Criminally Negligent:The Marlie Farm Fire works Disaster 2006 | Plainly Difficult Documentary

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  • @PlainlyDifficult
    @PlainlyDifficult  Рік тому +65

    Here's the Link for this weeks outro song: madebyjohn.bandcamp.com/track/i-wish-you-could-talk
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    Have any future suggestions? Let me know below!

    • @WriteInAaronBushnell
      @WriteInAaronBushnell Рік тому +6

      Do you sell a "Balls!" Shirt? I would buy that for myself

    • @PlainlyDifficult
      @PlainlyDifficult  Рік тому +4

      @@WriteInAaronBushnell I probably should make one!! Maybe with a tennis ball on?

    • @bobroberts2371
      @bobroberts2371 Рік тому +1

      @@PlainlyDifficult The vid is great however the music at the end is a bit loud. Maybe drop by 25 % for the next vid?

    • @phiend2248
      @phiend2248 Рік тому +4

      No, but the high pitch towards the end of the video you could totally get rid of that please. Not only driving me crazy but my dog starting to go a little nuts.

    • @Ice_Karma
      @Ice_Karma Рік тому +1

      Meta -- the subtitles go wonky at starting at 13:12 with "from the Fire Brigades Union". Each subtitle stays on screen for far too long.

  • @TimPerfetto
    @TimPerfetto Рік тому +842

    Please never change your intro music bit. It perfectly fits the attitude/style of your videos

    • @PlainlyDifficult
      @PlainlyDifficult  Рік тому +116

      Thank you!

    • @lesflynn4455
      @lesflynn4455 Рік тому +43

      Agreed. It's perfect.

    • @blepblop7342
      @blepblop7342 Рік тому +23

      i have thought this since i discovered this channel several years ago :’)

    • @RobBoss757
      @RobBoss757 Рік тому

      Better yet "ph into" cause he posts disaster porn

    • @mmmteeth
      @mmmteeth Рік тому +13

      or the outro for that matter

  • @devikwolf
    @devikwolf Рік тому +317

    THIS is the kind of outright negligence that really scares me.

  • @SVD_NL
    @SVD_NL Рік тому +186

    This instantly reminded me of the Enschede fireworks disaster, which happened about 6 years prior. Fireworks manufacturer right in the middle of a city, what could go wrong?Left a large portion of the city looking like a warzone, damages were a billion guilders (about half a billion euros), a few deaths, and many wounded and/or homeless.

    • @YaeLisa
      @YaeLisa Рік тому +11

      I wanted to comment about this one. Would like to see it being covered on this channel actually.

    • @Dredgenicon
      @Dredgenicon Рік тому +11

      To add on to it, the city was build around it iirc. It was poor city planning. Residents complained about the fireworks manufacturer but nothing was done

    • @Dutch3DMaster
      @Dutch3DMaster Рік тому +11

      For as far as I know, S.E. Fireworks was not a manufacturer (fireworks manufacturing is done in China, at least for consumer fireworks) of fireworks, but only a storage facility.
      It could've been safe, had it not been for the fact that rules were not followed there, and some sea-shipping containers with consumer fireworks were left open.
      When a fire started there it caused a serious fire quickly, and some of the first, mild explosions, spreading the fire.
      Eventually this heated up the containers that were closed according to regulations, some of which full of some of the more innocent type of consumer fireworks (those things that spin around while producing all colors of the rainbow in their flame).
      This heat-up caused the fireworks inside to ignite, causing a massive chain reaction in a fraction of a second, which caused the first serious explosion, which already blew rooftiles of off homes, along with shattering windows close to the storage facility.
      After this explosion it only got worse and quickly after another container suffered the same overheating problem, unfortunately containing more powerful fireworks, which caused the massive explosion that leveled hundreds of homes, turning the neighbourhood into a warzone in the fraction of a second.
      A Dutch documentary on the disaster went along with the researchers who wanted to know if consumer fireworks were capable of doing such damage, either due to improper storage or storage according to regulations.
      An explosive test site had researchers put consumer fireworks inside the sea-shipping container, but even the managers of the site were unsure about the amount of damage it might do, and had safety perimeters double of what they would normally be.
      The first explosion (open container, igniting contents directly) already surprised the owners of the test site, but the second test (closed sea shipping container, ignited due to heat outside) caused a massive crater, and a part of the container was launched 150 meters away or something, and the site owners were shocked knowing how storage facilities like the one from S.E. Fireworks were probably all over the world...
      Till then, there had been little thought nor research done on how stored consumer fireworks would be capable of actually causing such a huge explosion. Regulations on storage inside stores selling fireworks were strengthened seriously after the disaster...

    • @emilen2
      @emilen2 Рік тому +4

      Same with Seest near Kolding, Denmark.
      A fireworks factory went nuclear in a residential area.

    • @ingetuinman8793
      @ingetuinman8793 Рік тому

      My first thought was also that they didn't learn from the disaster in Enschede

  • @janemiettinen5176
    @janemiettinen5176 Рік тому +337

    Igniters in a can of nails? That doesnt sound like just an accident to me, nobody can be that complacent. Even I wouldve known better, so that tells a lot.
    “Where are you bastardo?” got me good, thanks John!

    • @evegreenification
      @evegreenification Рік тому +2

    • @Mavendow
      @Mavendow Рік тому +33

      Yeah, they should've filled the buckets with a mix of fireworks and batteries! Or just a lot of pure nitro, you know, to keep the detonators fresh.

    • @nicgamer2643
      @nicgamer2643 Рік тому +3

      It means right that in Italy lol

    • @Aaron-zu3xn
      @Aaron-zu3xn Рік тому +42

      the idea of someone what doesn't know garbage bags make static electricity shouldn't be allowed to manufacture explosives they should know static sparks can set off the igniters

    • @sierralarars
      @sierralarars Рік тому +17

      @@Aaron-zu3xn I didn’t know that ngl! Thankfully I don’t make explosives

  • @StreuB1
    @StreuB1 Рік тому +730

    I agree on the Negligent decision but I believe there should also be Complacency as well. People that work with dangerous materials for long periods of time tend to become complacent with the materials and what they do with them. Also, lack of Training. Great job John!!!

    • @PlainlyDifficult
      @PlainlyDifficult  Рік тому +55

      Thank you!

    • @mbryson2899
      @mbryson2899 Рік тому +50

      I saw that at two places I worked. After a few years some staff became remarkably cavalier about safety.

    • @andrewdenby8239
      @andrewdenby8239 Рік тому +41

      Absolutely without a doubt, this wouldn't have been the first time they completely ignored all safety rules and every time they did and 'got away with it' they reinforced the idea in their own minds that the rules were an unnecessary faff, until...
      The thing with explosives is that it only takes one mistake and the effects are, well, explosive...

    • @ingvarhallstrom2306
      @ingvarhallstrom2306 Рік тому +12

      This is negligence on a criminal level, negligence so severe it is actually a crime.

    • @BlackMoonHowls
      @BlackMoonHowls Рік тому +5

      Nitroglycerin bois be like....."We gots da explosive stuffs back in da lab." We are da best! WRRRAAGG....(Explode)

  • @piquat1
    @piquat1 Рік тому +58

    A few days ago 100,000 gallons of vinyl chloride was spilled in Palestine, Ohio in a train wreck. It was then intentionally lit on fire. Wildlife is dying, dead fish in the waters, pets are dying, people are sick, a town 40 miles away had to switch to an alternate water source. Watching it unfold made me think of the stories on your channel.

    • @zen4men
      @zen4men Рік тому

      An evil act indeed.
      Someone is either sabotaging large areas of America's industries,
      or the US is VERY unlucky recently.
      So many food actory fires, for example.

    • @mariemccann5895
      @mariemccann5895 Рік тому +10

      I think that case is going to see the courts saturated for the next 20 years. Total incompetence.

    • @JoshSweetvale
      @JoshSweetvale Рік тому +1

      ​@@mariemccann5895 It's America.
      Companies are above the law.

    • @Luppay131498
      @Luppay131498 Рік тому +4

      The fact that the effects of this incident continue to be discovered while the situation remains unresolved is far beyond sickening.

  • @Unb3arablePain
    @Unb3arablePain Рік тому +148

    I really enjoy these UK disaster videos. Being in the USA I know a lot here from TV docs and such, but rarely are disasters across the pond covered.

    • @tookitogo
      @tookitogo Рік тому +5

      I disagree. The big disaster shows (made by US networks) cover lots of things abroad.

    • @mariemccann5895
      @mariemccann5895 Рік тому +5

      @@tookitogo That was a bit petty.

    • @tookitogo
      @tookitogo Рік тому +2

      @@mariemccann5895 Petty? How so?

    • @steveluckhurst2350
      @steveluckhurst2350 Рік тому

      You shouldn't believe everything you see/hear on a bloody youtube video.

  • @VoidHalo
    @VoidHalo Рік тому +136

    Gotta say, I really like that you're putting out videos more frequently. But what I like more is that it hasn't affected the quality at all. You even still go into adequate detail explaining the technical side of what happened while keeping the video interesting. And the decision to cover more stories about non-radioactive industrial accidents was a good idea as well. I realize that was a risky gamble, but I personally enjoy the videos about other disasters just as much as any radiological disaster. You made some great choices and your channel's gotten so much better as a result. And it was already great to begin with. So you've really outdone yourself.

    • @PlainlyDifficult
      @PlainlyDifficult  Рік тому +16

      Thank you!

    • @spacecat85
      @spacecat85 Рік тому +9

      agreed completely. I've watched a lot of docus about disasters of all kinds for years and I keep learning about ones I never heard of before here. appreciate the short and concise explanations as to what went wrong and how, and how things got to that point, those are exactly the things I'm interested in

    • @extracelestial9527
      @extracelestial9527 Рік тому +1

      Agreed! This is my favorite channel specifically for those reasons.

    • @jed-henrywitkowski6470
      @jed-henrywitkowski6470 Рік тому

      Agreed.

    • @jurah7527
      @jurah7527 Рік тому +4

      Agreed, and this most certainly is not my place to formally advise, but John please always place your own health above these videos! Your well-being will always be more important to us than an extra video a week, but I know I, for one love seeing the notification when you upload 😅

  • @neiloflongbeck5705
    @neiloflongbeck5705 Рік тому +107

    You should also cover the Fengate, Peterborough, fireworks explosion of 1989. At least this was a rural area. Fengate cost a firefighter his life and led to ballistic face shield on their helmet when the fireworks exploded. 107 people were injured by the explosion, 84 of them needing hospital treatment.

    • @PlainlyDifficult
      @PlainlyDifficult  Рік тому +17

      Thanks for the suggestion

    • @nickyaerobones
      @nickyaerobones Рік тому +12

      @@PlainlyDifficult I was 3 miles away from it at school and it rattled the windows. When I got home, my neighbour Stuart was the fireman who was holding the hose behind the man who was killed. The explosion also brought in legislation making it that all vans and lorries carrying fireworks must have a sign on them saying explosives

    • @Palmit_
      @Palmit_ Рік тому +1

      @@nickyaerobones i also had a person that was in post office queue behind my uncles best friend who heard one of his friends say their uncle heard an explosion sound, probably, but his aunt told him that she got the story from he friend betty, who works at the book makers and she knew her friends husband say about it as they were waiting for the results of the 3:40 jumps at kempton.

    • @krissteel4074
      @krissteel4074 Рік тому +3

      Fireworks factory disasters are a long and tragic history, there was one in Indonesia I think 3-4yr ago that killed about 50 people
      There's really no halfway with fireworks factories when someone might have a bit of an oopsie, its just either everything is completely fine or everything is on fire and exploding.

    • @marvindebot3264
      @marvindebot3264 Рік тому +1

      Agree, please do.

  • @garywells293
    @garywells293 Рік тому +8

    My dad was one of the lead firefighters that day. I remember watching it live on the news with my mum. It was a horrible job as martin and Nathan were giving incredibly conflicting information.
    Ive never seen my dad so affected by something and the preceeding court case took a massive toll on him. What affected him most was he was just behind brian when he lost his life. It also took about 3 months for his hearing to return fully.
    Thank you for making this video. Unfortunately, my dad passed away 11 years ago but seeing this reminded me how brave and selfless he was.

  • @sherirobinson6867
    @sherirobinson6867 Рік тому +27

    I absolutely adore your bubble comments
    "Oops, this ain't right, time to get out of dodge etc " throughout your videos. I've watched your entire content and it's definitely one of my favorites

  • @joshgibbens8478
    @joshgibbens8478 Рік тому +36

    I lived seven miles away, and I remember feeling the explosion. It was a completely avoidable incident, and the people responsible deserved to receive longer sentences, in my opinion.

  • @maymarsh9117
    @maymarsh9117 Рік тому +17

    Every time I drive over a bridge I say loudly and calmy" My name is John, and this is plainly difficult".. My husband hates it.

  • @phaasch
    @phaasch Рік тому +39

    We live about 6-7 miles east of Marley Farm, and were out working in the garden that Sunday afternoon. I can't remember if we'd noticed sirens, they're quite common in our area, but I vividly remember the concussion from the pressure wave, as our ears popped, and we looked at each other as if to say "what the hell was that?" Then the boom followed, rolling across the Weald. We both downed tools, went inside and put the TV on, waiting for the first news report we knew would follow, as I'd not heard an explosion like that since the Docklands bombing 10 years before. You just knew that there was going to be fatalities.

    • @Palmit_
      @Palmit_ Рік тому +2

      i also had a person that was in post office queue behind my uncles best friend who heard one of his friends say their uncle heard an explosion sound, probably, but his aunt told him that she got the story from her friend betty, who works at the book makers and she knew her friends husband say about it as they were waiting for the results of the 3:40 jumps at kempton.

    • @marvindebot3264
      @marvindebot3264 Рік тому

      @@Palmit_ Can you just stop the copypasta and try not to be such a massive bellend.

  • @VannOuO
    @VannOuO Рік тому +34

    In Mexico there's a fireworks market in Tultepec and it has accidents like this that start with people playing around or bad storage :l it's always tragic to hear

    • @christycullen2355
      @christycullen2355 Рік тому +4

      I've seen it get destroyed multiple times on the programme destroyed in seconds

    • @stevie-ray2020
      @stevie-ray2020 Рік тому +1

      Especially when sellers start lighting their products to demonstrate how spectacular they are!

  • @radon1221
    @radon1221 Рік тому +32

    6:28 Sure is bizarre alright. I wonder what they were doing inside a container full of what is essentially the perfect candidate for a shrapnel IED.

    • @ABrit-bt6ce
      @ABrit-bt6ce Рік тому +2

      Someone had a bomb in mind. Pretty sure that was not where they wanted it to go off.

    • @nvelsen1975
      @nvelsen1975 Рік тому +4

      It was part of the Allahu Akbar Series of fireworks, very popular. 😉

    • @radon1221
      @radon1221 Рік тому +1

      @@nvelsen1975 The event was held in Manchester?

    • @krashd
      @krashd Рік тому +2

      @@ABrit-bt6ce Nah, someone was just careless, or in this case reckless, most British sheds will have containers of used nails and it's not unusual to place other non-nail objects in there. I have an old paint can of nails that has screwdrivers in it.

    • @ChoppingtonOtter
      @ChoppingtonOtter Рік тому

      Yes, extremely suspicious.

  • @MightyMezzo
    @MightyMezzo Рік тому +9

    This made me think of the Webb’s Bait Farm disaster in Tennessee in 1983, in which several members of the farm family were killed. The owner was persuaded to start a completely illegal fireworks operation in an effort to save his farm from foreclosure.

  • @traceykelly2603
    @traceykelly2603 Рік тому +210

    Sad case, but the firemen that were lost should have evacuated when told. Perhaps they did not hear the alarm. Great video.

    • @PlainlyDifficult
      @PlainlyDifficult  Рік тому +43

      Thank you! It is really tragic

    • @Jamie8100
      @Jamie8100 Рік тому +70

      I know a few of the firefighters that went in and attended as I worked in a pub round the corner from a local fire station. The firefighters were told not to go to into certain containers but kinda ignored the advice given. It’s tragic and is still taboo to talk about with firefighters in the area

    • @wolvesone
      @wolvesone Рік тому +28

      Few years ago here we had a local chief and one other firefighter get caught in a fire when the building collapsed the chief died the other firefighter survived crews had gotten an evac code and were jyst on the edge of the building setting up what is called a master stream (a large ground mounted nozzle)when it collapsed here in the states typically in an EVAC the sound the horns on all the trucks so that even with out a radio the know to evac the bad thing is if you have ever been on a scene they are very noisy between truck engines radio chatter raging flames ect on a scene like this you have the added explosion noise these firefighters and government inspectors should have done more pre planning on what to do worst case and the business should have been inspected and fined more often

    • @markh.6687
      @markh.6687 Рік тому +27

      The emergency response plan by the local fire service was woefully deficient; a two-engine initial response to a facility known to house explosive materials was far far less than needed from the outset, especially upon a report of an explosion and fire in progress. And apparently there was no in-house fire brigade on scene to try combating the initial fires, or it looked so bad from the outset that they used their brains and evacuated right away. (Yes, sometimes the smartest thing anybody can do, regardless of skill or training or desire to help, is to get the HELL out of the scene). The fallen firefighters may not have realized the danger they were in, and no fire officer was apparently directly monitoring them to make sure they got out and were accounted for.
      In America even a fire alarm at such a facility would have been a large response by a larger fire department/service, or a standing-order automatic mutual aid response from nearby local fire departments before even being ordered by the fire officer in charge of the response. The fire officer could also order additional mutual aid while en route with the initial response if dispatch advises him or her of an active fire or explosion, or if he or she can see the flames and smoke long before arrival.
      The fact that firefighters may not have heard the evacuation whistle through their protective equipment (fire-resistant hoods and neck/ear covers) and the noises of the scene is also another tragedy. In America they broadcast evacuation tones over firefighter's radios, as well as use the fire engine's air horns and/or public address systems to sound an evacuation signal and give a voice message.

    • @wolvesone
      @wolvesone Рік тому +15

      @@markh.6687 This is all 100% true i spent 8 years as a volunteer firefighter in a support role and have been on countless scenes that resulted in the EVAC horns here even a fire alarm ht a normal business gets 2 engines 1 ladder rescue and a chief a place like that would have gotten the entire city plus mutual aid heck we had a plane crash here and had units from 20+ miles away respond and it didn't even blow up

  • @NotAFirefighter1
    @NotAFirefighter1 Рік тому +99

    Please do the Seest fireworks disaster in Denmark already, it was very well documented. I was a firefighter on the station that responded first, same station that lost a firefighter there

    • @PlainlyDifficult
      @PlainlyDifficult  Рік тому +15

      Thanks for the suggestion!

    • @Heike--
      @Heike-- Рік тому +3

      There's been a million videos about that one already! Why on earth do we need one more? Go watch one of the others.

    • @minecraftfirefighter
      @minecraftfirefighter Рік тому +10

      if you want another firework themed one, there is the Enschede fireworks disaster aswell.

    • @redsable6119
      @redsable6119 Рік тому +1

      There's one in the US as well. Fireworks manufactured on a farm. Actually there are a lot of firework mfg disasters in the US.

    • @IAMPLEDGE
      @IAMPLEDGE Рік тому +1

      @@Heike-- maybe so that firefighters, heath and safety and planning officers and the general public might finally realise that fireworks in built up areas are exceedingly dangerous.

  • @DeathMetalDerf
    @DeathMetalDerf Рік тому +35

    The music for your videos just keeps getting better.
    I actually went through the process of obtaining my ATF license here in the US so I can legally store and use fireworks up to a specific size and power. I can't have anything too large or bordering on commercial grade, however you'd be surprised by how easily I got the license. I filled out some paperwork, they did the most basic background check I've ever been a part of, and a short inspection of my storage facility and safety equipment. The 4th of July at my place is one hell of a banger! Last year's display was almost a full 60 minutes of straight fireworks.

    • @PlainlyDifficult
      @PlainlyDifficult  Рік тому +6

      Thank you!

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios Рік тому +7

      So basically
      "are you a criminal?" - "no"
      "do you have a safe?" - "yes"
      "here is your license"

    • @DeathMetalDerf
      @DeathMetalDerf Рік тому +3

      @@HappyBeezerStudios you're not far off. It's slightly more "in-depth" than that, but not by very much.

    • @mariemccann5895
      @mariemccann5895 Рік тому +2

      You are not painting a very good picture of yourself.

    • @ArDeeMee
      @ArDeeMee Рік тому +2

      @@mariemccann5895 They clearly passed the safety check, so take it up with the regulators. =)

  • @Harry._.Thompson
    @Harry._.Thompson Рік тому +4

    John: “Something that brings joy and excitement to any party or festival”…
    Me: drugs
    John: “Fireworks”
    Oh..

  • @DMazz441
    @DMazz441 Рік тому +8

    Did I fucking hear that right? 6:30 "a paint can bizarrely filled with nails". WHY WAS THAT FILLED WITH NAILS AT ALL?! Who thinks "yes put nails and ignitors inside an airtight metal container. They'll be fine. Def not homemade pipe bombs"

    • @brucelytle1144
      @brucelytle1144 Рік тому

      Rust proofing the nails of course!
      Don't you paint your nails?

    • @ingvarhallstrom2306
      @ingvarhallstrom2306 Рік тому

      They read The Anarchist Cookbook on DIY handgrenades...

  • @chesspiece81
    @chesspiece81 Рік тому +18

    As usual, my Saturday mornings are starting off Plainly Difficult, and I love it. Thanks John for the uploads

  • @Cheshire_Cat137
    @Cheshire_Cat137 Рік тому +9

    I remember one incident where a worm farm was illegally making fireworks and an explosion happened that resulted in horrific damages.

    • @stevecann3394
      @stevecann3394 Рік тому +1

      It's covered really well in a book called 'Beyond the body farm' well worth a look

  • @Lazy_Tim
    @Lazy_Tim Рік тому +10

    I've worked with fireworks. Ignitors don't just go off. They are just like safety matches. We are missing info here.

    • @darthkarl99
      @darthkarl99 Рік тому +4

      Covered near the end of the video. Honestly without knowing some more details around the shipping container, (asked a question in another comment about that), the improper storage sounds like a much bigger problem.

    • @Lazy_Tim
      @Lazy_Tim Рік тому

      @@darthkarl99 Agreed!

  • @VinnieTheGreat
    @VinnieTheGreat Рік тому +36

    I would recommend you make a video on the Enschede Fireworks disaster, an even larger disaster caused by gross negligence. Thanks for the good video,John!

    • @PlainlyDifficult
      @PlainlyDifficult  Рік тому +6

      Thanks for the suggestion!

    • @evagoor
      @evagoor Рік тому +2

      @@PlainlyDifficult It would be very interesting to learn what you think of it. Since you have seen many investigations and it is still not 100% clear what caused this disaster.

    • @elvinhaak
      @elvinhaak Рік тому

      @@PlainlyDifficult It was mine too, but first looked if you did it already ...
      Maybe you can make some lists of the video's about the same kind of thema?

    • @Lext87
      @Lext87 Рік тому

      Something about unlicensed storage containers and fireworks disasters.
      Was with the SE-Fireworks disaster in Enschede the same.

    • @VinnieTheGreat
      @VinnieTheGreat Рік тому

      @@Lext87 seems to be a common theme unfortunately…

  • @drac2you
    @drac2you Рік тому +28

    Hello, John! You new t-shirt design with your story graphics is awesome especially, since I LOVE your use of them during your tellings. Keep up the great work keeping us informed and entertained. BTW this whole situation was a Balls! incident, to be sure!!

  • @kenbolsen8295
    @kenbolsen8295 Рік тому +5

    I grew up near a fire work manufacturer. The every building on the site was bunkered and bermed. No production building had more than 100kg of explosives and each storage bunker held only 1-5 tonnes depending on design.

  • @davidtraynor8075
    @davidtraynor8075 Рік тому +7

    Two folk went to work to do a job and died for it due to two others not doing theirs. Rips ma knitting when folk think that "that'll be fine" "no ones going to know/ care"

  • @Heike--
    @Heike-- Рік тому +8

    Small business. No wonder they went to prison. Usually they go scot-free. Should have been a big corporation or a government department! Having watched lots of these videos, being one of those guarantees no jail time and a slap-on-the-wrist fine, if any punishment at all.

  • @jpe1
    @jpe1 Рік тому +36

    If you are looking to make more videos on explosions in manufacturing facilities, you might look into the Concept Sciences hydroxylamine explosion, Feb 1999. I was driving home from work that night and felt the explosion and had no idea what it was at the time, but it was all over the news the next day.

    • @PlainlyDifficult
      @PlainlyDifficult  Рік тому +6

      Thanks for the suggestion!

    • @princepsregem4006
      @princepsregem4006 Рік тому

      @@PlainlyDifficult there was also a large fireworks storage related explosion somewhere in the Canadian maritimes. The video of the explosion is out there but I’d advise against watching it as several people died.

  • @marcussheen
    @marcussheen Рік тому +4

    I live a 30 minute drive away, and the force of the explosion was so loud that I honestly thought the roof of my house had moved. Absolutely terrifying to think there were people on the site

  • @18robsmith
    @18robsmith Рік тому +16

    Sadly this reminds me of the fireworks warehouse fire at Baswich near Stafford a few years later which killed someone in an adjoining property :-(

    • @PlainlyDifficult
      @PlainlyDifficult  Рік тому +2

      It is very sad

    • @VTALLANDY
      @VTALLANDY Рік тому +1

      I was just going to comment about SP Plastics/SP Fireworks Stafford when I saw you’d already mentioned them.

  • @pearlkt
    @pearlkt Рік тому +5

    Omg I remember this. We lived outside and the smoke was intense. There were loads of people talking about the family and the incident.

  • @nicrobe9443
    @nicrobe9443 Рік тому +18

    Your videos feel like candy. I know it's not good for my psyche to keep learning about all these tragedies, but I just can't stop eatin'em up. Delicious, teeth-decayingly good video as always!

  • @thejudgmentalcat
    @thejudgmentalcat Рік тому +8

    I was looking up the Ohio incident when I saw Wikipedia has a list of fireworks explosions...it was uncomfortably long 😮‍💨

    • @PlainlyDifficult
      @PlainlyDifficult  Рік тому +3

      Much like industrial disasters in general very scary long list!

  • @nathangillmore5064
    @nathangillmore5064 Рік тому +3

    That “vomited into existence” animation 😂 Love your work!

  • @Eddue100
    @Eddue100 Рік тому +4

    oh wow, this one has sentimental value to me as it happened 6 miles from where I live, and I remember it happening like it was yesterday

    • @suchabadkitty1293
      @suchabadkitty1293 Рік тому

      Someone else on here said they lived nearby as well and the sonic boom made their ears pop. Did you have any experiences like that with it?

  • @loglad5394
    @loglad5394 Рік тому +2

    I will never get tired of your videos, they have educated me so much on events like this and always make my day when you upload.

  • @MeriaDuck
    @MeriaDuck Рік тому +4

    Vomited into existence... promising start of the video ❤️

  • @GokkeSokkenDK
    @GokkeSokkenDK Рік тому +1

    Seeing you having made a video about firework disasters makes me hope you'll some day look into the Seest fireworks disaster that happened in Kolding, Denmark in 2004

  • @IndyandJazmin
    @IndyandJazmin Рік тому +3

    The five hundred thousand dollar payout to the families of the two deceased firefighters was a total joke and an outright insult as well, smh.

  • @klaymeb42
    @klaymeb42 Рік тому +6

    Whoa, crazy story. Negligent indeed.
    In 2004, there was a pretty serious accident in a fireworks factory in Seest, Denmark. It'd be cool to hear your take on that.

  • @carlosdanger5877
    @carlosdanger5877 Рік тому +4

    Thanks for this episode I watch your videos all the time they’re so well put together I really appreciate it!

  • @erikatracy207
    @erikatracy207 Рік тому +2

    Ah yes, paint cans full of nails, the ideal storage container for practically anything.

  • @LoriPeace
    @LoriPeace Рік тому +4

    John, I thoroughly enjoy your videos, especially your endings, telling us what the weather is where you are -- it's a cool little touch, something different from what anyone else does. This particular video is really sad -- I hate to see firefighters and other first responders injured, let alone killed, in the line of duty. As others here have said, they should have evacuated when ordered, but maybe they didn't hear the order, or maybe stayed with the thought that they could take care of something quickly and then leave. We'll never know. Lovely foreshadowing in your storytelling, by telling about the buckets filled with nails -- as soon as you mentioned it, I thought, oh, no, that's going to be a problem. And I really liked that you explained how the igniters worked -- I had no idea, so I really appreciated learning about it. Overall, a very good job!

  • @CoachHayes100
    @CoachHayes100 6 місяців тому

    I Love your stories/history voice. It makes me engaged when I'm driving.

  • @AppliedCryogenics
    @AppliedCryogenics Рік тому +4

    LOVED the end menu! Not sure if amused, bemused, terrified, tickled, or filled with existential dread.

  • @ian-lukepenwald8638
    @ian-lukepenwald8638 Рік тому

    You popped up on my feed for the first time just now. I have now subscribed because yout story telling voice and style is immediately engaging...

  • @SkipperMacky
    @SkipperMacky Рік тому +5

    Cough insurance cough

  • @tomhemming9236
    @tomhemming9236 Рік тому +2

    was in primary school when this happened, TA for my class lost her husband, was very shocking and sad

  • @autobotjazz1972
    @autobotjazz1972 Рік тому +4

    There have been a number of cases of Fireworks production facilities in the US exploding due to accidents, with usually it being discovered negligent operations had made them powder kegs waiting to go off.

  • @geezzzwdf
    @geezzzwdf Рік тому +1

    i agree , never change the iconography. Mr. Jon❤,🇬🇧
    i look forward to your program..😊🇺🇸

  • @Damien.D
    @Damien.D Рік тому +10

    Too bad the firefighters tried to fight the fire. The fun and safe way to deal a firework factory disaster is to evacuate everybody, back out, and enjoy the show.

    • @PlainlyDifficult
      @PlainlyDifficult  Рік тому +2

      it would have been the better option

    • @Damien.D
      @Damien.D Рік тому +2

      @@PlainlyDifficult Wile E. Coyote ACME firework factory safety regulation book rule n1 : don't be near fire
      (Rule n2 is "do not store nails near firewoks")

    • @rglrts
      @rglrts Рік тому

      Yeah, roadblocks would have been a better option. How many workers were on site/ended up as casualties vs. firefighters?

  • @gannas42
    @gannas42 Рік тому

    Holy crap that high pitch sound in the background around 9:30 broke my brain.
    Thanks for covering another interesting topic!

  • @iAmNothingness
    @iAmNothingness Рік тому +10

    I really like how you don't use very sad backround music or "scary" backround music. While reading it all like a fake sadness crying influencer.
    The amount of negative energy channels out there covering sad cases is endless.
    I can watch this and be informed on a story that is a very sad without gettin sucked into a deep sad darkness.

  • @amrastheluckywoof5524
    @amrastheluckywoof5524 Рік тому +2

    This reminds me of the fireworks disaster in the Dutch city of Enschede. In the middle of a residential area, there was a huge fireworks production and storage facility. Due to an on-site fire and way more (and not properly stored) fireworks than allowed, a whole neighbourhood got blown up, with just 15 -20 people dead. Bone chilling. It's called the S.E. Fireworks disaster.

  • @blindsniper35
    @blindsniper35 Рік тому +32

    No, You do not wrap primary explosives in plastic bags. For essentially the same reason you don't do that to electronics.
    Haven't finished the video yet but that makes me concerned.
    Edit: Sorry I forgot to define the type of explosives that are ESD sensitive.

    • @nlwilson4892
      @nlwilson4892 Рік тому +6

      That was my thought too, bin bags cause lots of static electricity. Need to be careful using them with flour too, for instance discarded flour into your kitchen bin then pulling out the bin bag.

    • @sillerbarly4927
      @sillerbarly4927 Рік тому

      Expecially since those igniters were electric and would have probably gone off from the static in the bags

    • @nothereforit.605
      @nothereforit.605 Рік тому +2

      @@nlwilson4892has this happened? I honestly can’t think of way this could happen.

    • @littleloner1159
      @littleloner1159 Рік тому

      @@nothereforit.605 I mean flower, like any fine dust, is ignitable and can go boom
      And static electricity produces little sparks (you can see them in the dark, i have a sweater that builds up static and in the dark you can see tons of little blue sparks when the fabric touches itself)
      So, if a trash bag is just sitting there, you put flower in, and then you move it, the same thing can happen and those sparks could ignite a puff of flower.

    • @dougaltolan3017
      @dougaltolan3017 Рік тому +4

      @@nothereforit.605 It *could* happen, but it's very unlikely...
      Sure cloud of flour dust can explode, in the right conditions. Sure, bin bags can generate static ekectricity. Butt (there's always a butt).... It would need the right density cloud of dust to be outside the bin liners as that's where the sparks will be.
      I cant speak for anyone else here, but when I empty the bin, I do try to keep the insides in and not wafting around the outside.

  • @andydalgleish7122
    @andydalgleish7122 26 днів тому

    It was an utter disaster. Total respect to ESFRS for their professionalism. Sending compassion to those still suffering from the after effects of this tragedy today.

  • @ocdmusic
    @ocdmusic Рік тому +4

    The igniters in paint cans with nails sound like they could work like nail bombs?

  • @dandelionveins
    @dandelionveins Рік тому +1

    The background music is quite perfect!
    I also love that all-over print you've made, those guys are always one of my favourite parts of your videos!

  • @thefez-cat
    @thefez-cat Рік тому +9

    We're having an episode of Plainly Difficult in Ohio right now, courtesy of a train hauling chemicals. What chemicals? So far the only one the company that owns the chemicals has publicly identified is vinyl chloride. (They're not legally obligated to tell us what's in the cars.)

    • @davidpawson7393
      @davidpawson7393 Рік тому

      Of course not. Follow the money to who the owner's donate to.

  • @cpt_nordbart
    @cpt_nordbart Рік тому +1

    Reminds me of that USCSB video of a fireworks disposal company in Hawaii.

  • @justinthomas7222
    @justinthomas7222 Рік тому +3

    Right, before we start, I'ma Like & Comment on this new Plainly Difficult video!

  • @robertsettles2180
    @robertsettles2180 Рік тому +1

    Storing the igniters in cans with nails. You have to wonder if they were actually trying to make home made claymores! Thats a new level of carelessness.

  • @anthyatt6904
    @anthyatt6904 Рік тому +4

    I witnessed the firework factory blaze in Stafford in October 2014. Two employees of the company died during the fire. The owner was sentenced to 10 years for manslaughter. Apparently there was 10 the permitted limit of fireworks stored on the site. So not many lessons learnt there then.

    • @PlainlyDifficult
      @PlainlyDifficult  Рік тому +1

      That’s pretty terrifying!

    • @dturbo306
      @dturbo306 Рік тому

      @@PlainlyDifficult the waste management building on red hills road in stoke on trent is about the same as that

  • @TheEudaemonicPlague
    @TheEudaemonicPlague Рік тому +1

    As a kid, about seven or eight years old, I was taught both how to build fires, and how to make sure the fire can't spread. This rather basic information gave me respect for fire, and when I was some years older, playing with firecrackers and tennis ball cannons, I learned a bit more. The idea that adults, professionally involved with explosives, could be so insanely careless really blows my mind. I've seen pictures of a Chinese fireworks factory--they built the place of brick or stone, with each worker's station isolated so that an explosion in one station could not possibly set off anything else. It's obvious that these idiots had no idea what they were doing, and shouldn't have been allowed to operate in the first place, and should have been shut down, when the discrepancies were found, until the problems were corrected. So, not only were the business owners responsible, but the government organizations involved also failed to do the right thing.
    Aside from anything else, what kind of lunatic stores igniters in cans of nails? That sounds almost like a deliberate action, intended to cause a problem. If I were storing such things, I'd be isolating each and every igniter, not dumping them in with things that, quite obviously, will damage them.

  • @Truckngirl
    @Truckngirl Рік тому +4

    Your new song is lovely. I bought it on Bandcamp.

  • @Yvolve
    @Yvolve Рік тому +2

    The same happened in Enschede, the Netherlands. The fireworks factory was situation IN a residential area and went up in a giant explosion. Definitely worth making a video, although it might be difficult with the language barrier.

  • @colchronic
    @colchronic Рік тому +2

    Oh my god that music in the middle during the disaster is ominously brilliant Good job John Love your content been around since the beginning keep it up!

  • @LetsTakeWalk
    @LetsTakeWalk Рік тому +3

    In 2000, something similar occurred in the Netherlands. But it was in the middle of the city of Enschede. Maybe an idea for a future video?

  • @MidniteLiquid
    @MidniteLiquid Рік тому +1

    Scheherazade is perfect for the intro! Love it every time I hear it!

  • @sirandrelefaedelinoge
    @sirandrelefaedelinoge Рік тому +5

    Imagine his face when they _"started igniting"_

  • @Retrograde_cat
    @Retrograde_cat Рік тому

    The "My name is John" shirt paints you as a Cronenberg-esque homunculus Lovecraftian horror. Fitting given the subject matter. Like the Cryptkeeper.

  • @forcelightningcable9639
    @forcelightningcable9639 Рік тому +4

    “It kept on getting worse” describes the state of my government right now

  • @randallrigney420
    @randallrigney420 Рік тому +1

    I got recommended one of your videos, so I watched it, and you just got a new subscriber. ✌️

  • @Menoetia
    @Menoetia Рік тому +6

    The really high pitched noise that starts a 9:20 makes that portion difficult to listen to. 😓

  • @MrLHabets
    @MrLHabets Місяць тому

    It reminds me of the fireworks disaster in Enschede, The Netherlands, in 2000. There were 23 casualties, 950 people injured people and 200 houses were destroyed.

  • @RobSchofield
    @RobSchofield Рік тому +4

    This reminds me of the massive explosion at the fireworks storage bunker in Enschede, NL. We were living in Amersfoort, about 120km away inland, and we heard the bang at that distance!
    One for your disaster stories?

  • @OGA103
    @OGA103 Рік тому +1

    Gotta say...great videos but my favorite part of every video is when you show the locations of the disasters on a map.

  • @Aviertje
    @Aviertje Рік тому +3

    Nicely researched. Do you have any plans on covering the Enschede fireworks disaster at some point? I see you mentioned it in the description. Or is the language barrier a problem?

  • @hyperactivehyena
    @hyperactivehyena Рік тому +1

    Video aside- that all-over print looks fantastic, love it

  • @uppityglivestockian
    @uppityglivestockian Рік тому +5

    Always horrible to hear about loss of life of value-added first responders, but for me, most esp when they put themselves at risk over a thing. I know this was a mix of property and lives but when it's just property, a factory building, etc, unless letting it burn itself out would end up hurting others beyond the property, then let it go. I'm enjoying your catalogue of documentaries PD, the kind of content for which I begrudgingly tolerate YTs censorious and capricious rules. If you ever start a channel on Rumble, do talk it up as much as as you can, because I prefer to watch there. It is improving every day, and the livestream superchat, Rumble Rants, are much better for the creators. I'll buy a RR there, I will never buy a superchat here. Paz y salud.

  • @ZolaClyde
    @ZolaClyde Рік тому +2

    I look forward to your videos every week. You do such a great job. And thank you for explaining everything so well - I was wondering how the fireworks erupted w/out a spark and you did an excellent job of explaining how this happened. :)

  • @keithsj10
    @keithsj10 Рік тому +3

    Things like this happening are why the government has to keep ramping up regulation to no end because people keep finding ways to hurt others through negligence.
    Nice video 👍

    • @Br3ttM
      @Br3ttM Рік тому

      We don't need more regulations, we need the ones that already exist to actually be followed. They had already been found to be in violation, but, apparently, dealing with dangerously stored explosives isn't seen as urgent.

  • @The_Modeling_Underdog
    @The_Modeling_Underdog Рік тому

    It was utter stupidity. Also, garbage bags create static electricity when taken out of the roll or rubbed against clothing. So, more genius calls by Nathan, right there.
    The sheer amount of destruction is almost unbelievable.
    Great video, John.

  • @darthkarl99
    @darthkarl99 Рік тому +5

    Colour me slightly confused. How exactly where they supposed to be shipping them overseas if not in a shipping container? This is one of those cases where the video covers what happens and some tangential faults of the company, but it's not clear why the fault they were charged over was actually a fault in the first place.

    • @reachandler3655
      @reachandler3655 Рік тому

      It could that it was too close to the building.

    • @mbryson2899
      @mbryson2899 Рік тому

      It may have been packaged to be loaded into a shipping container.

    • @brody7714
      @brody7714 Рік тому +3

      Shipping containers are often used as semi permanent on site storage cause of their forklift accessibility, availability and large size, as well as their watertight nature. We have one at work we use for storing roofing supplies.

    • @brody7714
      @brody7714 Рік тому +1

      Think a mini warehouse.

    • @darthkarl99
      @darthkarl99 Рік тому +4

      @@brody7714 Ahh, yeah if they were using it as semi-permanent storage without a permit, that makes sense. it's the way the video portrays it as being loaded specifically to ship out that got my eyebrow raised as it left me with the question of what they were supposed to do, (especially with international shipping), for shipping stuff around.

  • @jacobszymczak9323
    @jacobszymczak9323 Рік тому +2

    This sounds like the "legal" version of the Webb Bait Farm disaster. Both made seemingly had little to no respect for what they were making and negligence throughout.

  • @basicx7789
    @basicx7789 Рік тому +3

    COOL TSHIRTS MAN!!!

  • @anna_in_aotearoa3166
    @anna_in_aotearoa3166 Рік тому +1

    Oof. The delay in compensation for the deceased firefighters' families really made me wince!! If their families were at all dependent on those guys' work income to get by, ten years later is way too late to help them out...

  • @rileymerson8781
    @rileymerson8781 Рік тому +5

    Ah yes, sussex! A name that certainly wont ever be made fun of or sound like something else in the future!

  • @gitaar70
    @gitaar70 Рік тому +1

    You might want to check on the Enschede fireworks disaster in Holland. Similar to this but much bigger

  • @Alaryicjude
    @Alaryicjude Рік тому +3

    Excellent video, as usual! One thing though, those high-pitched, piercing tones before the "Aftermath" chapter were almost unbearable. I had to turn my volume way down and it was still the only thing I could really hear. Thank goodness for the subtitles!
    Otherwise, thanks for another great mini-doc!

  • @HemkesS
    @HemkesS Рік тому +1

    Yet another great video John. Thank you.
    Got me thinking: How about a video about the fireworks disaster in Enschede, the Netherlands? Similar in scale of negligence, but worryingly in a built up area.

  • @capt.bart.roberts4975
    @capt.bart.roberts4975 Рік тому +15

    I hate to say this, but I think this was a practical bit of arson. I know the people involved.

  • @7891ph
    @7891ph Рік тому +2

    I've worked for small businesses that had that mindset towards safety (although none used explosives). Needless to say, but I wasn't there long. Part of that came from my Dad having served in the US Navy; he was a real hard ass about safety on the farm when my brother and I were growing up, and I tend to gravitate to employers that care about safety as a result.

  • @macaylacayton2915
    @macaylacayton2915 Рік тому +3

    so i wasn't stupid for saying fireworks over on twitter lol. edit:wouldn't the chlorine in the pool make the fire WORSE?

    • @PlainlyDifficult
      @PlainlyDifficult  Рік тому +1

      No you weren’t

    • @reachandler3655
      @reachandler3655 Рік тому +2

      Good point! Chlorine not only enhances combustion, but can react explosively with certain compound.

  • @Lext87
    @Lext87 Рік тому +1

    Ahh the infamous unlicensed storage containers. Apparently the legacy of the SE-Fireworks disaster which decimated a large part of Enschede in the Netherlands didn't reach the UK.

  • @TarkusSharkus
    @TarkusSharkus Рік тому

    Thank you for covering a disaster that happened so close to home!
    I remember this vividly, but never really heard of the aftermath! I agree, outright negligent!