Disaster is caused by both natural and also man-made causes, it has resulted in many deaths and also caused massive damage to many properties. Industrial disaster is also a notable one. It causes many lives and also affects people who work in there and also affects the surroundings. Now we are here to bring you the Top 5 Industrial disasters in the world so far.....
5.S.S Grand camp
It is caused due to a fire accident near the S.S grand camp. The camp has stored 2,300 tons of the ammonium nitrate. The fire accident has caused the explosion due to the reaction with the ammonium nitrate. It has happened on 16 April 1947. It has caused the death of 581 people. It has happened in Texas city on the port at the Galveston Bay. The stored ammonium nitrate is used as a fertilizer or an explosive. It was manufactured in Nebraska and in Lowa and it was shipped to Texas port by railway.
4.Benixhu colliery
It is caused due to the fire accident that has caused this disaster. They had stored both coal and fuel in that area. This accident has caused the explosion due to the coal and flammable gas in that region. It has happened on 26 April 1942. This explosion has caused about 1549 people deaths. It is located at the Benxi, Liaoning at China. It was first mined in 1905. In this mine, they are mining coal and iron ores in there.
3.Bhopal gas tradey
It is caused due to the emission of the toxic gas to the surroundings. It has caused very bad air pollution near those regions. It affects the surroundings for about two days. It has caused the death of 3,787 people,55,825 with small injuries and 3,900 roughly injured. It has happened from 2 to 3 December 1984. It has happened at the Union Carbide India Limited pesticide (UCIL) plant located at the Bhopal in India. Methyl isocyanate gas was released during this accident. It is a highly toxic substance.
2.Deep water horizon
It is caused due to a massive accident that happened in the petroleum drill. The accident had caused the release of the crude oil into the ocean. It has lasted for 106 days near the region of the petroleum drill. It has caused the death of 11 people and also many marine animals and organisms near that region. It happened on April 20, 1920. It has happened in the Gulf of Mexico. It spills about 4.9 million barrels of oil in the ocean. Marine animals and most of the dolphins in there have died in this oil spills.
1.Chernobyl
It is the worst disaster that had happened in the world. It is caused due to the structural collapse in the nuclear reactors. It had resulted in the release of the radiation near the surroundings. It has badly affected the ecosystem. It has caused deaths of about 1,25,000 people. It had happened on April 26, 1986. It has happened in the city of Pripyat. It is a nuclear and radiation accident. It has happened in the Soviet Union.
Courrieres mine
It is caused by a mine in France. It is caused due to the ignition of the methane in the mining area. It has caused the death of 1099 people who are worked in that mine. It has happened on 10 March 1906. It has happened in France country in the Lens city. It happened on 06:30 on the morning of the day. It happened during the handling of mining explosives in there.
Exxon Valdez
It is caused due to the oil tanks spills of about 2,60,000 to 7,50,000 tons of crude oil. It has caused the death of 1,00,000 to 2,50,000 of sea birds. It had happened on March 24 1989. It spills about a capacity of 1.48 million barrels of the crude oil into the ocean. It has happened in the Alaska region.
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