On May 4, 1988, a massive industrial disaster occurred at the Pacific Engineering and Production Company of Nevada (PEPCON) in Henderson, Nevada. A repair crew using a welding torch accidentally ignited the fiberglass walls of a batch dryer building, which quickly spread to 4,500 tons of ammonium perchlorate, the powerful oxidizer used for the Space Shuttle’s solid rocket boosters. Because the Challenger disaster had halted NASA flights, the facility was overflowing with the volatile chemical, s
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On May 4, 1988, a fire at the PEPCON plant in Henderson, Nevada escalated into one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in U.S. history. What began as a routine industrial fire exposed dangerous stockpiling, limited safeguards, and a system waiting to fail. #nevada #explosion #industrialdisaster #AmericanHistory #hendersonnevada #history #thedeadpapers | The Dead Papers: History Files
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