The PEPCON Disaster | A Short Documentary | Fascinating Horror
"On the 4th of May, 1988, a controller at the Pacific Engineering and Production Company of Nevada (or PEPCON) chemical plant placed a call to local emergency services..." Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel! LINKS: 🔗 ► My other channel:    / @fascinatinghistoric  ► Support this channel:   / fascinatinghorror  |    / @fascinatinghorror  ► Follow me:   / truehorrortales  |   / fascinatinghorror  |   / horrorfascinating  ► Get in touch: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 🔖 ► 00:00 - Intro ► 00:44 - Background ► 02:11 - The PEPCON Disaster ► 07:29 - The Aftermath MUSIC: 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: 📑 ► "30 years ago, massive PEPCON explosion rocked Las Vegas Valley" by Lacanlale, published the Las Vegas Review-Journal, May 2018. Link: https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/l... ► "Former Henderson fire captain recalls day of PEPCON explosions" by Lacanlale, published the Las Vegas Review-Journal, May 2018. Link: https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/h... ► "Victim of Cedar explosion knew risks" by Mark L Reece, published by Deseret News, August 1997. Link: https://www.deseret.com/1997/8/2/1932... ► "One killed, three injured in southern Utah plant explosion" published by the Las Vegas Sun, July 1997. Link: https://lasvegassun.com/news/1997/jul... ► "Analysis of the Accidental Explosion at Pepcon, Henderson, Nevada, May 4, 1988" by Jack W Reed, published by the United States Department of Energy, November 1988. Available via: https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/66... ► "The PEPCON Disaster – Causative Factors and Potential Preventive and Mitigative Measures" by HE Lambert and NJ Alvares, published by the United States Department of Energy, July 2003. Available via: https://ntrl.ntis.gov/NTRL/dashboard/... ​​​​​​​#Documentary​​​​ #History​​​​​​​​​ #TrueStories​
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