PEPCON disaster

1988 explosion and fire at a Nevada chemical plant
Thing explosion Q794908
PEPCON disaster
Dennis Todd[1] · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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PEPCON disaster

Summary

PEPCON disaster is an explosion[1]. It draws 257 Wikipedia views per month (explosion category, ranking #13 of 88).[2]

Key Facts

  • PEPCON disaster is located in Henderson[3].
  • PEPCON disaster is in the country of United States[4].
  • PEPCON disaster's image is recorded as Pepcon mushroom.jpg[5].
  • PEPCON disaster's instance of is recorded as explosion[6].
  • PEPCON disaster's instance of is recorded as industrial disaster[7].
  • PEPCON disaster's instance of is recorded as industrial fire[8].
  • PEPCON disaster's location is recorded as Henderson[9].
  • PEPCON disaster's Commons category is recorded as PEPCON disaster[10].
  • PEPCON disaster's point in time is recorded as +1988-05-04T00:00:00Z[11].
  • PEPCON disaster's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 36.0374, 'lon': -115.03492}[12].
  • PEPCON disaster's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07995m[13].
  • PEPCON disaster's number of deaths is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}[14].
  • PEPCON disaster's number of injured is recorded as {'amount': '+372'}[15].
  • PEPCON disaster's has immediate cause is recorded as detonation[16].

Why It Matters

PEPCON disaster draws 257 Wikipedia views per month (explosion category, ranking #13 of 88).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). PEPCON disaster. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/pepcon-disaster
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_pepcon-disaster_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{PEPCON disaster}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/pepcon-disaster}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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