Ammonia nitrate fire burns a metal building to collapse in HD

[sanity599]

Hey Glen....Hey Glen.. Go Ahead... Glen did we bring a fire extinguisher? There's one on one of the trucks. Glen did we bring a fire extinguisher? There's one on one of the trucks. Oh Glen you got any idea which one we got fifty trucks here now.

I feel so much safer now.

[Zugvogel1]

Ammonium Nitrate is a very Combustable Chemical that is most use for Fertiliser.It´s a Dangerours Good Class 5.1.It carring it´s own Oxygen ,what make it very difficult to a Fire with those Stuff off.

It´s can react like explosives,and the Fumes are Toxic.

[endimion17]

@Zugvogel1 Ammonium nitrate is not a combustible. It can not burn on its own. It's an oxidizer. If left deprived of fuels, it does nothing.

It can however detonate on its own under great shock like lots of primary explosives, but under ordinary fire, it melts and emits nitrous oxide.

Here we don't have an ammonium nitrate fire, but fire fueled by air and it.

[Headshothorror4488]

Thats wood not a steel building

[kawasakikx250ff]

hell yeah now thats a fire :D

[iamjackalope]

That's a blast oven. I'm surprised they could get that close with the water boom.

What was the building used for?

[yearsmith]

That would be a hot fire. Ammonium nitrate is an oxidizer which makes everything burn. Increases the amount of oxygen the fuel load processes. Plus you had nitrogen in there so you would have hot ammonia gas hitting hot nitrogen gas plus carbon monoxide, and water. That's a real witches brew. you get all sorts of chemicals back on a fire like this. One of which would be a nitric acid mist.

[yearsmith]

I know that building. It was a farm and ranch supply. it did have a metal support structure under the roof, and some of the piers. not high grade, I think it was tubular consturction. the roof did have some steel trusses in it though.

[metalpresstv]

The fire melted everything, and yes the metal beams as well. It was still burning a week later as they were trying to remove the rubble.

[superiorgreen]

Sorry, that building is wood with vinyl siding. Not light steel framing. At 3:23 we see 16"oc light wood framing with cross bracing and fireblocking. The gable end is post and beam, the sides are plate framed, both wood. The interior had lathe and plaster "wainscoat" around the lowest 4 feet. mostly gone after 3:30. Some half interior walls. There is no sheetrock, which would have slowed this fire considerably. Notice the burning wood roof trusses 5:02. Not steel.

[starchild9000]

@superiorgreen

i agree youre seeing wood burn there.. steel doesnt catch fire..

you also head someone say that that its wood on fire :/

[SystemRockerChic]

i dont remember this.....what building?

[vaporarrows]

If this building was made of metal then it must have been very low grade. Likely not even steel.

[Zugvogel1]

The Pole in the Front is a Powerline.You can the the round thing at the Top.

[mabas21]

Incredible video, really shows how conditions can go from bad to terrible in a short period of time

[melevy]

Was that time compressed or did that entire building burn to the ground in 6 minutes?