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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 ...
Norfolk, Virginia (September 3, 1984) - a firefighter plunges into a pool of burning gasoline while fighting a tanker fire; 17 May 23, 2008 Middle River, Maryland (September 14, 1997) - an F-117 Nighthawk crashes onto a family's house; Albuquerque, New Mexico (October 10, 2004) - a hot air balloon with two kids on it crashes into a radio tower
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Days after residents of Guadalajara, Mexico complained of a foul smell, a series of gasoline-fueled explosions in the sewers kills 206 people. An investigation finds that the accident was caused by an improperly-routed water pipe producing humidity that corroded a steel pipeline, allowing gasoline to seep into the sewer system.
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A post shared on social media purportedly shows a video of a truck full of bodies recently found in Mexico. Screenshot from X Verdict: False The video is from 2018. Fact Check: Mexican Drug ...
On January 16, 1984, a radiation detector at Los Alamos National Laboratory in the U.S. state of New Mexico detected the presence of radioactivity in the vicinity. The detector went on because a truck carrying rebar produced by Achisa had taken an accidental detour and passed through the entrance and exit gate of the laboratory's LAMPF technical area. [6]