Oppau explosion

When

21 Sep 1921

Kind

Industrial accident

Coordinates

49.52° N, 8.42° E

Description

1921 industrial disaster in the Weimar Republic

Deaths

559

Cause

explosion

1921 industrial disaster in present-day Ludwigshafen, Germany

The Oppau explosion occurred on September 21, 1921, when approximately 4,500 tonnes of a mixture of ammonium sulfate and ammonium nitrate fertilizer stored in a tower silo exploded at a BASF plant in Oppau, now part of Ludwigshafen, Germany, killing at least 560 people and injuring about 2,000 more.

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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 “The Oppau explosion occurs at BASF's nitrate factory in Oppau, Germany; over 500 are killed”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Ammoniumnitrat-Explosion in der Badischen Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik (BASF) Ludwigshafen-Oppau (Deutsches Reich)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “explosion dans les usines de BASF à Oppau, en Allemagne”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page