The front of the plant...the ballistics lab/shooting tunnel is directly behind what we see here. The debris you see are scattered from the explosion, about 40 yards away on the other side. The Shooters Pro Shop front door can be seen just behind the bushes to the right, directly in front of the fire engine. (All the fencing is temp/security perimiter)
This is the opposite side of the building at the event site. What's left here was the ballistics lab with accounting directly above.
In this shot you can see a Suburban that was parked next to the concrete wall that collapsed directly onto the rig from the force of the explosion:
Closeup of the devestation. The engineering dept. is/was the wall you're looking into on the second story. The cement wall of the tunnel can be seen at the lower left. Ballistics and Accounting areas are virtually 'gone'.
Today the place is crawling with the Oregon State Police Bomb Squad, the ATF, and every other local official you could imagine sorting, tagging, and starting their investation as to the actual cause. My last post has my theory for whatever it's worth. We're all just thanking God that no one was seriously hurt or worse.
No word yet as to when they expect production to start again. Wifey told me it's no often you can say "I can't go to work 'cause it blew up".......
Holy Cow Rick! I've been out of town and hadn't heard about this. Sure am glad to hear that your wife and her co-workers are all okay!!! Gary
