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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 ...
Mexico City fireworks disaster: Mexico City: Mexico: 62+ deaths, up to 83 injuries: Market 22 March 1989: Fengate fireworks factory explosion: Peterborough: United Kingdom: 1 firefighter death, over 100 injuries: Factory [6] 14 February 1991: Culemborg fireworks disaster: Culemborg and Vianen: Netherlands: 2 deaths, dozens of injuries [7 ...
On December 12, 1988, an explosion and subsequent fire triggered by illegal fireworks at the La Merced Market in La Merced, a neighborhood of Mexico City, killed more than 60 people. The fireworks accident took place at about 14:30 local time, [ 1 ] in an alley next to the main market. [ 2 ]
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The town is known for being the location of the San Juanico disaster which involved a series of fires and explosions of a liquified petroleum gas installation (LPG) belonging to the state-owned oil company Pemex on 19 November 1984, which killed 650 people, [1] and is considered one of the worst industrial disasters in the world.
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 ...
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