A huge explosion at a chemical plant near Scunthorpe that killed 28 workers is still "real" for some. ... Flixborough chemical plant disaster 'not forgotten' 50 years on. 1 June 2024. Share Save.

A poignant exhibition has gone on display as the Humber region prepares to remember the tragic Flixborough Disaster half a century on. Marking 50 years since the explosion of the chemical plant close ...

The explosion at the Nypro chemical plant close to the village of Flixborough, in North Lincolnshire, killed 28 and seriously injured 36 more of the 72 people on site at the time.

Forty-five years ago today, on June 1, 1974, the Nypro chemical plant at Flixborough, south of the Humber and north of Scunthorpe, exploded. It killed 28 workers, wrecking property over a wide ...

The December 2022 disaster, which claimed 41 lives and injured dozens more when a gas tanker exploded under a railway bridge, had deeply affected the local community and the nation at large.

Twenty-eight people died in the explosion at the Nypro Chemical Plant in Flixborough on 1 June 1974. The blast, which was caused by a highly flammable liquid leaking from a faulty pipe, caused ...

The Flixborough Disaster - 50 years on - BBC Sounds. Exhibition marks 50th anniversary of Flixborough blast. Published. 18 May 2024. Related internet link. Humberside Fire and Rescue ...

A poignant exhibition has gone on display at a Scunthorpe museum as the region prepares to remember the tragic Flixborough Disaster half a century on. Marking 50 years since the explosion of the ...

On 1 June 1974 a huge explosion at a chemical plant echoed far and wide from the banks of the River Trent in North Lincolnshire. It made Barbara Nimmo think a bomb had gone off nearby. The ...