San Juanico disaster

When

19 Nov 1984

Kind

Explosion

Coordinates

19.52° N, 99.11° W

Description

1984 industrial disaster in Mexico

Deaths

500

Injured

2000

1984 industrial accident near Mexico City, Mexico

The San Juanico disaster involved a series of fires and explosions at a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tank farm in the settlement of San Juan Ixhuatepec, a municipality of Tlalnepantla de Baz, State of Mexico, Mexico, on 19 November 1984. The facility and the settlement, part of Greater Mexico City, were devastated, with 500–600 victims killed, and 5000–7000 suffering severe burns.

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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 “A series of explosions at the Pemex Petroleum Storage Facility at San Juan Ixhuatepec, in Mexico City, ignites a major fire and kills about 500 people”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Explosionen in einem Öllager des mexikanischen Mineralölkonzerns PEMEX bei Mexiko-Stadt verursachten einen Großbrand, bei dem etwa 500 Menschen ums Leben kommen”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “une série d'explosions à San Juan Ixhuatepec, au Mexique, fait des centaines de morts”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page