You want to blow it up on your terms as a firefighter once it’s determined that you simply can not get enough water on the tanks to cool them. Instead of an explosion also killing a bunch of firefighters, you have an explosion with everyone a safe distance away then get back into the fray.
If they were afraid of it possibly exploding, why did they blow it up?
You want to blow it up on your terms as a firefighter once it’s determined that you simply can not get enough water on the tanks to cool them. Instead of an explosion also killing a bunch of firefighters, you have an explosion with everyone a safe distance away then get back into the fray.
It wasn't blown up -- they just ignited the remaining tanks.