T2 Laboratories

T2 Laboratories Inc. of 3043 Faye Road, Jacksonville, Florida, USA, is a facility that specializes in the design and manufacture of specialty chemicals primarily for gasoline additives.^[1][2] The company cites its low environmental impact specialty chemicals intended to replace more toxic and dangerous industrial chemicals.^[1]

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On December 19, 2007, a massive explosion and fire killed four people in what is considered the U.S.'s most severe industrial accident in nearly three years.^[3] The explosion's force was equivalent to detonating about a ton of TNT and it spread debris up to a mile from the plant.^[4] Fourteen people were hospitalized for chemical exposure or their injuries after the blast.^[5]

Following the explosion, every hazardous-materials unit in Jacksonville and over 100 firefighters fought the ensuing blaze, which a spokesman termed a "hellish inferno".^[5]

The blast killed Robert Scott Gallagher; Charles Budds Bolchoz, 48; Karey Renard Henry, 35; and Parrish Lamar Ashley, 36.^[5] At the time of his death, Gallagher was Marketing Director for T2 Labs.^[6]

T2 Laboratories' chemical reactor ruptured, according to a preliminary investigation by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board.^[5] The investigators reported their belief that the reactor ruptured during the production of a gasoline additive.^[5]

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