[quote]A horrible thing has happened today in China's Henan Province. A truck loaded to the gills with fireworks—intended for the country's upcoming Lunar New Year celebration—fired off its wares on a busy highway, leading to six minutes of the most brightly lit, celebratory destruction in recent memory.
How bad was it? According to the AP, the boom took out a 260-foot stretch of elevated highway, sending cars in a 100-foot freefall to the ground. Two dozen cars are totalled, at least eight people are dead, many more injured, and the dust literally still has yet to settle.
Investigators still aren't sure what caused the maelstrom in the first place, but at least one thing's certain: this was an awful event, made all the more so by how bright and booming it must have been.[/quote][url=http://gizmodo.com/5980805/fireworks-truck-explodes-takes-out-massive-bridge-in-most-festive-tragedy-ever?post=56901659]Source.[/url]
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What did I just read?
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2 RepliesEdited by Obi Wan Stevobi: 2/1/2013 2:41:34 PMAt least someone saw it. Elsewhere in China, [url=http://finance.yahoo.com/news/chinas-smog-bad-no-one-141927189.html]buildings have been burning without anyone even knowing because they can't tell the difference between billowing smoke and regular air.[/url]
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Damn. But if I got to choose, death by massive fireworks explosion would rank pretty damn highly.
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1 ReplyAs a big fan of explosions I have to say that maybe fireworks don't belong on busy highways.
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If it was packed like it sounds like it was (packed to the gills), maybe friction set it off.