A look back at PEPCON explosion 38 years later — PHOTOS

The Pacific Engineering and Production Company of Nevada, known as PEPCON, was destroyed 38 years ago in a series of ...
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Running toward smoke: memories of PEPCON explosion 30 years ago

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 ...
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A small fire started at a rocket fuel plant - then a 1-kiloton blast hit Nevada

What began as a fire call at the PEPCON chemical plant outside Las Vegas quickly turned into one of the largest non-nuclear, ...
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What to know about PEPCON explosions 33 years later

Thirty-three years ago on May 4, 1988, the Las Vegas valley was rocked by three massive explosions (and several smaller ones). A fire that started inside a building at Pacific Engineering and ...
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First-hand accounts of the PEPCON disaster in Henderson

The PEPCON plant in Henderson exploded into a hellish fireball just before noon on May 4, 1988. At the time, it was the worst non-nuclear disaster in American History. UFC 324 weigh-in results: ...
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30 years later: Remembering the PEPCON disaster in Henderson

It's been 30 years since a series of explosions rocked the Las Vegas valley. Contact 13 Investigative Reporter Joe Bartels caught up with those who were there that day.