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PEPCON disaster. On May 4, 1988, a fire followed by several explosions occurred at the Pacific Engineering and Production Company of Nevada (PEPCON) chemical plant in Henderson, Nevada. The disaster caused two fatalities, 372 injuries, and an estimated $100 million of damage. A large portion of the Las Vegas Valley within a 10-mile (16 km ...
June 25, 1985: The Aerlex Fireworks plant explosion in Hallett, Oklahoma killed 21 people after a chain-reaction occurred. May 4, 1988: PEPCON disaster, Henderson, Nevada. A massive fire and explosions at a chemical plant killed two people and injured over 300. May 10, 1993: Kader Toy Factory fire. A fire started in a poorly built factory in ...
An explosion at a chemical plant. 25 June 2017 China: Dafang County: 12 12 Qishanyan Tunnel explosion: 25 June 2017 Pakistan: Bahawalpur: 219 34 2017 Bahawalpur explosion: 1 September 2017 United States: Crosby, Texas: 0 Unknown 2017 Arkema plant explosion: 26 September 2017 Ukraine: Kalynivka: 0 Unknown 2017 Kalynivka ammunition depot explosion
Fontanet, Indiana. On 15 October 1907, approximately 40,000 kegs of combustible powder exploded in Fontanet, Indiana, killing between 50 and 80 people, and destroying the town. The sound of the explosion was heard over 200 miles (320 km) away, with damage occurring to buildings 25 miles (40 km) away.
The plant at the center of a chemical fire that injured two people Sunday reportedly sold for $4 billion in 2021. ... Two workers injured in explosion, fire at chemical plant in East St. Louis.
On this day in 1957, the first underground nuclear test was carried out at the Nevada Test Site, a 1,375 square-mile research center located 65 miles away from Las Vegas.The 1,7 kiloton nuclear ...
An explosion at the plant was reported between 9:45 p.m. and 10 p.m. Sunday, McClellan said. At the scene, firefighters learned “a chemical tank inside of the building was on fire at the time ...
The Nevada National Security Sites ( N2S2 [1] or NNSS ), popularized as the Nevada Test Site ( NTS) until 2010, [2] is a reservation of the United States Department of Energy located in the southeastern portion of Nye County, Nevada, about 65 mi (105 km) northwest of the city of Las Vegas. Formerly known as the Nevada Proving Grounds of the ...