1954 Bitburg explosion

Cuándo

23 sept 1954

Tipo

Explosión

Coordenadas

49.92° N, 6.49° E

Description

industrial disaster in Germany

Deaths

34

Industrial disaster in Germany

The devastating Bitburg tank explosion took place on 23 September 1954 at the then NATO air base near the city Bitburg, in the municipality of Niederstedem, Germany. The explosion took place in an underground storage tank containing JP-4, a military jet fuel blend.

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