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Date: May 4, 2018 12:08 UTC
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WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT PEPCON EXPLOSIONS 30 YEARS LATERhttps://www.ktnv.com/news/what-to-know-about-pepcon-explosions-30-years-later
Tags: us_NV, industrial, follow-up, environmental
Thirty years ago on May 4, 1988, the Las Vegas valley was rocked by three massive explosions. A fire that started inside a building at Pacific Engineering and Production Corporation (PEPCO) in Henderson resulted in 3 explosions.
Here is a quick list of interesting facts about the incident:
1. PEPCON produced ammonium perchlorate, which is a chemical found in solid rocket fuel.
2. Because of the Challenger explosion in January 1986, there was a large amount of ammonium pechlorate at the plant at the time.
3. It was the largest domestic, non-nuclear explosion in recorded history at that time, according to NASA.
4. The explosions coule be felt 10 miles away. The two biggest blasts measured 3.0 and 3.5 on the Richter scale at observatories in California and Colorado.