Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar
The main reason for the collapse was the addition of floors without properly considering the strength of the structure and soil stability.
(13 August 1993)
There are 3361 births, 3912 deaths, 1121 murders, 494 disasters and 2072 other events about 5714 people in 6416 places until today.
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BirthFactDeath (x) Wednesday 18th of February 2004 20 Years Ago The Cargo Exploded |
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:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/BOQO3Y4V575E2JKTPY62VNGK7A.jpg) 295 Die in runaway train wagons explosion in Khayyam, Razavi Khorasan, Iran. 51 railway wagons carrying sulfur, fertilizer, petrol and cotton wool broke loose from their siding at Abu Muslim Station and rolled down the track for about 20 kilometres until they derailed and rolled down an embankment. During the cleanup operation the cargo of the wagons exploded. More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nishapur_train_disaster |
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