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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.
A fire started in a poorly built factory in Thailand. Exit doors were locked and the stairwell collapsed. 188 workers were killed, mostly young women. May 13, 2000: Enschede fireworks disaster. A fire and explosion at a fireworks depot in Enschede, Netherlands resulted in 24 deaths and another 947 were injured. About 1,500 homes were damaged or ...
Castle Gate Mine disaster: Accident – coal mine Castle Gate, Utah: 171 miners and one rescue worker 171 1908 Rhoads Opera House fire: Fire (building) Boyertown, Pennsylvania: Sources conflict on number of fatalities: 170 or 171. 169 1903 Hanna Mine disasters: Accident – coal mine Carbon County, Wyoming: 168+ 1880 Tornado outbreak of April 1880
The fire was a major disaster in terms of deaths, injury, loss of business, property and man-days, displacement of people, environmental impact in Jaipur, the capital city of the Indian state of Rajasthan and a popular tourist destination. As per eyewitnesses having factories and hotels around Indian Oil's Sitapura (Jaipur) Oil Terminal they ...
The studies it looked at found survivors of man-made disasters like the Aliso Canyon gas leak or the East Palestine train derailment experienced PTSD in 25% to 75% of cases
On December 12, about six weeks after the accident, the coliseum hosted its first post-accident event, a two-day Polled Hereford cattle show. [75] [2] In September 1964, the coliseum served as a venue for The Beatles during their 1964 North American tour. [2] This show was the first time since the accident that the coliseum was at full crowd ...
Most of the destruction has been the result of two blazes -- the Palisades Fire and the Eaton Fire -- which have destroyed more than 6,000 structures and killed at least 24 people.
On 3 December 2004, the twentieth anniversary of the disaster, a man falsely claiming to be a Dow representative named Jude Finisterra was interviewed on BBC World News. He claimed that the company had agreed to clean up the site and compensate those harmed in the accident, by liquidating Union Carbide for US$12 billion.