Event
Whiddy Island Disaster: The French tanker Betelgeuse explodes at the Gulf Oil terminal at Bantry, Ireland; 50 people are killed
8 Jan 1979 · 51.69° N, 9.53° W
What the records say
- When
- 8 Jan 1979
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 51.69° N, 9.53° W
- Description
- Whiddy Island Disaster: The French tanker Betelgeuse explodes at the Gulf Oil terminal at Bantry, Ireland; 50 people are killed.
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Whiddy Island disaster.
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