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>> the solid rocket motors of the shuttles that take off are filled with ammonia perchlorate. you have a material that in this case can really detonate, explode. >> pepcon employees, knowing just how explosive their factory is, run for their lives. >> the employees know what is happening and they all took off. they self-evacuated across the desert. >> before firefighters arrive, theres a massive explosion. >> oh! >> thats going to be loud. >> i saw the explosion about five or six seconds before ...

>> may 4th, 1988, henderson, nevada, just ten miles from the las vegas strip. dennis todd is doing routine repair work on a tv transmission tower 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 ive seen before. >> the fire is so bright because its fueled by a highly volatile chemical used to make rocket fuel. todd grabs his video camera and begins recording....

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