thestar.com: How to destroy a home packed with explosives

[Old Bay]

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/902121--how-to-destroy-a-home-packed-with-explosives

ESCONDIDO, CALIF.—Neighbours gasped when authorities showed them photos of the inside of the Southern California home: Crates of grenades, mason jars of white, explosive powder and jugs of volatile chemicals that are normally the domain of suicide bombers.

Prosecutors say Serbian-born George Jakubec quietly packed the home with the largest amount of homemade explosives ever found in one location in the U.S. and was running a virtual bomb-making factory in his suburban neighbourhood. How the alleged bank robber obtained the chemicals and what he planned to do with them remain mysteries.

Now authorities face the risky task of getting rid of the explosives. The property is so dangerous and volatile that that they have no choice but to burn the home to the ground this week in a highly controlled operation involving dozens of firefighters, scientists and hazardous material and pollution experts.

Authorities went into the home after Jakubec was arrested, but encountered a maze of floor-to-ceiling junk and explosives that included 13 unfinished shrapnel grenades.

Bomb experts pulled out about nine pounds of explosive material and detonated it, but they soon realized it was too dangerous to continue given the quantity of hazardous substances. A bomb-disposing robot was ruled out because of the obstacle of all the junk Jakubec hoarded.

That left only one option — burn the home down.

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[Dan T.]

So burn down a house loaded with explosives and toxic chemicals? What could go wrong?

Remember when a local Oregon police department decided that the best way to get rid of a beached whale carcass was to blow it up with dynamite? Pieces of whale blubbler the size of refrigerators rained down on cars and people for a 1/4 mile radius, and they had a smelly, scattered, blown up mess to get rid of instead of a whale carcasss.

Here was the account and result of THAT genius idea:

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I hope the Escondido authorities know what the hell they're doing and have a better result.

[twa]

I hope the Escondido authorities know what the hell they're doing and have a better result.

They have others in charge,but yes I too hope they have better results.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101206/ap_on_re_us/us_explosive_house

Some 40 experts on bombs and hazardous material from across the country and at least eight national laboratories are working on the preparations.

[Burgold]

How to destroy a house filled with explosives? Honestly, that doesn't seem like to hard. Boy, the educational system really is failing us. Cowboys and secret agents have been demonstrating the proper technique for decades. Toss in one stick of lit dynamite and dramatically dive in slow motion.

[twa]

Well that was dull

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/top/all/7332916.html

[Bang]

So, if it was a factory, I figure he must have sold some. I hope they looked for receipts before they torched it.

~Bang

[Burgold]

Hopefully, or at least grabbed and took all the computers and hard drives.