[Ditter]

My husband also said that spraying water on the fire contributed to the explosion.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Talked to firefighters about this and they said letting it burn itself out and evacuate was the best course in this case. The company didn't have the proper systems or warnings for the quantities they produced. Correct reporting would have cost the company plenty of money to comply with the regs. This wasn't an oversight or paperwork errors. My firefighter friends say that the company was trying to get away with something and some will end up going to jail because of it.

[umgud]

My husband also said that spraying water on the fire contributed to the explosion.

There is a common joke that firefighters, brave as they are, probably get paid by the gallon due to the massive amount of water they apply to evfery situation. Sometimes they create bigger environmental problems and sometimes they cause things to get catastrophically worse.

[Yollopoliuhqui]

Fire fighters will sometimes use the spray from their wide area nozzle setting to make a barrier against the heat behind which they can approach the fire.