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Destroyed In Seconds

In 1988, a chemical fire ignited at PEPCON, a rocket fuel manufacturing plant in Henderson, NV, but that's not all. In danger of going up immediately thereafter was 6 million pounds of rocket fuel held in the facility's storage area, which explodes only seconds later.

In 1988, a chemical fire ignited at PEPCON, a rocket fuel manufacturing plant in Henderson, NV, but that’s not all. In danger of going up immediately thereafter was 6 million pounds of rocket fuel held in the facility’s storage area, which explodes only seconds later. Regardless, this particular series of events caused $100 million worth of destruction.

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