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This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll. It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions , structural fires , flood disasters , coal mine disasters , and other notable accidents caused by negligence connected to improper architecture , planning , construction , design , and more.
The city holds an annual Christmas market near the city hall and a large shopping center. [11] Christmas markets have previously been targeted by vehicle-ramming attacks, such as the 2016 attack in Berlin. [12] That attack, perpetrated by the Islamic State, killed 12 people and injured 56 others. [13]
The 2025 Jalgaon train accident was a train accident in Pachora, Jalgaon district in Maharashtra, India on the Maheji Railway Station near the line between Pachora Junction-Jalgaon Junction on 22 January 2025.
The first ground fatalities from an aircraft crash occurred on 21 July 1919, when the Wingfoot Air Express crash took place. The airship crashed into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in Chicago, Illinois, killing three of the five occupants of the aircraft, in addition to ten people on the ground. [1]
Some accounts give death toll as 101. Deadliest accident on New York City subway, deadliest rail disaster in city's history and deadliest mass-transit accident in U.S. history. 93 1939 1939 California tropical storm: Tropical cyclone Southern California: Including 48 offshore deaths 93 2021 Hurricane Ida: Tropical cyclone
Of the 115 people on board, 87 died and 28 survived. The crash was the world's deadliest aviation disaster at the time, surpassing the Llandow air disaster, which killed 80 people. The death toll would not be surpassed until the Tachikawa air disaster, which also involved a Douglas C-124A-DL Globemaster II, killed 129 people.
168 others injured as a result of a nightclub fire. According to local authorities the fire began on stage after members of the band flared a pyrotechnic device that ignited flammable acoustic foam in the ceiling. Other reasons for the high death toll included the lack of emergency exits and the excessive number of people present. [83] 36
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