Cali explosión

When

7 Aug 1956

Kind

Explosion

Coordinates

3.46° N, 76.52° W

Description

1956 disaster in Cali, Colombia

1956 disaster in Cali, Colombia

The Cali Explosion was a disaster that occurred at 01:07 (UTC−5) on 7 August 1956 in downtown Cali, Colombia. It was caused by the sudden detonation of six trucks, driven by civilians and members of the Colombian army, that were carrying 42 tonnes of dynamite packed in 1,053 boxes. The cargo had come from the port of Buenaventura and was intended for road construction work in the department of Cundinamarca.

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• Wikidata: air, rail, road, mining and industrial accidentsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Seven ammunition trucks loaded with 1,053 boxes of dynamite explode in Cali, Colombia”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Bei der Explosion mehrerer mit Sprengstoff beladener Lastwagen in der kolumbianischen Stadt Cali kommen mindestens 1300 Menschen ums Leben”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en la ciudad de Cali (Colombia) ocurre la Explosión de Cali: explotan siete camiones del ejército cargados con 42 toneladas de explosivo plástico gelatinoso,…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page