Latest Breaking News On - May 4th 1988 - Page 1 : comparemela.com

may 4th, 1988, henderson, nevada, just ten miles from the las vegas strip. dennis todd is doing routine repair work on a tv transmission power on the top of black mountain when he notices an extremely bright fire down below. we looked down and saw this fire with this brilliance, like a fourth of july sparkler. unlike anything i ve seen before. the fire is so bright because it s fueled by a highly volatile chemical used to make rocket fuel. todd grabs his video camera and begins recording. i set it on a tripod, pointed down at the fire, and went back to eating my lunch. the fire has broken out at the pacific engineering and production company, known as pepcon. the solid rocket motors of the shuttles that take off are filled with ammonia perchlorate.

Dennis toddLas vegas stripTv transmission powerBlack mountainMay 4thFire down belowMay 4th 1988Out of control fireRocket fuelFourth of july sparklerVideo cameraSolid rocket motorsProduction companyAmmonia perchloratePacific engineering