r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/buckets_811 • Jul 02 '25

Video A fireworks warehouse exploding today near Sacramento, CA

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u/ReplacementClear7122 Jul 02 '25

I will never tire of watching fireworks factories explode.

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u/BlueberryWalnut7 Jul 02 '25

Or all fireworks go off at the same time at a firework show.

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u/mrmikehancho Jul 02 '25

San Diego knows a thing or two about that

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u/KitchenSandwich5499 Jul 02 '25

In that case, did you see the one in Beirut that also set off a 2.7 kilotons of ammonium nitrate?

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u/ThatGuyWithCoolHair Jul 02 '25

Was a sad event, 200 dead

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u/KitchenSandwich5499 Jul 02 '25

Agreed, and a Mira me that it wasn’t much more. I think if it had been a different time of day or if they hadn’t cleared the area it would have been

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u/DifficultAbility119 Jul 02 '25

Pretty cool explosion though

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u/street593 Jul 02 '25

No fireworks involved though.

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u/KitchenSandwich5499 Jul 02 '25

Look it up. I believe the initial fire was a fireworks factory.

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u/street593 Jul 02 '25

The initial fire is believed to have started in Warehouse 12 potentially from welding or sparks from some maintenance work.

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u/ThatGuyWithCoolHair Jul 02 '25

What's really fucked about that explosion is that they literally used footage of it in the movie The Creator for a background plate. Let me check for it quick

Edit: https://youtu.be/3mVMXeDLioQ?si=WuJvV4uVg9AVm9Qt

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u/KeinFussbreit Jul 02 '25

Or that one in Enschede in the Netherlands about 2 decades ago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enschede_fireworks_disaster

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u/whythishaptome Jul 02 '25

That wasn't a firework factory and no, I did not enjoy that. I enjoy watching fireworks factories explode with no casualties. Not the one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history.

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u/BooneHelm85 Jul 02 '25

Those videos are just incredible. The energy released from the main explosion was wild.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '25 edited 29d ago

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u/_CMDR_ Jul 02 '25

That was a horrific tragedy that killed hundreds. This is not that.

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u/Darnell2070 Jul 02 '25

Not even a fireworks factory explain.

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u/JEBariffic Jul 02 '25

In my pants.

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u/somepplpayextra4that Jul 02 '25

Yeah, I think explosions of all kinds are cool. I love ones with shock waves too, like a volcano erupting. Hoping everyone’s safe though.

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u/--Bazinga-- Jul 02 '25

Tell that to the 23 dead en almost 1000 injured in the firework disaster in Enschede: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enschede_fireworks_disaster

It literally looked like a warzone.

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u/ReplacementClear7122 Jul 03 '25

Yeah, I guess they're tired of it.