Redstone Arsenal Building 7352 Exploded

Early this morning at approximately 8:45 a.m., Redstone Arsenal building 7352 exploded. Many online media reported that there were two persons injured, but some of them reported there’s a victim died on the explosion in Redstone Arsenal.

Building 7352 is commonly known as AMRDEC or the Aviation Missile Research Development & Engineering Center.

The Arsenal says Amtec contractors were working to ‘demilitarize’ explosive materials, that is, get rid of them in a safe manner. In this case, they were demilitarizing a tactical missile. They were working to separate ammonium perchlorate from other chemicals, and the ammonium perchlorate exploded.

The building they were in exploded, but this building was designed to fall apart in an explosion — that is, the roof & sides were designed to take the force of the explosion, blow off, and protect the workers. In this case, the Arsenal said the building fell apart just as it was supposed to.

Huntsville Police, Huntsville Fire and HEMSI responded to the Arsenal shortly after the explosion to help. According to Don Webster with HEMSI, paramedics treated two people at the scene. One was taken by helicopter to the UAB Burn Center in Birmingham, and the second person was taken by helicopter to Huntsville Hospital.

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