What the records say
- When
- 4 May 1988
- Kind
- Fire
- Coordinates
- 36.04° N, 115.03° W
- Description
- 1988 explosion and fire at a Nevada chemical plant
- Deaths
- 2
- Injured
- 372
- Cause
- detonation
2 sources record it
- Wikidata: famines, epidemics and firesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “PEPCON disaster in Henderson, Nevada: A major explosion at an industrial solid-fuel rocket plant causes damage extending up to ten miles away, including Las…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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