Enschede 13 May 2000

At 13 may in 2000, a fireworks factory in Enschede, the Netherlands explodes. The text near the end of the video is in English "You see the images in slowmotion, and it is very easy to see the full scale of the explosion. Roofs are literally blown of houses.".

I apologise for the poor quality of the video, I made this many years ago as part of a school project. If YouTube offered video replacement, I would upload a higher quality version of the video.

To everyone speculating on government landmines and heavy explosives, no evidence has ever been found to support this, and the two main theories are arson and accidental ignition via an electrical circuit. The explosive power of fireworks is unfortunately a lot higher than what people often realise.

I have nothing but respect for those that died on that day, their families and the professionals that fought the fire that day and lost colleagues. The events of the 13th of May 2000 are tragic. I'm not happy about the way this video represents the disaster, it's very sensational when it should not be.

See wikipedia for more information on the disaster:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enschede_fireworks_disaster

The music is the old intro to the video game F.E.A.R.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Enschede
• fireworks
• disaster
• Netherlands
• 13
• May
• 2000
• Mei
• vuurwerkramp
• vuurwerk
• ramp
• S.E.
• Roombeek
• explosie
• explosion
• ontploffing

[TheDisasterfreak]

is 1:04 echt gebeurt toen in Enschede???? :O

[derherrismeinhirte]

Mann wahr das ein gb bomben stimung

[xxkusiexx]

whats the name of this song?

[jimmy999ful]

eem beetje F.E.A.R. achtig de muziek

[kiimjjacco]

@Sanderos25 ja maar als je bij in de achter tuin zat nou ehmm leek well aardbeving niet normaal meer mijn moeder wat was dat dan ?? :P wij zo uit de raam kijken boven dikkuhh mega zwarte rook en dan gaat de telefoon me opa ja me dak is eraf geblazen :O

[Sanderos25]

@kiimjjacco ik voelde de schok nog in Houten(10 km ZO van Utrecht) niet zwaar maar ik voelde hem zeker!!

[kiimjjacco]

@Novuurwerknolife die schok voelde je zelf nog op wesselerbrink grond shake gewoon mee we dachten eerst aardbeving tot dat we de rook zagen

[Novuurwerknolife]

De beelden zijn als nog schikkend als je het zo ziet echt waar ! Het Luchtalarm gaat zelfs aan !!

[NielsG070]

Tuurlijk lagen er geen bommen. Wat op het eind explodeert is een groot vat met kruit.

[Wumboification]

in the beginning i was thinking it looks like the movie cloverfield and for the persians here are also a thousands of arrows blocking out the sun so sad for the people living there why the fuck you put a firework factory in a city