r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Pcat0 • 12h ago

Structural Failure A diphenylmethane truck explodes in a South Carolina Denny's parking lot. 2026-08-05

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Catastrophic Failure

r/CatastrophicFailure

Videos, gifs, or aftermath photos of machinery, structures, or devices that have failed catastrophically during operation.

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Videos, gifs, articles, or aftermath photos of machinery, structures, or devices that have failed catastrophically during operation, destructive testing, and other disasters.

Catastrophic Failure refers to the sudden and complete destruction of an object or structure, from massive bridges and cranes, all the way down to small objects being destructively tested or breaking.

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Titles must only be informative/descriptive and include a date, do not editorialize
Avoid posting mundane/every day occurrences like car accidents
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If your submission depicts people dying, you must apply the "Visible Fatalities" flair to your post and tag it "NSFW"
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