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  2. 1963 Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum gas explosion

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    The explosion occurred at 11:06 p.m., [note 1] during the show's finale. [7] [2] The explosion was centered on the southeastern end of the arena, [8] [3] [9] just underneath the box seats of Aisle 13. [10] [3] [4] The initial blast lifted approximately 700 square feet (70 m 2) of floor and launched debris and spectators towards the ice rink. [8]

  3. Blast furnace - Wikipedia

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    Blast furnaces differ from bloomeries and reverberatory furnaces in that in a blast furnace, flue gas is in direct contact with the ore and iron, allowing carbon monoxide to diffuse into the ore and reduce the iron oxide. The blast furnace operates as a countercurrent exchange process whereas a bloomery does not.

  4. Port Talbot Steelworks - Wikipedia

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    An explosion at the Port Talbot plant in November 2001 killed three men. [27] Len Radford, 53, Stephen Galsworthy, 25, and Andrew Hutin, 20, died when blast furnace five erupted, sending molten liquid down on them. Twelve other men were seriously injured in the blast.

  5. Furnace blast at Indonesia nickel factory kills 13 workers ...

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  6. The death toll rises to 18 in a furnace explosion at a ...

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    The death toll following the explosion of a smelting furnace at a Chinese-owned nickel plant on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island rose to 18 on Tuesday, as police ordered the plant to stop operations ...

  7. Blast furnace gas - Wikipedia

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    Blast furnace gas (BFG) [1] is a by-product of blast furnaces that is generated when the iron ore is reduced with coke to metallic iron. It has a very low heating value , about 3.5 MJ/m 3 (93 BTU /cu.ft), [ 2 ] because it consists of about 51 vol% nitrogen and 22 vol% carbon dioxide , which are not flammable.

  8. Indonesia police to charge 2 Chinese nationals in furnace ...

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    Indonesian police on Monday named two Chinese nationals as suspects in the explosion of a smelting furnace at a Chinese-owned nickel plant on Sulawesi Island that killed 21 workers and injured ...

  9. Ford River Rouge complex - Wikipedia

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    A gas explosion on February 1, 1999, killed six employees and injured two dozen more, resulting in the idling of the power plant. Michigan Utility CMS Energy built a state-of-the-art Power Plant across Miller Road to replace the electricity and steam production, as well as the blast furnace waste gas consumption of the original power plant. [9]