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Waverly, Tennessee tank car explosion

24 فبراير 1978 · 36.09° N, 87.79° W

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متى
24 فبراير 1978
النوع
حادث سكك حديدية
إحداثيات
36.09° N, 87.79° W
Description
1978 railway disaster in Tennessee, United States
Deaths
16
Injured
43

Waverly, Tennessee, tank car explosion

1978 railway disaster in Tennessee, United States

On February 22, 1978, twenty-four cars of a 92-car Louisville and Nashville Railroad (L&N) freight train derailed in Waverly, Tennessee. Two of the derailed tank cars contained a total of 30,161 US gallons of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). On February 24, 1978, at approximately 2:58 p.m., one of the tank cars suffered a boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion (BLEVE), killing 16 people and injuring 43 others.

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