Between 20 and 120 tons of ammonium nitrate residue (equivalent to 20 to 40 tons of TNT) detonated on September 21, 2001 in the AZote Fertilisant (AZF) fertilizer plant in Toulouse, causing devastating effects at the site and far beyond. At 10.17 am, a severe explosion (detonation) occurred in shed 221. The detonation, felt severalContinue reading “Toulouse Explosion 2001”
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Grandcamp Explosion 1947
The Texas City disaster was an industrial accident that occurred April 16, 1947, in the Port of Texas City, Texas, at Galveston Bay. It was the deadliest industrial accident in U.S. history, and one of history’s largest non-nuclear explosions. A mid-morning fire started on board the French-registered vessel SS Grandcamp (docked in the port), andContinue reading “Grandcamp Explosion 1947”