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An explosion in a badly-maintained arms depot causes 16 deaths and over 300 injured, damaging Tirana airport
15 Mar 2008 · 41.42° N, 19.63° E
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- An explosion in a badly-maintained arms depot causes 16 deaths and over 300 injured, damaging Tirana airport. Defense minister Fatmir Mediu resigns.
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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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