When dynamite truck blew up, it looked like nuclear war




Offbeat Oregon History podcast show

Summary: A truck driver parked 13,000 pounds of explosives next to the hardware store downtown. That night the hardware store caught fire … and so did the dynamite, in the biggest human-caused disaster in Oregon history. (Roseburg, Douglas County; 1950s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1102c-roseburg-blast-looked-like-nuclear-war.html)