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The Henderson Police Department, Nevada Highway Patrol, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and the Nevada National Guard evacuated a five-mile (8 km) radius around the plant, concentrating on areas downwind of the explosion. Roads in the area were clogged in both directions due to residents trying to leave and curious spectators headed ...
The PEPCON disaster was an industrial disaster that occurred in Henderson on May 4, 1988 at the Pacific Engineering and Production Company of Nevada (PEPCON) plant. The fire and subsequent explosions claimed two lives, injured 372 people, and caused an estimated US$100 million of damage.
Henderson, Nevada, US: 2: Space Shuttle and other solid-fuel vehicles: Bruce Halker and Roy Westerfield lost their lives in the PEPCON disaster, an explosion of a factory that produced ammonium perchlorate for solid-fuel rocket boosters of the Space Shuttle and other launchers. 27 July 1989: Kennedy Space Center, US 1 Space Shuttle
PHOTO: Flames rise from a Tesla Cybertruck after it exploded outside the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas, in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Jan. 1, 2025 in this screengrab taken from a social media ...
The explosion was reported at about 8:40 a.m. local time; seven bystanders were hurt, but their injuries were considered minor. The Tesla Cybertruck that was involved in an explosion outside a ...
An explosion outside Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, on New Year's Day, involving a Tesla Cybertruck, left Army veteran Matthew Livelsberger dead and injured seven others.
On 4 May 1988, about 4,250 short tons (3,860 metric tons) of ammonium perchlorate (NH 4 ClO 4) caught fire and set off explosions near Henderson, Nevada. A 16-inch (41 cm) natural gas pipeline ruptured under the stored ammonium perchlorate and added fuel to the later, larger explosions.
The Tesla Cybertruck explosion and fire at the entrance of the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas Wednesday morning is being investigated as a possible terrorist act, according to a law enforcement official ...