WATCH: Huge explosions as fireworks factory blows up in Columbia

Fireworks factory goes up with a bang: amateur footage of catastrophic explosion

On May 13, 2000, the Roombeek neighborhood in Enschede, Netherlands, was erased from the map. What started as a small fire in the work area of S.E. Fireworks quickly spread to illegally stored shipping containers packed with professional-grade explosives. The resulting blast was equivalent to 5 tons of TNT, felt over 30 miles away, leaving a 40-hectare wasteland where a community once stood. The disaster claimed 23 lives, including four firefighters who were responding to what they believed was

Enschede Fireworks Disaster Before and After