Printing press explosion - GIF

Printing press explosion caused by an unintentional natural gas leak in Chandler, Arizona.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...485#post139240
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...695#post143635
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...726#post147980
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...5851#post82647
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...931#post129509
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...570#post136171

The percussion wave inside the offices of that building must have been horrendous

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Originally Posted by Frank S

The percussion wave inside the offices of that building must have been horrendous

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Horrendous as in broken eardrums for sure.

This is in my neck of the woods. Next door was the public library which was closed for a long time after the blast.

Rick

Next time, I'll bet they listen to Bob, who's been smelling gas all week...

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Originally Posted by graniteguy

Next time, I'll bet they listen to Bob, who's been smelling gas all week...

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Assuming they can hear anything!

The door on the building that the camera is mounted on, which appears closed enough to be latched, pops open with the blast. I wonder what it was like for the folks in this adjacent building.

I bet the blast was so strong that it rearranged the words on the library books!

"Dr. Kevin Foster, director of the Arizona Burn Center in Phoenix, said two of the men were in critical condition in an intensive care unit with the other two in serious condition. But all four of them were expected to recover."

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-sta...phoenix-suburb

Why was there a camera set up to record it?

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Originally Posted by old kodger

Why was there a camera set up to record it?

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Because we live in an age where cameras are set up everywhere so the boss can keep an eye on the workers at all times hoping to catch one doing something wrong

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Originally Posted by old kodger

Why was there a camera set up to record it?

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It's a security camera on the library aimed at the sidewalk/door to the library, and the street... I just happened to get the print shop in the frame.