Iri Station Explosion

Wann

11. Nov. 1977

Art

Eisenbahnunfall

Koordinaten

35.94° N, 126.95° E

Description

train wreck (1977)

Deaths

59

Injured

1100

1977 railway accident in South Korea

The Iri station explosion was a disaster that occurred in Iri, North Jeolla, South Korea on November 11, 1977, at 9:15 p.m. About 40 tons of dynamite carried in a freight train Gwangju exploded at Iri station. The town and train station have both been rechristened as Iksan. At least 59 people were killed.

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