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10 8 Creeslough explosion – Explosion at a petrol station. [200] [201] 9 December 2022 Indonesia: Sawahlunto, West Sumatra: 10 4 Explosion at a coal mine. [202] 10 December 2022 Jersey: St Helier: 10 2 2022 St Helier explosion – Suspected gas explosion in a block of flats that led to the building's collapse. [203] 16 December 2022 Germany ...
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.
Determining the power of explosions is difficult, but this was probably the largest planned explosion in history until the 1945 Trinity atomic weapon test, and the largest non-nuclear planned explosion until the 1947 British Heligoland detonation (below). The Messines mines detonation killed more people than any other non-nuclear deliberate ...
Improper mixing of chemicals at Bastian Plating Company killed four workers in the worst confined-space industrial accident in U.S. history; a fifth victim died two days later. [83] October 23, 1989: Phillips Disaster. An explosion and fire killed 23 and injured 314 in Pasadena, Texas and registered 3.5 on the Richter magnitude scale.
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The second-deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, after the 2017 Las Vegas shooting. 49 1867 Angola Horror: Accident – railroad Angola, New York: 49 [citation needed] 1892 Giant Powder Company: Accident – explosions: Albany, California: Explosion in explosives manufacturing plant destroyed facility, caused extensive damage in nearby Berkeley.
[171] [178] [179] After the explosion, several victims were injured due to trampling. [178] Ambulances took up to five hours to arrive, and 15 victims had to be airlifted. [171] [177] Victims were sent to smaller, less equipped hospitals because the largest hospital in the city had shut down in November, due to being attacked by bandits. These ...
5–10 million [41] Antonine Plague: Roman Empire: 165–180 (possibly up to 190) Likely Variola − , possibly alongside Measles morbillivirus − 9. 5–8 million [39] 1520 Mexico smallpox epidemic: Mexico: 1519–1520 Variola virus − 10. 2.5 million [42] 1918–1922 Russia typhus epidemic: Russia: 1918–1922