The Pepcon Detonation was estimated as the single biggest chemical explosion ever. This is a filmed explosion that happened at a missle fuel processing plant in Henderson, Nevada (right next to Las Vegas) in 1988.

TACOMA WASHINGTON
OCTOBER 6, 2007

An explosion heard miles away sent a ball of fire over the historic Atlas Foundry Saturday afternoon, shutting down a major highway and cutting power to the city's industrial area.

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The oil platform piper alpha was destroyed by a gas leak in july 1988, and is still the worst offshore oilfield disaster to date.

Crude Awakening at Burning Man 2007: On Saturday night after the Man burned, artists Dan Das Mann and Karen Cusolito burned the "Oil Derrick" and the explosion was unreal.

Training evolution with a very unexpected result.

This clip is used in the curriculum for Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior.
Amazingly intense fire behavior. This all happens in just two minutes.

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