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  2. Bhopal disaster - Wikipedia

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    The Bhopal disaster or Bhopal gas tragedy was a chemical accident on the night of 2–3 December 1984 ... In what is considered the world's worst industrial disaster ...

  3. Gas explosion - Wikipedia

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    A gas explosion is the ignition of a mixture of air and flammable gas, ... In industrial explosions, many other gases, like hydrogen, as well as evaporated ...

  4. List of industrial disasters - Wikipedia

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    A methane gas explosion in the Laobaidong coal mine at Datong in the Shanxi province of China killed 684. [62] November 9, 1963: Mitsui Miike Coal Mine disaster. An explosion caused by the ignition of coal dust at the Miike coal mine in Kyushu, Japan. 458 people were killed by the explosion or by carbon monoxide poisoning. 839 others were ...

  5. San Bruno pipeline explosion - Wikipedia

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    The San Bruno pipeline explosion occurred at 6:11 pm PDT on September 9, 2010, in San Bruno, California, when a 30-inch (76 cm) diameter steel natural gas pipeline owned by Pacific Gas & Electric exploded into flames in the Crestmoor residential neighborhood 2 miles (3.2 km) west of San Francisco International Airport [4] near Skyline Boulevard and San Bruno Avenue. [5]

  6. San Juanico disaster - Wikipedia

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    Liquefied gas Horton tanks similar to the six spherical tanks involved in the San Juanico disaster LPG bullet tanks. There were 48 tanks of this type in the Pemex plant. Note how this modern installation incorporates some of the lessons learned from San Juanico: an uncongested, well ventilated area, with the horizontal tanks in a parallel cluster configuration, which minimizes the effects of ...

  7. 2015 Tianjin explosions - Wikipedia

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    At around 23:30 (15:30 UTC), the first explosion occurred and registered as a magnitude 2.3 earthquake, [16] generating seismic shock-waves energetically equivalent to 2.9 tonnes of TNT. After 30 seconds, a second violent explosion occurred, causing most of the damage and injuries with shock-waves felt many kilometres away.

  8. List of explosions - Wikipedia

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    An explosion at a gas station burned down 25 homes and 16 shops. [118] 11 October 2020 Iran: Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province: 5 9 Gas explosion. [119] 12 October 2020 Nigeria: Oriade: 9 Unknown A tanker fell over and exploded along the Ilesa-Akure highway. [120] 21 October 2020 Pakistan: Karachi: 5+ 27 Explosion at an apartment building. [121] 4 ...

  9. List of natural gas and oil production accidents in the ...

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    March 28, 2012 – An explosion at a natural gas compression station in Susquehanna County. [137] May 19, 2012 – Leroy Twp., Contamination from leaking gas well, [138] May 15, 2013 – A fire and possible explosion, at a Susquehanna County gas compressor station. [139] January 11, 2014 – Susquehanna County, Explosion, 1 injured [140]