An explosion in a badly-maintained arms depot causes 16 deaths and over 300 injured, damaging Tirana airport

時期

2008年3月15日

種類

イベント

座標

41.42° N, 19.63° E

Description

An explosion in a badly-maintained arms depot causes 16 deaths and over 300 injured, damaging Tirana airport. Defense minister Fatmir Mediu resigns.

配置: coordinates of the event it links, 2008 Gërdec explosions。

Munitions depot explosion in western Albania

At approximately 12 p.m. local time on March 15, 2008, at an ex-military ammunition depot in the village of Gërdec in the Vorë Municipality of Albania, U.S. and Albanian munitions experts were preparing to destroy stockpiles of obsolete ammunition by a series of small, controlled explosions. However, a chain of events led to the entire stockpile detonating simultaneously.

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