Fireworks factory explodes
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Alpine Trooper
AllCiv
Thanks Ahmad Rashad.
Hahaha, I am too funny.
Hahaha, I am too funny.
Narz
keeping it real
That's kind of cool, as long as no one was killed of course.
Cheezy the Wiz
Socialist In A Hurry
Now that was cool.
Savage Discipil
A-Rod for MVP
The explosion at one min. mark of the video was great!
monidique
Chieftain
jameson
Emperor
I ride by bike past the former disaster site almost every day; the rubble's all been cleared up, ever more new houses are being constructed, a few brave shops have opened and in a few years, all the evidence of what happened on that gorgeous day in the Spring will most likely have disappeared. It will be a new kind of neighbourhood. What used to be there was a place for working-class people, students and quite a few artists to live, but the houses built to replace the ones destroyed are mostly more expensive, and it's a distinctly different place now, maybe even a bit prettier.
They shut down the support centre for the victims last year. The worst nightmares are over for most people, and New Year's celebrations include no fewer fireworks than before.
But still.
I am a native of this city, and even though I lived somewhere else when it happened, I could not watch this video for more than 10 seconds. I saw plenty of footage on the day itself. Cousins of mine had their home destroyed, a dear old family friend was hurt by the flying glass (her front windows were blown into her house and she couldn't live there for months) and like Monidique pointed out, 23 people died. It would have been more on a less beautiful day, since many were outside enjoying the sun. 1,000 people were injured, 450 homes completely destroyed, another 1,500 damaged almost beyond repair. Hundreds of business building were damaged or destroyed. The material damage was estimated at E550mn.
It could have been worse if the ammonia tanks at the Grolsch brewery had blown up too, but thankfully, that didn't happen.
There used to be a fence around the area where schoolchildren got to paint their memories of the disaster, and even graffiti sprayers stayed clear of it. Unfortunately, there are no such fences on the Internet.
They shut down the support centre for the victims last year. The worst nightmares are over for most people, and New Year's celebrations include no fewer fireworks than before.
But still.
I am a native of this city, and even though I lived somewhere else when it happened, I could not watch this video for more than 10 seconds. I saw plenty of footage on the day itself. Cousins of mine had their home destroyed, a dear old family friend was hurt by the flying glass (her front windows were blown into her house and she couldn't live there for months) and like Monidique pointed out, 23 people died. It would have been more on a less beautiful day, since many were outside enjoying the sun. 1,000 people were injured, 450 homes completely destroyed, another 1,500 damaged almost beyond repair. Hundreds of business building were damaged or destroyed. The material damage was estimated at E550mn.
It could have been worse if the ammonia tanks at the Grolsch brewery had blown up too, but thankfully, that didn't happen.
There used to be a fence around the area where schoolchildren got to paint their memories of the disaster, and even graffiti sprayers stayed clear of it. Unfortunately, there are no such fences on the Internet.
salty mud
Deity
Cool explosion, but its a shame people died. Free firework show, at least!
R.I.P Geezers who died in horrificly large explosion.
R.I.P Geezers who died in horrificly large explosion.
Vanadorn
Motorcycling Paladin
Not only that, the cameraman who shot this was killed in the explosion as well. as per Wiki:
My 2 cents
My 2 cents
Jawz II
Oh Dear
where was this? holland?
the camera man shouldve known better. i wouldnt have stayed that close, who knows what else is in there about to explode next?
the camera man shouldve known better. i wouldnt have stayed that close, who knows what else is in there about to explode next?
greenpeace
Peacelord
Thats tragic, any preventable death is tragic really. Heck, even death caused by things like dieing from cancer that are nearly impossible (in many cases) to avoid are still very sad.
CIVPhilzilla
Reagan Republican
That was a pretty cool looking display, the cameraman should of known better than to be anywhere near that thing.
salty mud
Deity
CIVPhilzilla said:
Unfortunalty, he ay of been extremly greedy. Perhaps he was a journalist, looking for a good story, but money got the better hand of him.
BTW, did that HUGE explosion at the end kill him? He seemed to be engulfed in flames. How did the footage survive?
jameson
Emperor
The cameraman was filming in the company of a print journalist, a photographer and the director of the fireworks company, who evidently no more expected an explosion than anyone else did. The others escaped, though the photographer almost bled to death.
The cameraman was in the employ of SBS television and the now-defunct Radio Twente Internet.
His name was Marcel van Nieuwenhoven.
Now, can you all please stop pissing on his memory ?
The cameraman was in the employ of SBS television and the now-defunct Radio Twente Internet.
His name was Marcel van Nieuwenhoven.
Now, can you all please stop pissing on his memory ?
Tank_Guy#3
Lion of Lehistan
And the workers wondered why they couldn't smoke?
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