Uploaded August 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The in-depth story of the Phillips 66 Explosion disaster of 1989.

It’s October 23, 1989. Workers perform routine maintenance on Reactor 6 at the gigantic Houston Chemical Complex in Pasadena. It’s not a complicated procedure, but it still calls for caution. The high-pressure reactor is filled with a cocktail of highly flammable material. There's no room for mistakes.
Step by step, workers follow the maintenance procedure. Suddenly, a deafening hiss pierces the air as the reactor violently releases its entire content into the factory yard. Engulfing everything in a cloud of combustible vapors. The workers know it takes only a tiny spark to blow everything up, so they start to run.

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