“...when was the last time you heard of an explosives plant exploding?” [rellimpank, post 5]
Hodgdon’s suffered more than one fire (not explosion). It ended Pyrodex production for some period.
—I probably should have qualified my statement to include only “explosives”-
-fireworks are a different matter—and I suspect are chlorate based, which does indeed almost guarantee fires-
—I do recall the Hodgdon’s fire—