Which barrier configuration is described as reducing risk around explosive storage?

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Barrier configurations around explosive storage are designed to contain blast effects, fragmentation, and heat, protecting people and property. The best approach combines earth berms, blast walls, fences, and barriers specifically built to contain blast, fragmentation, and heat. Earth berms add mass to absorb energy and reduce overpressure; blast walls block and redirect the shockwave and keep debris from spreading; fences provide controlled access and act as secondary containment. Together they form a multi-layered defense that substantially lowers risk around storage. The other options don’t offer that level of protection: transparent glass walls would likely shatter and fail to contain debris or heat; carpets offer no structural protection; rope barriers provide no real containment for blast or fragmentation.