Power plants were created to produce energy, but when the Al Mishraq Power Plant, one of the largest power plants near Mosul, Iraq, exploded, it devastated an entire country sending it to catastrophe and misery. The Al Mishraq fire was one of the worst man-made disasters in the world. In June 2003, near Mosul, Iraq, a fire broke out following an explosion at the state-run sulfur plant, Al-Mishraq, which burned for nearly a month. “Public Health, 2012”. It has devastated millions of lives and forced thousands of people near the area to become homeless, due to toxins and dangerous fires near the area. It was very hot and civilians had to move away due to the heat and heavy fire. The explosion was caused by arsonists setting off huge quantities of gas. “Pollution from Fires in Iraq, 2004.” A combustion of elemental sulfur into sulfur dioxide produced the largest anthropogenic plume detected to date by the Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer. “Infrared observation of the Al-Mishraq sulfur plant fire using moderate resolution, 2013.” The fire, probably set deliberately, broke out at the state-owned Al-Mishraq sulfur plant near Mosul. It burned for almost a month. "BBC News, 2004". Watching the fire from space was the only way to find out how bad it was, Carn says, because there was no way to monitor the pollution from the ground and news reports at the time were inaccurate. “Volcano rivaled Iraqi fire pollution, 2004.” It is not certain whether the explosion occurred intentionally or accidentally. The explosion was the largest release of the human-caused pollutant sulfur dioxide ever recorded in recorded history, it was also the largest non-volcanic sulfur dioxide event detected since 1978. “Studding Iraq Fire Pollution, 2004”. A large fire and l. .....middle of paper......caused nearly 30 times the amount released by the most polluting power plants in one year. “Studying Fire Pollution in Iraq, 2014.” The fire generated 21,000 tons of sulfur dioxide per day. “Iraq Fire Pollution Rivalled Volcano, 2014.” The Al-Mishraq fire was one of the worst man-made disasters in the world. The fire caused extensive damage and posed a threat to anyone in the area. The smoke from the fire caused only 2 deaths but was toxic to everything it touched, causing breathing difficulties for many people. After a month they finally managed to put out the fire but the toxins were still floating in the air. In 2004, exactly what happened on the day of the explosion was still being investigated. "The Iraqi Ministry of Environment and the United Nations will evaluate polluting sites." Scientists are trying their best to create a cleaner and unpolluted environment. “Iraqi Ministry of Environment