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When a Propane Tank Became a 125‑Yard Steel Missile over Memphis
When a Propane Tank Became a 125‑Yard Steel Missile over Memphis
A 24‑year‑old steel propane tank turned into a 125‑yard airborne missile, carving a 700‑foot fireball that killed nine people two days before Christmas - what made a compliant tanker and a routine ramp become a lethal weapon? Could a small hand‑sized hole in a tank, tight ramp geometry and an unfinished highway plan together explain why the final federal report still left the cause unknown?
In this episode, we tell the sequence of events that led from a routine delivery to the Memphis propane tanker disaster of 1988, laying out…
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