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coolgunguy
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Fertilizer truck explosion in Arkansas

http://www.ksla.com/2019/03/27/arkansas-highway-closed-following-truck-explosion/
One dead... I presume it's the driver of the truck. Apparently, it knocked a LARGE crater into the highway.
One dead... I presume it's the driver of the truck. Apparently, it knocked a LARGE crater into the highway.
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Yup, a little bit hitting the molten rubber or possibly fuel would act as a blasting cap to set the whole load off. It was very fortunate that it occured in an unpopulated area. There wasn't a piece of the truck left that was bigger than a car tire so the remains of the driver that were recovered probably fit in a sandwich bag. I wonder if the driver knew how potentially dangerous his load was.
Another possibility would be getting the ammonium nitrate mixed with Diesel fuel. ANFO explosives were used in the Oklahoma City bombing, and there was probably a much larger quantity of both ingredients available in this incident.
There was no accident.
His brakes caught on fire. He found an abandoned stretch of road to park and was trying to put out the fire when it went off
― Douglas Adams