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Red/orange is the heat of the explosion, nothing more. At least we know it's not nuclear.
If I was a gambling man (I'm not) I'd put money on ammonium nitrate being involved in this, given the size and scale of the explosion and the fact it happened at a port (Texas City anyone?).