Henrik Larsson
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Being Dutch, I happen to know quite a lot about the Enschede fireworks disaster. Now whether this one in Lebanon is fireworks or something different, I have absolutely no idea.Was huge indeed - though the Enschede fireworks explosion years back was much bigger looking (at least I think that’s how I remember it)
Hope things aren’t as bad as they look there. Poor sods.
But what happened there in the Netherlands in 2000 was 100% fireworks, not ammunition or army material, and the fallout was just absolutely insane to a point where people also couldn't believe this was 'just fireworks', because well, a whole part of a city-centre was blown to pieces. Hundreds of relatively well built and strong brick houses had nothing but the frames left, it looked like a genuine warzone and there were years of conspiracy theories regarding the materials that exploded. Also the central and local Dutch government have washed their hands clean of that disaster in a very shady way, innocent people were blamed for starting the original fire, it's just a very very sad situation really.
I would say this explosion in Lebanon seems even bigger though, and the death count sadly seems to be getting much worse than Enschede as well. All I can say is all the best of luck to the people over there struggling right now.