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==The Braehead explosion==
On 4 January 1977, a serious fire and explosion occurred at a warehouse in the Braehead Container Clearance Depot, adjacent to the Power Station. The fire was started accidentally by three boys who had lit a fire to warm themselves at a den that they had made, during the New Year holiday, from cardboard cartons stacked beside the warehouse. The fire detonated 70 tonnes of [[sodium chlorate]] weedkiller stored in the warehouse, producing a blast estimated by HM Inspectorate of Explosives as being equivalent to up to 820&nbsp;kg of TNT.<ref>The Fire and Explosion at Braehead Container Depot, Renfrew (Investigation Report),  Health and Safety Executive (HSE), published 31 Dec. 1979</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= The Fire and Explosion at Braehead Container Depot, Renfrew|url=https://www.icheme.org/media/13693/the-fire-and-explosion-at-braehead-container-depot-renfrew.pdf |website=IChemE |access-date= 16 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Exploding the myth of chlorate safety |date = 22 March 1979|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m8RDZYeVo_MC&pg=PA935 |publisher=New Scientist |access-date=16 August 2020}}</ref>

About 200 stores and homes in Renfrew and Clydebank had their windows shattered by the explosion, which was heard throughout the entire Greater Glasgow region and sent flying debris as far as 2.8 kilometres away. The explosion is estimated to have cost £6 million in damage. In large part due to the National Bank Holiday in observance of [[Hogmanay]] celebrations, there were no deaths. Twelve people required treatment for shock and minor injuries.