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- Ne zaman
- 24 Şub 1978
- Tür
- Demiryolu kazası
- Koordinatlar
- 36.09° N, 87.79° W
- Description
- 1978 railway disaster in Tennessee, United States
- Deaths
- 16
- Injured
- 43
Waverly, Tennessee, tank car explosion
1978 railway disaster in Tennessee, United States
On February 22, 1978, twenty-four cars of a 92-car Louisville and Nashville Railroad (L&N) freight train derailed in Waverly, Tennessee. Two of the derailed tank cars contained a total of 30,161 US gallons of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). On February 24, 1978, at approximately 2:58 p.m., one of the tank cars suffered a boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion (BLEVE), killing 16 people and injuring 43 others.
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