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Bombay Explosion

1944 · 18.95° N, 72.84° E

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18.95° N, 72.84° E
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1944 exposion in India

1944 Bombay explosion

Ship explosion in Bombay, India

The Bombay explosion occurred on 14 April 1944, in the Victoria Dock of Bombay, British India when the British freighter SS Fort Stikine caught fire and was destroyed in two giant blasts, scattering debris, sinking surrounding ships and setting fire to the area, killing around 800 to 1,300 people. Some 80,000 people were made homeless and 71 firemen lost their lives in the aftermath.

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