On May 4, 1988, a fire at the PEPCON plant in Henderson, Nevada escalated into one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in U.S. history. What began as a routine industrial fire exposed dangerous stockpiling, limited safeguards, and a system waiting to fail. #nevada #explosion #industrialdisaster #AmericanHistory #hendersonnevada #history #thedeadpapers | The Dead Papers: History Files
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