https://padlet.com/aachurc1/o6n80xikkmcg Made by Alyssa Church en-us 2017-11-06 14:36:52 UTC 2025-11-02 07:16:21 UTC hello@padlet.com aachurc1 https://padlet.com/aachurc1/o6n80xikkmcg/wish/204363099 September 21, 1921]]> 2017-11-07 14:36:06 UTC https://padlet.com/aachurc1/o6n80xikkmcg/wish/204363099 aachurc1 https://padlet.com/aachurc1/o6n80xikkmcg/wish/204364003 Oppau, Germany ]]> 2017-11-07 14:37:35 UTC https://padlet.com/aachurc1/o6n80xikkmcg/wish/204364003 aachurc1 https://padlet.com/aachurc1/o6n80xikkmcg/wish/204364504 An explosion where a tower storing 4,500 tonnes of a mixture of ammonium sulfate and ammonium nitrate fertilizer exploded at a BASF plant. ]]> 2017-11-07 14:38:19 UTC https://padlet.com/aachurc1/o6n80xikkmcg/wish/204364504 aachurc1 https://padlet.com/aachurc1/o6n80xikkmcg/wish/205265018 Ammonium sulfate and nitrate clogged together under the pressure of its own weight, turning into a plaster like substance. The workers had to use pick axes to get it out, they couldn't enter and risk getting buried in collapsing fertilizer. To help them, they decided to use small portions of dynamite to loosen it. This was considered safe, but little did they know ammonium nitrate was highly explosive. Every time they did it, it was fine, except the day of September 21.]]> 2017-11-09 13:58:14 UTC https://padlet.com/aachurc1/o6n80xikkmcg/wish/205265018 aachurc1 https://padlet.com/aachurc1/o6n80xikkmcg/wish/205268211 All plant workers died. 500-600 people died, and about 2000 were injured.]]> 2017-11-09 14:04:12 UTC https://padlet.com/aachurc1/o6n80xikkmcg/wish/205268211 aachurc1 https://padlet.com/aachurc1/o6n80xikkmcg/wish/205268938 Both fires were very big and took a toll on the city. The eplosion at IEI plastics warehouse was not as big, but still did damage to the environment. The Oppau explosion killed and injured many people. The fire here didn't kill anyone and no one got injured from the fire. Although, people did get sick and have problems from the smoke.]]> 2017-11-09 14:05:33 UTC https://padlet.com/aachurc1/o6n80xikkmcg/wish/205268938