Huge explosion at Iranian port of Bandar Abbas

AZ Intel via X ^ | April 26, 2025

[rdl6989]

Huge explosion hits the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas, killing 5 people and injuring more than 700 others. - AP

[rdl6989]

What are the odds this was an industrial accident?

[WeaslesRippedMyFlesh]

only one port?

[janetjanet998]

Here’s a video of what looks like a chemical fire before the huge explosion

Bandar Abbas, Iran - over 500 injured in port explosion
https://rumble.com/v6slsbh-bandar-abbas-iran-over-500-injured-in-port-explosion.html

[janetjanet998]

Seen by satellite

Video Moment of Iranian port explosion seen from space
https://rumble.com/v6sltfx-moment-of-iranian-port-explosion-seen-from-space.html

[verum ago]

What are the odds this was an industrial accident?

That orange cloud in the video… ammonium nitrate explosion subsequent to fire? The ol’ fertilizer ship/storage accident that’s plagued humanity for about a century now.

I’m gonna say high odds it’s an accident. I suppose it could be sabotage, but starting a fertilizer fire and hoping for an explosion (it’s not a given, nor is its size) seems like leaving an awful lot to chance.

[rdl6989]

Some people on X are saying it was ammonium nitrate, just like in Beirut awhile back.

[Libloather]

Did global warming just get warmer?

[DIRTYSECRET]

Good thing we’re friends with Israel.

[libstripper]

It was a “work accident.”

[BenLurkin]

Maybe a “BLEVE”?

[existentially_kuffer]

Islam has destroyed Persia.

[Steely Tom]

That’s a shame. Got any Fritos?

[Thud]

Impressive, very impressive

[flamberge]

I’m gonna say high odds it’s an accident.

I will take the other side of that bet.

Based on zero evidence, of course. It seems like the kind of spiteful thing a dissident Iranian faction might do - with a little encouragement from Mossad.

I would not put any serious money on my bet.

But I do expect that the Iranian secret police will "round up the usual suspects".

[SunkenCiv]

Looks like some incompetence by the muzzie workforce.

[packagingguy]

The smoke was orange. Wonder if it was ammonium nitrate?

[verum ago]

But I do expect that the Iranian secret police will "round up the usual suspects".

Yup.

And accident/deliberate status notwithstanding, I imagine the Israelis are furiously taking notes observing the Iranian's incident response capabilities and techniques for so important a port.

[verum ago]

I will take the other side of that bet.

Based on zero evidence, of course.

How about based on some evidence? AP is now reporting it might have been a shipment of Chinese rocket fuel for making ballistic missiles.

Your side is the bet is looking much better all of a sudden.

Why does Iran need to make a bunch of ballistic missiles all of a sudden? Because it used a bunch against Israel not so long ago. Yeah, the Israelis would absolutely love to sabotage a shipment meant expressly for rearming for an attack against their country.

[WellyP]

The orange-brown smoke seen in the exhaust of some missiles, particularly those using hydrazine-based fuels, is primarily due to the presence of nitrogen dioxide (NO2). This reddish-brown gas is a byproduct of the breakdown of dinitrogen tetroxide (N2O4), which is often used as an oxidizer in these rocket engines. When N2O4 decomposes, it forms NO2, which is responsible for the distinctive color of the exhaust plume.

[WellyP]

The orange-brown smoke seen in the exhaust of some missiles, particularly those using hydrazine-based fuels, is primarily due to the presence of nitrogen dioxide (NO2). This reddish-brown gas is a byproduct of the breakdown of dinitrogen tetroxide (N2O4), which is often used as an oxidizer in these rocket engines. When N2O4 decomposes, it forms NO2, which is responsible for the distinctive color of the exhaust plume.