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At McCarran International Airport, seven miles (11 km) away in Las Vegas, windows were cracked and doors were pushed open. The shock wave buffeted a Boeing 737 on final approach. [4] An investigation estimated that the larger explosion was equivalent to 0.25 kiloton of TNT, approximately the same yield of a tactical nuclear weapon. [12] [2]
34 years ago today there was a huge explosion in the valley. Anyone who lived here could tell you about PEPCON. A St. Rose Dominican Hospital worker was a caregiver that day, and a victim.
All lanes of Interstate 15 between Los Angeles and Las Vegas that were closed for 48 hours due to a big rig accident that created a chemical hazard have reopened, the California Highway Patrol ...
Nevada State Fire Marshal Thomas J. Huddleston examining the bomb. The Harvey's Resort Hotel bombing took place on August 26–27, 1980, when several men masquerading as photocopier deliverers planted an elaborately booby trapped bomb containing 1,200 pounds (540 kg) of dynamite at Harvey's Resort Hotel ("Harveys" since 1986) in Stateline, Nevada, United States. [2]
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On November 21, 1980, a fire broke out in the MGM Grand Hotel (now Horseshoe Las Vegas) in Paradise, Nevada, killing 85 people, [1] most through smoke inhalation. [75] It remains the worst disaster in Nevada history, and the third-worst hotel fire in modern U.S. history.
On this day in 1957, the first underground nuclear test was carried out at the Nevada Test Site, a 1,375 square-mile research center located 65 miles away from Las Vegas.The 1,7 kiloton nuclear ...
Las Vegas Review-Journal. Archived from the original on October 13, 2012. Clarke, Norm (November 22, 2015). "Firefighter still chilled by MGM Grand blaze". Las Vegas Review-Journal. "10 historical hotel-casino fires on the Las Vegas Strip". Las Vegas Review-Journal. April 14, 2017. Videos and audio. KNPR's "The Las Vegas I Remember" – MGM fire