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PEPCON Remembered

On May 4th, 1988 hundreds of people living in Henderson felt the ground move and heard windows shatter. There was a shockwave of 3.5 on the Richter scale. But it wasn't an earthquake. It was an explosion equal to one kiloton of TNT -- it was the explosion at the PEPCON plant. The plant produced ammonium perchlorate, or rocket fuel, that exploded when a fire broke out. We'll hear stories from people who were there. And we want to hear from you, if you were living in the valley on that disastrous day. 

 

 

 

GUESTS

Captain Bobby McBride, Clark County Fire

Captain Greg Fitzgerald, Clark County Fire

retired Captain Don Griffey, Henderson Fire

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