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Not long after the explosion and the other accidents at Texas City in 2005, however, BP's image in the U.S. was further tarnished by the near-sinking of the semi-submersible oil platform Thunder Horse PDQ in July of the same year [167] and, more crucially, in March 2006 when an oil pipeline spill was discovered in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, while ...
Texas City disaster. The 1947 Texas City disaster was an industrial accident that occurred on April 16, 1947, in the port of Texas City, Texas, United States, located in Galveston Bay. It was the deadliest industrial accident in U.S. history and one of history's largest non-nuclear explosions. The explosion was triggered by a mid-morning fire ...
Map of Texas City. Texas City is 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Galveston and 37 miles (60 km) southeast of Houston. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 186.58 square miles (483.24 km 2), of which 66.27 square miles (171.64 km 2) is land and 120.31 square miles (311.60 km 2), or 67.61%, is covered by water. [1]
August 20, 2024 at 1:09 PM. Odessa Fire Rescue responded with multiple units to an aircraft incident in the 6800 block of Alderfer Ave. in Odessa, Texas, on Tuesday. Two people were killed and ...
Broken down vehicle on southbound I-29/I-35 in Kansas City. There is a broken down vehicle on I-29/I-35 from MO-210/Armour Road/Exit 6 to 16th Avenue/Exit 5. The event affects 550 feet. The ...
Map of area affected by the explosion Site plan The incident started at approximately 1:05 PM local time on October 23, 1989, at 1400 Jefferson Road, Pasadena, Texas . A powerful and devastating explosion and fire ripped through the HCC, killing 23 people—all working at the facility—and injuring 314 others (185 Phillips Petroleum Company ...
A 19-year-old woman was killed in a single-vehicle accident Monday afternoon on Texas 121 in Hurst, officials said. The driver, identified by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office as ...
2006 Meerut fire. On 10 April 2006 at about 17:30 IST (12:00 UTC), a fire swept through a consumer electronics fair (Brand India Fair) in Victoria Park, Meerut, killing 65 people [1] and injuring 150 others. [2] [3] The fire was said to have been caused by a short circuit. An estimated 2,000 people were at the fair when the fire broke out. [4]