European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 7, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                D Dukakis chides Bush on Cabinet discussions Page 5 d 100,000 aliens apply for amnesty on final Day Page 7 d turks in Germany changing the face of a nation Page 13 d Mavericks eliminate rockets in Aba playoffs sports Page 21 to vol. 47, no. 20 saturday May 7, 19bb 08693 a fuel Plant safety questioned Henderson nov. A president Reagan was asked for disaster Aid thursday for this City rocked by explosions at a space shuttle fuel Plant that killed two workers. Union officials meanwhile charged the Plant was unsafe but inc chairman of the company denied the charges. One or those killed was a polio stricken Man unable to run tar his lire. Mis body has not been found. He reportedly stayed behind la Call the fire department iad an official at the Pacific engineering and production co. Of Nevada. The blues levelled 12 buildings at the Pacific piano and a nearby marshmallow factory. Steel girders were ii Slid like pretzels and ran parked nearby were barely recognizable chunks of melted Metal. Concussions from the blasts shattered windows 10 Miles away in Lai vegas Jolico airliners in flight peeled Oil roofs upended cars and threw workers through Walls. Broken windows and cracked foundations were common in Henderson. More than 255 people were injured. Tour critically. The body of Bruce Bernard Halker is vice presi Dent of operations at Pacific was identified thursday. Pacific official said they had concluded a second worker Leray Westerfield died As Well or. Wester Icid had polio some time ago and had difficulty moving rapidly said company attorney Kelih Booker. It s my understanding that a number of people asked or.  to leave and he said no because he had to Call the fire  i killed 35 Hurt As fire sweeps la office Tower los Angeles a a fire through five floors of a 62-Sloiy of lower thursday killing a Man trapped in. An elevator and injuring at least 35 people while a Rescue helicopter plucked 10 people from the lop of inc City s tall to building. It looked like Dante s inferno " fire capt. Steve Varncy said. Everything that was burnable burned Down. 1 was just Metal and that was red  the lire broke out before 11 . Wednesday on the i2ih floor of the first interstate Bank and was put out shortly after 2 . Thursday said firefighter Gary Svidor. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Flames visible for Miles burned in a red band across the � 59-foot building shooting 20 feel out into inc air and Gray and White smoke poured through other . Glass from fire shattered windows graded the Street. It was not known How Many people were inside when inc fire Bric out. Some workers climbed stairs to upper stories before they were lifted to Fety by a helicopter but one Man trapped in a freight elevator could not gel away. One of the men was saying car 33 was in flames and he was screaming please help " said cleaning supervisor Zora Imamovic who heard the Man of her two Way radio As she made he Jiny to the roof. Firefighters found the body aftan unidentified Man after prying Flajs talc Eleva Tor s doors on the 12th floor but two hours Tiftic Rhc fire was Cuttin Guion Svider said. The building one optic West s tallest skyscrapers does Yak have a sprinkler system because if was erected before codes . Officials said the building s fac fighting system was a Cine upgraded a lion the Blaze hit. Firefighters continued to search for other victims. Two More people were brought Down in the 37lh floor around 6 . One a win his 20s, was reportedly suffering front smoke inhalation. The other per son s Mcnuity and injuries Wurch not in . Broken Ikot blasted Glass showered onto the  fire hoses and fire Cap.  said firefighters did not replace in hosts because they also could be Cut. W some firefighters lamed on the roof by helicopter and work a their Way Down to lower floors. A firefighters searched the flows  the burning Levels for other Pacofi chief Donald Manning said one fire Captain said he rated firefighters Mccau Suncy had to use portable oxygen Wanjip we re running of lot air real Quick said Varney Yow got to walk up 1s stories and jul line Lime you get to the 15th Story Fyk run out of air after five Minui i Jruth s no Way to fight a  in Ujj oltion 10 the two people from the j7l floor 33 people suffered injuries wetly smoke inhalation and were taken n hospitals said Jim Wells a fire department spokesman. Tom Scalia 29, said he was working on a sprinkler system for Cosco fire Protection when the Blaze broke out. We were installing sprinklers and they Are not in service at All said Srilia. Fin inspector de Reed who has been with the department 13 years said that although no damage estimates Werc immediately available the Blaze was the won High Rise fire in the history of the nation s second largest City in terms of severity and damage. The in and explosions were caused by an equipment malfunction said Pacific chairman Fred Gibson or. . Sen. Harry Reid a nov toured the site Afler asking Keagan in a Teller to declare Henderson a Feder Al emergency disaster area a move that would open the door Lolow interest Loans to enable residents to repair damage. I think we re looking at tens of millions of dollars in damages said gov. Richard Bryan. There were miracles All Over  said mayor Lorna Kesterson. Who declared thursday a Day of thanksgiving in the Community of 54,590. Jim Thompson president of  Union local 4356, said our big problem was trying to gel standards and procedures developed for handling of see Plant on Back flames and smoke pour from inc 61-Story  Slali building in Tow Angle