The Al Mishraq Fire
Biggest Man Made Environmental Disasters
The Al Mishraq Fire
AlMishraq is a state run sulfur plant near Mosul, Iraq which in June 2003 was the site of the largest humanmade release of sulfur dioxide ever recorded. A fire thought to have been deliberately started burned for almost a month spewing 21,000 tonnes of sulfur dioxide a day into the atmosphere.












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