Texas City Explosion

by Big Ben on April 10, 2009

The worst industrial accident in US history occured April 16, 1947 in Texas City, Texas. People still live on edge in the midst of nearby chemical plants. Also see Part 2. (1997)

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Anonymous 04.10.09 at 5:00 am

Very well done. Thanks for posting this.

Anonymous 04.10.09 at 5:00 am

Hmm..last exsplodison I remmber happening was about..05

Anonymous 04.10.09 at 5:00 am

I live there too! And yes its that bad/

Anonymous 04.10.09 at 5:00 am

I live in Texas City to, it isnt that bad

Anonymous 04.10.09 at 5:00 am

i live in Texas City, i can look out my window and see the plants. i wasent alive during this, im 18. but they do explode often. about once a year at least. couple months ago, i was jsut driving around and one of em blew up..drove over there and recorded the big fire and shit lol

Anonymous 04.10.09 at 5:00 am

“BoomTown” haha sorry..

Anonymous 04.10.09 at 5:00 am

There’s always some kind of explosion/disaster in that part of Texas all the time. I grew up about 2 hours from there.

Anonymous 04.10.09 at 5:00 am

I live here it was in 47 and i have metal in a oak tree in my front from it its sad and knowing the compaines dont care bout there workers makes me worry even more of could it happen again

Anonymous 04.10.09 at 5:00 am

This along with incidents like Chernobyl just go to show that man is hardly ever in control of their discoveries and that we are almost never careful enough.

Anonymous 04.10.09 at 5:00 am

the doco i saw on this as part of a loading dangerous cargo showed 2 ships berthed @ wharf exploded, 1st ship had bailing twine loaded in hatch with nitrate, when it blew up burning twine rained down on the city causing fires all over town.M.U.A. HERE TO STAY

Anonymous 04.10.09 at 5:00 am

Very informative video, I believe it was 1947 not 1957 though.

Anonymous 04.10.09 at 5:00 am

tomorrow?!

Anonymous 04.10.09 at 5:00 am

Thanks for uploading this. I’ve read about this fire a few times and the stories of some of the people involved are amazing. I can’t believe they haven’t made a movie about it yet.

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