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2. San Juanico disaster - Wikipedia

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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 ...

3. 1985 Mexico City earthquake - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

4. Category:1984 disasters in Mexico - Wikipedia

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5. Shockwave (TV series) - Wikipedia

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   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

6. 1984 in Mexico - Wikipedia

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   Mexico at the 1984 Winter Olympics. Mexico at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Mexico at the 1984 Summer Paralympics. The Indios de Ciudad Juárez cease to exist. The Pioneros de Cancún are founded. The Ángeles de Puebla are founded.

7. Mexico City fireworks disaster - Wikipedia

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   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 ]

8. Ciudad Juárez cobalt-60 contamination incident - Wikipedia

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   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]

9. List of fireworks accidents and incidents - Wikipedia

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   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 ...