1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 The&amp;nbsp;1947 Texas City disaster&amp;nbsp;was an industrial accident that occurred on April 16, 1947, in the&amp;nbsp;Port of Texas City, Texas, at&amp;nbsp;Galveston Bay. It was the deadliest industrial accident in United States history and one of history's&amp;nbsp;largest non-nuclear explosions. A mid-morning fire started on board the French-registered vessel SS&amp;nbsp;Grandcamp&amp;nbsp;(docked in the port) and detonated her cargo of about 2,300&amp;nbsp;tons&amp;nbsp;(about 2,100&amp;nbsp;metric tons) of&amp;nbsp;ammonium nitrate.[1]&amp;nbsp;This started a&amp;nbsp;chain reaction&amp;nbsp;of fires and explosions in other ships and nearby&amp;nbsp;oil-storage facilities, ultimately killing at least 581 people, including all but one member of the Texas City fire department.[2] --- Our theme song was written and performed by Anna Bosnick. If you’d like to support the show on a per episode basis, you can find our Patreon page here.&amp;nbsp; Be sure to check our website for more details. Citation Needed http://citationpod.com <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/19330184/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/104598329