Oppau explosion

Cuándo

21 sept 1921

Tipo

Accidente industrial

Coordenadas

49.52° N, 8.42° E

Description

1921 industrial disaster in the Weimar Republic

Deaths

559

Cause

explosion

1921 industrial disaster in present-day Ludwigshafen, Germany

The Oppau explosion occurred on September 21, 1921, when approximately 4,500 tonnes of a mixture of ammonium sulfate and ammonium nitrate fertilizer stored in a tower silo exploded at a BASF plant in Oppau, now part of Ludwigshafen, Germany, killing at least 560 people and injuring about 2,000 more.

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