Disaster of Chemical Plant at Flixborough
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(Summary) The Flixborough Works of Nypro (UK) Ltd. were demolished at about 4:53 p.m. on Saturday June 1st. 1974, by an explosion of warlike dimensions which was the equivalent of 15 tonnes of TNT. Of those w orking on the si te at t he t ime, 28 w ere ki lled and 36 ot hers suf fered injuries. Outs ide t he works in juries and damage were widespread. 53 people were recorded as casualties, while 1,821 houses and 167 shops and factories suffered damage to a greater or lesser degree. The plant at which the explosion occurred was part of a complex for the manufacture of nylon, jointly owned by Dutch State Mines (55%) and UK National Coal Board (45%).
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