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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.
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 ...
The 2010 Connecticut power plant explosion occurred at the Kleen Energy Systems power station in Middletown, Connecticut, United States at 11:17 am EST on February 7, 2010. The plant had been under construction from September 2007, [ 2] and was scheduled to start supplying energy in June 2010. [ 3]
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 ...
A chemical plant explosion and fire sparked a large shelter-in-place order in Texas. ... Video from a neighbor off FM1127 shows a huge plume of black smoke at Sound Resource Solutions.
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 ...
The plant produces 40,000 tons (36,000 tonnes) of propylene and 650,000 tons (590,000 tonnes) of ethylene every year for use in the plastics industry. The explosion was the first major incident in the plant's history, although there had been numerous leaks of flammable gases in recent years.
Flixborough disaster. The Flixborough disaster was an explosion at a chemical plant close to the village of Flixborough, North Lincolnshire, England, on Saturday, 1 June 1974. It killed 28 and seriously injured 36 of the 72 people on site at the time. The casualty figures could have been much higher if the explosion had occurred on a weekday ...