What the records say
- When
- 6 Dec 2006
- Kind
- Explosion
- Coordinates
- 43.03° N, 87.95° W
- Description
- Fatal Milwaukee industrial accident
- Deaths
- 3
2006 Falk Corporation explosion
Industrial accident in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The Falk Corporation explosion refers to a large and fatal propane gas explosion at a Falk Corporation building in the industrial Menomonee River Valley neighborhood of Milwaukee, Wisconsin on December 6, 2006. Three people were killed and forty-seven others injured. Cars were reportedly flipped through the air and debris scattered over several blocks.
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