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The facility and the settlement, part of Greater Mexico City, were devastated, with 500–600 victims killed, and 5000–7000 suffering severe burns. [2] It is one of the deadliest industrial disasters in world history, [ 1 ] and the deadliest industrial accident involving fires and/or explosions from hazardous materials in a process or storage ...
A large gas explosion in a residential building in Mexico City on Monday has injured dozens and killed at least one person.The source of the gas leak was not immediately clear but the Mexico City ...
April 6 – The Department of the Interior exempted BP's Gulf of Mexico drilling operation from a detailed environmental impact study after concluding that a massive oil spill was unlikely. [8] [9] June 22 – Mark E. Hafle, a senior drilling engineer at BP, warns that the metal casing for the blowout preventer might collapse under high ...
An explosion at an offshore gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico left six workers injured and several others missing, Mexican officials said Friday. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said at ...
This article covers the effect of the Deepwater Horizon disaster and the resulting oil spill on global and national economies and the energy industry.. Weeks after the event, and while it was still in progress, the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill was being discussed as a disaster with far reaching consequences sufficient to impact global economies, marketplaces and policies.
Site after explosion. An evacuation of the area had been begun in the minutes following the explosion. [6] In the hours after the blast, about 30 people were reported to be trapped in debris, [6] and searches continued into the next day, as Pemex CEO Emilio Lozoya said there were indications that some people remained under the rubble.
Mexico’s most dangerous active volcano spewed ash and smoke on Tuesday, with photos showing massive columns of gray emissions – large enough to ground nearby flights.
Ecological impacts of explosives are the effects that both unexploded explosives and post-explosion by-products have on the environment. [1] Explosive derived contaminants may have adverse effects on the environmental as well as human health. In addition to their military use in warfare, explosives are also used in construction and demolition.