What the records say
- When
- 1972
- Kind
- Explosion
- Coordinates
- 24.94° S, 149.53° E
- Description
- 1972 explosion of ammonium nitrate in Taroom, Australia
- Date from
- year in its Wikidata description
1972 Taroom explosion
1972 explosion of ammonium nitrate in Taroom, Australia
The 1972 Taroom explosion occurred after a truck carrying ammonium nitrate, an explosive and fertilizer, caught fire on 30 August 1972 near Taroom, Central Queensland, Australia. The explosion, on the Fitzroy Developmental Road near Stonecroft Station, 90 kilometres north-west of Taroom, killed three men.
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