When I saw this, I thought this was a China thing.
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“When I saw this, I thought this was a China thing.”
It is!
Been to Hongcouver lately?
Damnit man, spit it out!
Is this another case of Quebec skulduggery at the licencing and building inspection level?
According to police,the building had no sprinkler system.I wonder about dust extraction equipment,no mention in the article.
Here in B.C., you can’t put in a basement suite to house your Mother,without a sprinkler system in place,and it has to be inspected by the Building Inspector before it can be occupied.
So how does a manufacturer of high explosives NOT have to have some sort of fire prevention system?
chinese fire drill! And I really mean it this time!
There’s not enough information to draw any useful deductions as of yet. But fireworks normally use black powder as the propellant and bursting agent, and black powder is not considered to be a high explosive. It will only detonate when confined. High explosives can detonate when unconfined, and that is the defining characteristic.
Black powder is certainly dangerous, but not a high explosive. I don’t know if a sprinkler system would necessarily help. Black powder burns so fast, that a fire could propagate through the entire building before the system triggered.
Tee!
I find these firecracker factory explosions incredibly strange. Nothing seems to douse even part of the fire. Amid the smoke, you might even see a stream of red or orange firework.
“Firefighters started fighting the blaze at 10 a.m., an hour after witnesses reported hearing a loud explosion.”
Wow, tough commute eh? Related
Part of the investigation is the location or more accurately lack of fire hydrants. Did someone “forget” to install them? Nah, couldn’t happen in Quebec!
Big Fireworks
“Huge explosions have ripped through a munitions depot in Russia’s Samara Region where up to 13 million shells were stored. More than 1,500 firefighters were deployed to combat the blaze, which killed one person and forced thousands to flee.
Fires in the surrounding areas have been eliminated, however explosions at the landfill site are continuing.” http://rt.com/news/ammunition-depot-blasts-russia-888/
What is it with Quebec and gunpowder? Anyone remember the CIL ammo plant that went up leaving a crater in the Quebec landscape?
how do you say BOOM in Chinese???
They reported it in ENGLISH, they don’t have to respond to ENGLISH!
At a fireworks factory, if a fire occurs, the fire department will do containment, and let it burn itself out once the fire has consumed all of the fuel and oxidizers. There is no other good way to put it out.
Someone wasn’t paying attention …
In the late 90’s, the Soviets had a naval ammo dump, containing large conventionally armed missiles go ga-boom. It was all very hush hush but it was detected by seimographs in Europe. It more or less pulled the Soviet Northern Fleet’s fangs for protracted period……no reloads….
Sprinklers???
About a decade back here in Morontario….if ya had a paint booth at yer business…..ya couldn’t get insurance without a “halon system”…then WCB insisted on it. An investment of $thousands….
Halon systems were developed for fire protewction of armoured vehicles. Most anti-tank weapons affect is setting of secondary explosions in the interior….ammo….hydraulic oil….
The halon systems automatically detect the heat and react swifty preventing an explosion even in an dust/paint filled environment. A halon system would probably blunted this Quebec SNAFU….but then Quebec only DOTs out of province trucks…waddaya ‘spect?
“When I saw this, I thought this was a China thing.”
It is!
Been to Hongcouver lately?
Damnit man, spit it out!
Is this another case of Quebec skulduggery at the licencing and building inspection level?
According to police,the building had no sprinkler system.I wonder about dust extraction equipment,no mention in the article.
Here in B.C., you can’t put in a basement suite to house your Mother,without a sprinkler system in place,and it has to be inspected by the Building Inspector before it can be occupied.
So how does a manufacturer of high explosives NOT have to have some sort of fire prevention system?
chinese fire drill! And I really mean it this time!
“Nothing to see here. Please disperse!”
There’s not enough information to draw any useful deductions as of yet. But fireworks normally use black powder as the propellant and bursting agent, and black powder is not considered to be a high explosive. It will only detonate when confined. High explosives can detonate when unconfined, and that is the defining characteristic.
Black powder is certainly dangerous, but not a high explosive. I don’t know if a sprinkler system would necessarily help. Black powder burns so fast, that a fire could propagate through the entire building before the system triggered.
Tee!
I find these firecracker factory explosions incredibly strange. Nothing seems to douse even part of the fire. Amid the smoke, you might even see a stream of red or orange firework.
“Firefighters started fighting the blaze at 10 a.m., an hour after witnesses reported hearing a loud explosion.”
Wow, tough commute eh?
Related
Part of the investigation is the location or more accurately lack of fire hydrants. Did someone “forget” to install them? Nah, couldn’t happen in Quebec!
Big Fireworks
“Huge explosions have ripped through a munitions depot in Russia’s Samara Region where up to 13 million shells were stored. More than 1,500 firefighters were deployed to combat the blaze, which killed one person and forced thousands to flee.
Fires in the surrounding areas have been eliminated, however explosions at the landfill site are continuing.”
http://rt.com/news/ammunition-depot-blasts-russia-888/
What is it with Quebec and gunpowder? Anyone remember the CIL ammo plant that went up leaving a crater in the Quebec landscape?
how do you say BOOM in Chinese???
They reported it in ENGLISH, they don’t have to respond to ENGLISH!
At a fireworks factory, if a fire occurs, the fire department will do containment, and let it burn itself out once the fire has consumed all of the fuel and oxidizers. There is no other good way to put it out.
Someone wasn’t paying attention …
In the late 90’s, the Soviets had a naval ammo dump, containing large conventionally armed missiles go ga-boom. It was all very hush hush but it was detected by seimographs in Europe. It more or less pulled the Soviet Northern Fleet’s fangs for protracted period……no reloads….
Sprinklers???
About a decade back here in Morontario….if ya had a paint booth at yer business…..ya couldn’t get insurance without a “halon system”…then WCB insisted on it. An investment of $thousands….
Halon systems were developed for fire protewction of armoured vehicles. Most anti-tank weapons affect is setting of secondary explosions in the interior….ammo….hydraulic oil….
The halon systems automatically detect the heat and react swifty preventing an explosion even in an dust/paint filled environment. A halon system would probably blunted this Quebec SNAFU….but then Quebec only DOTs out of province trucks…waddaya ‘spect?