We asked our followers on Facebook if any of them were living in the Las Vegas valley when the incident happened at PEPCON 30 years ago. Here are some of the replies we received: Remember it well. We ...
Sound and smell are my most vivid memories of the PEPCON explosion 30 years ago. On May 4, 1988, I was the Las Vegas bureau of one for the Reno Gazette Journal, and Howard Stutz was the gaming ...
Thousands of Orange County residents are returning home after officials announced the threat of a catastrophic explosion in ...
Twenty-eight years ago, the Las Vegas Valley experienced one of the largest explosions in history — PEPCON. A fire started inside a building at Pacific Engineering and Production Corporation of Nevada ...
Richard Brenner, the Clark County Fire Department HazMat Coordinator, speaks with the media after about 100 people were treated for breathing difficulties following a chlorine leak Friday, Aug. 27, ...
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Thirty-four years ago Wednesday, there was a huge explosion in the valley. Anyone who lived here could tell you about PEPCON. A St. Rose Dominican Hospital worker was a caregiver ...
What began as a fire call at the PEPCON chemical plant outside Las Vegas quickly turned into one of the largest non-nuclear, non-military explosions in U.S. history. With huge quantities of ammonium ...