Chocolate factory demolished in an explosion just before 5 PM on the 24th.
RBOOM 30 miles away (R87CD)
My RBOOM which is 120 miles away at the corresponding time (R176D)
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Hello kpjamro, and welcome back to the community!
Would you look at that! Never seen the trace of a chocolate factory (or any factory, in the end) demolition explosion!
What a thing to be recorded by Shakes! Thank you for sharing it with all of us.
Every so often I read about a building blown up due to a natural gas leak. If it is big enough, it will usually register on an RBoom if there is one within 100 miles. I saw the video of this one and was impressed by how much it threw parts of the building into the air.
The video is here 2 dead and 5 unaccounted for after explosion rocks Pennsylvania chocolate factory
but probably not accessible outside the US.
An adjacent multi-story building was not destroyed but was moved 4 inches (100 mm) from its original location. That is when I knew the blast would show up on RB.
Sadly, a total of 7 people died in the incident.
Ken