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75. The Explosion (Port of Beirut disaster)

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The West Fertilizer Plant Blown Up

The federal government had no idea that the ammonium nitrate was there either. There were no shut off valves, no fire alarms, no safety plan in place at all. The only reason there was a security alarm was because the local meth heads kept breaking in and stealing hydrosemonia along with quote a bag of Oreos,. $10 in pennies, a pair of binoculars and a purple digital camera. Texas law allows fertilizer storage facilities to operate without any liability insurance at all.

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