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On April 17, 2013, an ammonium nitrate explosion occurred at the West Fertilizer Company storage and distribution facility in West, Texas, United States (18 miles (29 km) north of Waco ), while emergency services personnel were responding to a fire at the facility. [ 7] Fifteen people were killed, more than 160 were injured, and more than 150 ...
PEPCON disaster. / 36.03528°N 115.03472°W / 36.03528; -115.03472. 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.
The Williams Olefins Plant explosion occurred on June 13, 2013 at a petrochemical plant located in Geismar, an unincorporated and largely industrial area 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. [ 1][ 2][ 3] Two workers were killed and 114 injured. [ 4][ 5] The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the U.S ...
Updated February 21, 2023 at 3:08 AM. One killed, a dozen injured after blast at Ohio factory scatters molten debris, starts fire. (Reuters) -An explosion tore through an Ohio metals plant on ...
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.
Aerial view of the Phillips plant prior to the explosion, looking from the southwest to the northeast. The HCC produced approximately 15 × 10 ^ 9 lb (6.8 × 10 ^ 6 t) per year of high-density polyethylene (HDPE), a plastic material used to make milk bottles and other containers. Approximately 1500 people worked at the facility, including 905 ...
The blast at the 620-megawatt (830,000 hp), Siemens combined cycle gas and oil-fired power plant [5] [6] occurred at 11:17 am, [7] and was reported at 11:25 am EST. [2] The plant's manager, Gordon Holk, said that contractors and other workers from O & G Industries, Ducci Electric, and Keystone Construction and Maintenance Services were at the site when the blast occurred. [8]
November 8, 2023 at 11:44 AM. An explosion has triggered a large fire at a chemical plant in Shepherd, Texas, sending massive plumes of black smoke into the sky. The "plant explosion" and ...