CHAPTER 7: THE AZTEC CHEMICAL EXPLOSION, THE BIGGEST BLAZE IN CHESHIRE FOR 35 YEARS – ROBERT CLARK

During the time I spent working in Italy, I came across a business continuity strategy which was new to me, as its successful execution was dependent upon what I can only describe as ‘divine intervention’. It is not a strategy for the faint-hearted, nor is it to be found in the pages of the Business Continuity Institute’s Good Practice Guidelines.

When I was working in Crewe in the summer of 2007, although I did not realise it at the time, I may have witnessed a case of this ‘divine intervention’ in action. This chapter examines the consequences of an explosion at Aztec Chemicals in Crewe, UK. It resulted in the biggest fire in the county of Cheshire ...

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