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The cause of the explosions was not immediately known, but an investigation concluded in February 2016 that an overheated container of dry nitrocellulose was the cause of the initial explosion. [6] The official casualty report was 173 deaths, eight missing, and 798 non-fatal injuries.
A gas explosion burned several homes and caused at least 10 other explosions. [108] 4 August 2020 Lebanon: Beirut: 218 7,500 2020 Beirut explosion – An explosion damaged the port of Beirut, causing $15+ billion in damages. 300,000 people were also displaced. [109] [110] 4 August 2020 China: Xiantao, Hubei province 6 4
Determining the power of explosions is difficult, but this was probably the largest planned explosion in history until the 1945 Trinity atomic weapon test, and the largest non-nuclear planned explosion until the 1947 British Heligoland detonation (below). The Messines mines detonation killed more people than any other non-nuclear deliberate ...
TIANJIN, China (AP) — Rescuers pulled out a firefighter who was trapped for 32 hours after responding to a fire and huge explosions in the Chinese port city of Tianjin as authorities moved ...
Hundreds of residents displaced by huge explosions last week in China's port city of Tianjin demanded compensation on Monday, as authorities worked to complete a sweep of the blast site for ...
The Wanggongchang Explosion (Chinese: 王恭廠大爆炸), also known as the Great Tianqi Explosion (天啟大爆炸), Wanggongchang Calamity (王恭廠之變) or Beijing Explosive Incident in the late Ming dynasty (晚明北京爆炸事件), was a catastrophic explosion that occurred on May 30, 1626, during the late reign of the Tianqi Emperor at the heavily populated Ming Chinese capital of ...
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Causes Great Chinese Famine of 1958–62 [6] 15–55 million Great Leap Forward economic failure. The starved could not move out because all out-of-town traffic were guarded by militia to contain the news of starvation. [7] Chinese famine of 1876–79. Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan. [8] 9–13 million Drought Chinese famine of 1928–30. Gansu ...