What the records say
- When
- 25 Apr 1998
- Kind
- Mining accident
- Coordinates
- 37.52° N, 6.25° W
- Description
- dam failure releasing toxic mine tailings in Andalusia, southern Spain
Doñana disaster
Dam failure releasing toxic mine tailings in Andalusia, southern Spain
The Doñana Disaster, also known as the Aznalcollar Disaster or Guadiamar Disaster, was an industrial accident in Andalusia, southern Spain. On 25 April 1998, a holding dam burst at the Los Frailes mine, near Aznalcóllar, Seville, releasing 4–5 million cubic metres (3,200–4,100 acre⋅ft) of mine tailings.
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- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “sucede el desastre de Aznalcóllar”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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