Using the innocent population as cover to shelter weapons and terrorists is risky business, to the innocents that are oblivious to it. Fortunately, whoever detonated that storage facility actually did so to minimize the local damage. A huge portion of the explosive boiled off as a dark brown gas before the remainder ignited in the a-bomb-like blast. They tried to protect as màny locals as possible while attaining mission success. Had they simply blown it all up, the death and destruction would have been far worse. I read this in a Wictor thread (ie Carlos Oswega) yesterday.