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The facility and the settlement, part of Greater Mexico City, were devastated, with 500–600 victims killed, and 5000–7000 suffering severe burns. [2] It is one of the deadliest industrial disasters in world history, [ 1 ] and the deadliest industrial accident involving fires and/or explosions from hazardous materials in a process or storage ...
The 1985 Mexico City earthquake struck in the early morning of 19 September at 07:17:50 (CST) with a moment magnitude of 8.0 and a maximal Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). The event caused serious damage to the Greater Mexico City area and the deaths of at least 5,000 people. The sequence of events included a foreshock of magnitude 5.2 that ...
Texas City disaster: Texas City, Texas, U.S. 512: 28 August 1899 Sumitomo Besshi bronze mine area, landslide with debris flow disaster Niihama, Shikoku, Japan 500+ 19 November 1984 San Juanico Disaster [23] Mexico City, Mexico 476–1,000: 1931 Hawks Nest Tunnel Disaster: Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, United States 458: 9 November 1963
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Mexico City fireworks disaster: Mexico City: Mexico: 62+ deaths, up to 83 injuries: market 1989-03-22: Fengate fireworks factory explosion: Peterborough: United Kingdom: 1 firefighter death, over 100 injuries: factory [6] 1991-02-14: Culemborg fireworks disaster: Culemborg and Vianen: Netherlands: 2 deaths, dozens of injuries [7] factory 1991-05-07
On 19 November 1984, a massive series of explosions occurred at a liquid petroleum gas (LPG) tank farm in the town of San Juan Ixhuatepec (outside of Mexico City, Mexico). [25] The disaster was initiated by a gas leak on the site, likely caused by a pipe rupture during transfer operations, which caused a plume of LPG to concentrate at ground ...
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Benton fireworks disaster: 23 May 1984 United Kingdom: Lancashire: 16 28 Abbeystead disaster: 7 September 1984 Malta: off Qala: 7 1 C23 tragedy: 19 November 1984 Mexico: Mexico City: 500–600 5,000–7,000 San Juanico disaster: 28 January 1986 United States: Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Florida: 7 0 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster: 4 May ...