Today, 51 years ago, on June 1, 1974 (Calendar, April 11, 1974), the Freeksburg chemical plant in Britain exploded. The Freeksburg disaster On June 1, 1974, a chemical plant in Freeksburg, Lincoln, Britain, was destroyed by a massive explosion, killing 28 people and wounding hundreds. The huge destruction of the Saturday explosion turned the entire factory into a bunch of messy ruins. The explosion also completely destroyed several acres of farmland around it, and about 2,000 houses were destroyed. When a large amount of toxic gas leaked around ethanol, the villagers of Felixburg were urgently evacuated, becoming an uninhabited ¡°spirit city¡±.