As usual, lots of rumor and speculation. Some folks were saying it was a plane crash (which was debunked). Some are saying arson, but we just don't know yet.
But come on, it's a fireworks warehouse... Probably wouldn't take much...
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I have a friend who used to work in a pet food warehouse. They had some massive blast doors and fire suppression systems
Sounds like overkill for a bunch of dog and cat food, but when you think about it food is absolutely packed full of energy, caloric content is kind of the main point of food. Most of it is dry kibble, so it's not like you can count it having a hgligh moisture content to keep it from watching fire, and I can absolutely imagine a situation there where the right conditions might exist for a dust explosion like you hear about in grain silos and such.
I would assume that fireworks warehouses probably have about 1000X the fire safety measures than dog food does. Maybe I'm giving the powers that be too much credit though, because it does seem like every year I hear about some fireworks warehouse or factory somewhere blowing up.
Sure, sure. Plausible cover story...
But you just didn't know about the hidden basement and the meth lab within it.
I would imagine the dust component is incredibly dangerous too! It's been a while now, but when I was a kid, grain silo explosions were pretty regular:
https://www.kplctv.com/video/2022/11/10/grain-elevator-explosion/
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It's great that the town is called Yolo.
Yolo is the county. My friends and I would always shout it while driving by the sign.
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