Pollution
Humain
Environnement
Economique

An explosion of 3 railcars loaded with 120 t of explosives caused 93 deaths, 700 injuries treated at emergency centres and 230 hospitalisations. Property damage was extensive: 150 houses destroyed and damaged, 600 families left homeless and 90,000 residents evacuated. Window panes were shattered over a 15-km² area.