1984 Romeoville, Illinois, Refinery Explosion and Fire

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Uploaded by on Feb 26, 2011

On July 23, 1984, an explosion and fire at a refinery near Chicago left 17 people dead, including 11 refinery firefighters.

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  • thanks for posting

  • I remember this. I was living in Bolingbrook at the time, and a friend and me wer riding our bukes home and we almost fell off of them

  • i remember this i lived in romeoville when i was a kid

  • I haven't heard the term "gapers block" since my family moved from Lockport in 1980.

  • I remember this explosion, I was four years old, we lived in New Lenox, it felt like an earthquake

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