The Al Mishraq Fire

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Power plants were made to produce energy, but when The Al mishraq power plant explodes, one of the biggest power plants near Mosul, Iraq, it devastated a entire country sending to catastrophe and misery.
The Al Mishraq fire was one of the worst man made disasters in the world.
On June of 2003 near Mosul, Iraq a fire ignited from the explosion of the state run sulfur plan, Al- Mishraq, which burned for almost a month. “Public Health, 2012”. It devastated millions of lives and caused thousands of people near the area to go homeless, because of the toxins and dangerous fires near the area. It was very hot and civilians had to move away due to the heat and the bad fire. The explosion was caused when arsonists set massive amounts of gas ablaze. “Studding Iraq Fire Pollution, 2004”. A combustion of elemental sulfur to sulfur dioxide produced the largest anthropogenic plume detected to date by the Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer. “Infrared Observation of the Al-Mishraq Sulfur Plant Fire Using the Moderate Res, 2013”. The fire, which was probably started deliberately, broke out at the Al-Mishraq state sulfur plant near Mosul. It burned for almost a month. “BBC News, 2004”. Observing the fire from space was the only want to find out how severe it actually was, says carn, because there was no way tot monitor the pollution from the ground, and news reports tat the time were sketchy. “Iraqi Fire Pollution Rivaled Volcano, 2004”. It was not sure if the explosion was on purpose or on accident. The explosion was the largest man made release of polluting sulfur dioxide ever recorded in history , it was also the largest non-volcanic sulfur dioxide event that had been detected since 1978. “Studding Iraq Fire Pollution, 2004”.
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...caused nearly 30 times as much as the most polluting power plants release in a year. “Studying Iraq Fire Pollution, 2014”. The Fire generated 21,000 tons of sulfur dioxide a day. “Iraq Fire Pollution Rivaled Volcano, 2014”.
The Al- Mishraq Fire was one of the worst man made disasters in the world. The fire caused many damages and was a threat to anyone around the area. The smoke from the fire caused only 2 deaths but was toxic to everything it touched, causing many people to have trouble breathing. After a month they were finally able to put out the fire but the toxins was still floating around the air. In 2004 they were still investigating on what exactly happened the day of the explosion. “Iraqi Environment Ministry and UN to Assess Polluting Sites”. The scientist are trying their hardest to deliver a clearer, unpolluted environment. “Iraqi Environment Ministry

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