Wednesday 9 September 2015

Enschede Fireworks Disaster, Netherlands

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Enshede fireworks disaster was a calamitous incident killing 23 people, injuring 940 and destroying over 1500 buildings as the fireworks exploded at the SE Fireworks depot on May 13, 2000 in the city of Enschede, Netherlands. It was discovered that a fire began in the work area of the central building at the depot where around 900kg of fireworks were stored. The fire then spread to two full containers that had been stored illegally outside of the building. The ignition caused the explosion of 177 tons of fireworks. It was also reported that SE had been audited and met all safety regulations and inspected as safe by the Dutch authorities only a week prior to the explosion thus highlighting the negligence to Dutch authorities.http://pelings.com/

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