[cynwoody]

What a series of events. Firemen put water on a small fire, which then reacts with calcium carbide to make acetylene, which explodes, setting off ammonium nitrate which then scatters cyanide.

In 1947, the Port of Texas City lost all but one of its firefighters when a ship's cargo of 2300 tons of ammonium nitrate detonated with an explosive yield estimated between 2.7 and 3.2 kt. The fire got going around 8 am, but the ammonium nitrate didn't go up until 9:12, thus allowing the firefighters plenty of time to get too close.

[1rudeboy]

I posted the following on a related thread, because this story reminded me of it:

Reminds me of this History Channel show.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V-1BL1Tr90.

What a clusterschtumpf.