Reddit has an even closer up picture of the explosion as well
Very scary video.
But good news:
A fire broke out in a factory in the mountainous area of Tainan at 8:44 a.m. today (18th). Thick smoke was billowing and flames were coming out. The police and firefighters rushed to the rescue. Fortunately, no one was trapped in the factory. The cause of the fire is still being clarified.
The police received a report that there was fire smoke coming out of No. 93 Mingheli, Minghe District, Shan District. They urgently dispatched a superior team with a total of 32 vehicles and 65 people to go to the rescue. The scene was full of smoke and was in flames. Fortunately, the factory personnel had been evacuated and no one was trapped. , but there are chemical raw materials such as methanol and toluene in the factory, and related footage has also been exposed.
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That was not a small explosion
Just saw that from a quick scroll through Reddit, only to see there was no link to a news source or date. Had to pop over here and check if y’all were talking about it. This isn’t no news, I’m surprised no one is discussing this!
I am too. I should have used a more click bait title
The video footage from under the fireball looked like an intergalactic wormhole opening. I’d lead with that!
It was crazy how high that fireball went.
Feel bad for all the local residents with their windows open that day
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