That was the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India that blew in 1989 or so.
Coolant went up to $9 a gallon!

I also remember working at Trak Auto after I got out of high school in the
mid '80's. We would get both Prestone and Trak brand coolant off the same
delivery trucks from Union Carbide. The Prestone sales rep that came to all
the stores confirmed that both came from the same place, but tried to tell
us that the Prestone had "more and better additives" than the non-Prestone
store brand stuff.

TomC
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> USELESS TRIVIA: I don't know if it is still the case, but a few years ago
> all the green stuff sold in NA was made in only two factories...remember
> when the price of coolant went sky-high? There had been a fire in one of
> the factories.
>