What the records say
- When
- 10 Aug 1903
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 48.87° N, 2.38° E
- Description
- train wreck
- Deaths
- 84
Paris Metro train fire
1903 train fire in Paris, France
The disastrous Paris Metro train fire occurred on the evening of 10 August 1903, on what was then Line 2 Nord of the system and is now Paris Metro Line 2. There were 84 deaths, most at Couronnes station, so it is also known as the Couronnes Disaster.
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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 Paris Métro train fire at Couronnes results in 84 deaths”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Beim Unfall im Bahnhof Couronnes in der Métro Paris sterben 84 Menschen”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “incendie sur la ligne 2 du métro parisien ; à la station Couronnes”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “パリメトロ火災発生、84名が犠牲となる。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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