Pepcon Explosion Documentary in HD - Discovery Explosions Gone Wrong

From Discovery's "Explosions Gone Wrong"
The PEPCON disaster was an industrial disaster that occurred in Henderson, Nevada on May 4, 1988 at the Pacific Engineering Production Company of Nevada (PEPCON) plant. The chemical fire and subsequent explosions claimed two lives, injured 372 people, and caused an estimated US$100 million of damage.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PEPCON_disaster

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[chrislucas270]

pepcon

[762gunr]

@chrislucas270 Yes....it's Pepcon.

[SPKB81]

Best parts of this video:

"OH!" "Ooohh, that's gonna be loud!"

"Wow! Those sons of bitches are LOUD!"

[jringram13]

The one from the marshmallow plant reminds me of Mark Twain:  "Rumors of my death are greatly exaggerated."

[SPKB81]

Did you know at 2:39 , while Dennis Todd is talking you can hear this:

"Oh, that destroyed everything."

[SPKB81]

@SgtSleeperson Is Timet near PEPCON?

[sovereignD]

I was at Halle Hewetson elem all the way in downtown Las Vegas, the last blast shook the walls of the school so hard, that dust as thick as smoke came out of the ventilation system. The fire alarms were going off, and they evacuated us. My dad was on the 95 freeway, at about Sunset rd., and got pushed off to the side of the road, I can still remember looking at the cracks in our van's front windshield.

[SgtSleeperson]

I was 7 yrs old and in the second grade down the road at CT Sewell. I remeber that day still, my aunt still works at Timet around the corner from that place.

[chiefandkat]

This is by far the best documented explosion ever caught on tape. Even better then those atom bomb video's, because of the effect it had on real people and their reactions. I mean that firefighter said "that's it we're outta here, I'm was Scared". Firefighter are some tough dudes, come on they walked into the trade towers when everyone was running out. For one to swallow his nuts and say he was scared, now that's some out of control shit..

[Trankkan]

Holy shit!!!!

[thornbadd]

HOLY SHIT THATS FREAKIN UNBELIVABLE