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Warpy

(113,130 posts) Wed Sep 18, 2024, 02:06 PM Sep 18

Fire after the explosions at the ammunition depots spread over 14 square kilometers

Seismometers all over Europe were picking this one up. I think Russia allowed video to be posted so no one would think they'd fired off a nuke.

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Fire after the explosions at the ammunition depots spread over 14 square kilometers (Original Post) Warpy Sep 18 OP

Yikes! I hope intelligence is good on where they keep chemical weapons. If I remember right, that was why we brewens Sep 18 #1

The oblast governor did order a large evacuation of the area Warpy Sep 18 #2

It blowed up real good ArkansasDemocrat1 Sep 18 #3

brewens

(15,359 posts)

1. Yikes! I hope intelligence is good on where they keep chemical weapons. If I remember right, that was why we

Reply to Warpy (Original post)

Wed Sep 18, 2024, 02:17 PM

Sep 18

didn't just bomb that ammo dump in Baghdad. The risk of a gas cloud.

Warpy

(113,130 posts)

2. The oblast governor did order a large evacuation of the area

Reply to brewens (Reply #1)

Wed Sep 18, 2024, 02:48 PM

Sep 18

after dismissing it as debris from a small drone that was shot down starting a small fire. I guess it took time for someone to work up the courage to tell him that the blasts had leveled houses near the facility.

ArkansasDemocrat1

(3,213 posts)

3. It blowed up real good

Reply to Warpy (Original post)

Wed Sep 18, 2024, 05:02 PM

Sep 18

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