The Nation - News from Aug. 14, 1988
- Share via
An explosion ripped through part of an Institute, W. Va., chemical plant that produces a toxic gas, but officials said no one was injured and a fire ignited by the blast burned out about seven hours later. The explosion occurred in a pipe carrying the flammable gas ethylene oxide from a storage tank inside the Rhone-Poulenc Inc. plant, said Jim Lake, the plant’s human resources manager. The explosion occurred in a part of the chemical plant sold to Rhone-Poulenc in 1986 by Union Carbide Corp., which still operates part of the complex. A leak of two other chemicals at the plant in 1985 injured 135 people.
More From the Los Angeles Times
Podcasts
Residents rebuilding the Palisades are furious at Mayor Bass. Their champion, Councilmember Traci Park, joins the show. Hear her plan for what’s next.
The LAPD called it a burglary. But the killer was a detective. Stephanie Lazarus almost got away with murder –until one clue betrayed her. Hear the shocking story. Listen now.
LA tried selling “canned smog” & drilling mountain tunnels to fix its air. But the real cost was deadly. Hear the full story of LA’s smog war on “Smoglandia.”
