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City on Fire

City on Fire

The Forgotten Disaster That Devastated a Town and Ignited a Landmark Legal Battle

By
Bill Minutaglio
Bill Minutaglio
2003

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Hundreds of people were killed when a ship
containing ammonium nitrate caught on fire
and then exploded in Texas City, Texas in 1947.

January 1, 2003

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