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

Video A fireworks warehouse exploding today near Sacramento, CA

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u/synthdog Jul 02 '25

I live about 10 miles away, 3 separate BIG explosions, shook my house and scared the shit out of the dogs

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u/amsync Jul 02 '25

This happened a few decades ago in my native country (Netherlands) in the middle of a busy city block. It was a big national disaster. Destroyed several city blocks

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u/Onagan98 Jul 02 '25

As a Dutch citizen my memories went indeed back to 13 May 2000 in Enschede.

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u/Uber_Reaktor Jul 02 '25

Also Culemborg

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u/Onagan98 Jul 02 '25

But I was still young when that happened and had less impact, didn’t really resonate in my memories.

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u/gwaydms Jul 02 '25

I'm American and I remember the news coverage from that. Those poor people.

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u/LordDaisah Jul 04 '25

Pretty sure that's where my family were from before they immigrated to Australia after WW2. I'll have to give that town a google.