What the records say
- When
- 1973
- Kind
- Explosion
- Coordinates
- 35.22° N, 114.03° W
- Description
- 1973 propane tanker explosion in Kingman, Arizona, United States
- Date from
- year in its Wikidata description
Kingman explosion
1973 propane tanker explosion in Arizona
The Kingman explosion, also known as the Doxol disaster or Kingman BLEVE, was a catastrophic boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion (BLEVE) that occurred on July 5, 1973, in Kingman, Arizona, United States. It killed thirteen people, eleven of them firefighters.
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