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01/06/1974 Flixborough disaster

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FLIXBOROUGH DISASTER 1974 UVCE

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CHEMICAL WORKS EXPLOSION

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The Flixborough Disaster

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Flixborough June 1974

An explosion at a chemical plant sited on the banks of the River Trent in Lincolnshire. The Flixborough explosion was on of the worst UK industrial accidents, which killed 28 people and 36 others onsite suffered injuries. Property in the surrounding area was damaged to a changing degree.