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S.E. Fireworks, a company that stores fireworks articles, is located in the middle of the working class housing estate of Mekkelholt in the northern Dutch city of Enschede. On May 13, 2000, two explosions in a fireworks warehouse detonated an estimated 100 tons of explosives. The blast was felt up to 30 kilometers away. Some 400 apartments were reduced to cinders, another 1000 were damaged. After the explosion 22 people (4 firefighters) were found dead, 947 were injured, many of them seriously.
At the end the reporter says "You are now seeing the footage in slow-motion and you can very clearly see the actual power of the final explosion. The roofs are literally blown off of the houses." (translation c.o.-dividedinside)Tags: fireworks factory fire explosion shockwave too close cool must see massive awsome best youtube video ever |
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