Arzamas train disaster

Arzamas explosion, known also as Arzamas train disaster occurred on June 4, 1988,[1] when three goods wagons transporting hexogen from Dzerzhinsk to Kazakhstan exploded on a railway crossing in Arzamas, Gorky Oblast, USSR (now Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia).

Explosion of 118 tons of hexogen made a 26 metre deep crater (85 ft), caused major damage in the city, killing 91 people and injuring 1,500. 151 buildings were destroyed.

References

  1. Taubman, Philip (June 6, 1988). "Soviet Freight Train Explodes, Killing at Least 68". New York Times. Retrieved August 18, 2015.

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Coordinates: 55°24′43″N 43°47′14″E / 55.41194°N 43.78722°E / 55.41194; 43.78722


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