What the records say
- When
- 19 Jun 1945
- Kind
- Mining accident
- Coordinates
- 34.09° S, 70.35° W
- Description
- biggest metallic mining accident in history
1945 El Teniente mining accident
Mining disaster in Chile
The 1945 El Teniente mining accident, known locally as the Smoke Tragedy, is the largest mining accident in metal extraction in the history of Chile and, as of 2005, worldwide. It happened on June 19, 1945, in Chile's El Teniente mine in the Andes, which belonged to Braden Copper Company, a subsidiary of Kennecott Copper Corporation, both of the United States.
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