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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 ...
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Texas City explosion may refer to: Texas City disaster (1947), an industrial accident; Texas City refinery explosion (2005), an oil refinery fire
July 24 – Russia – Rostov-on-Don bus crash. A bus collided with a petrol tanker, killing at least 21. July 26 – United States – Taconic State Parkway crash. A minivan driver travelled the wrong way for 2.7 km (1.7 mi) on the Taconic State Parkway before crashing head-on into an SUV, killing eight and injuring three. [72]
Texas has 15 fallen officers in 2024, the most of any state. Dawson was the first Greenville officer to be killed in the line of duty in more than 100 years, Smith said. “We’ll get through ...
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A spokesperson for North Blanco County EMS didn’t identify the victims but said it was a three-vehicle accident that occurred around 6:40 p.m. Wednesday in the 14000 block of U.S. Highway 281 in ...
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 .