The valve explosion at Polyco in 2018 wasn’t the first time a local industrial mishap made the news. Over 46 years ago, in 1976, an explosion occurred at the FMC chemical plant. No fatalities or injuries resulted but hundreds of people were evacuated due to poisonous fumes from the fire.
Unlike most history stories related on this page, I can actually remember this incident. I was 7 years old and c…
