In 1988, at a facility near
Henderson, Nevada, something really bad - and really loud -
happened.
Pacific Engineering Production Company, aka PEPCON, was a producer
of ammonium perchlorate - a very powerful oxidizer for rocket fuel.
Ammonium perchlorate, as it happens, is very unstable and doesn't
like fire one little bit.
Coincidentally, there was a repair crew on a television transmitter
tower nearby, and not only did they witness the whole inferno they
also captured an incredible video sequence of the main explosions.
You just have to see it - watch for the shock wave as it travels
across the ground!
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