bomb!”
Guess the bomb squads are going to be second guessing their trucks and armored containment devices to be able to not act as a MOAB after this.
See what happens when merit is not considered?
“They need a vertical vent on the armored truck...”
Then they would have been parked under the approach to LAX. This plan was destined to go FUBAR.
Maybe I had some kind of AP class, or maybe these people were out that day.
If you're as old as I am, you learned that by dumping out shotgun shells, or making gunpowder with a chemistry set in your basement.
That wasn’t just regular chinese fireworks, it was a bomb meant to kill cops. If it were fireworks it would have started out slowly turning into a grand finale. Maybe it was the commercial type, but even then I’m scepticle.
In the open the explosion would go out in all directions unless you’re talking about the Oklahoma city bombing. That Tim Macvey somehow caused it to go just about all in one direction like a giant directed force field. Science to this day is stumped. sarc
>> This was completely unexpected. They followed all the protocols in place
Prolly not all.
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