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The Oklahoma City bombing was a domestic terrorist truck bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, on April 19, 1995, the second anniversary of the end to the Waco siege. The bombing remains the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history.
The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building was a United States federal government complex located at 200 N.W. 5th Street in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.On April 19, 1995, the building was the target of the Oklahoma City bombing by Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, which ultimately killed 167 people and injured 684 others. [1]
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The bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City was one of the deadliest acts of terrorism in American history. At 9:02 a.m. CST April 19, 1995, a Ryder rental truck containing more than 6,200 pounds (2,800 kg) [1] of ammonium nitrate fertilizer, nitromethane, and diesel fuel mixture was detonated in front of the north side of the nine-story Alfred P. Murrah Federal ...
The police also revealed that parts of the garbage truck — which was powered by compressed natural gas — landed up to “several blocks away” after the "significant" explosion. ABC 7 Chicago ...
The explosion was one of a series of other non-related fireworks accidents that effected other fireworks manufacturers around the same time, including an explosion in Ohio that occurred only 36 days prior. [4] It was the deadliest disaster in Oklahoma during the 1980s.
Fire officials warned people in the Oklahoma City metro area on Saturday evening to prepare to seek higher ground as torrential rains put the area at risk of flash flooding.
An explosion occurred at the Givaudan plant in Louisville, Ky., killing two people on Tuesday, Nov. 12, the city confirmed in a series of X posts from Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg