Chemical plant explosion in Yorkshire

Title

Chemical plant explosion in Yorkshire

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

22 Sep 1992

Year of production

1992

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Duration

00:02:07

Description

Report on an explosion at the Hickson and Welch chemical factory at Castleford, Yorkshire which has killed two people and injured more than a dozen. With comment from West Yorkshire’s Chief Fire Officer Jim Manuel(?); Len Land, an eyewitness; Dr David Fyffe(?), Managing director at the factory; local resident Carol Hemingway. Matt Foster reports from Leeds. Taken from Radio Aire.

Contributors

Radio Aire; Matt Foster; Jim Manuel(?); Len Land; Carol Hemingway; David Fyffe(?)

Keywords

Deaths; Fires; Yorkshire; Occupational health and safety; Explosions; Chemical works; Industrial plants; Accidental death; Hickson and Welch; Castleford

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