Explosion
How many:
20,
When:
30 May 1626
What:
Wanggongchang
Explosion
Where:
BeijingSmog
How many:
12,
When:
5–9 December 1952
What:
The Great Smog of
London
Where:
LondonInd st ial
How many:
3,787–19,000+
When:
2–3 December 1984
What:
Bhopal disaster
at Union Carbide
factory
Where:
Madhya PradeshFire
How many:
2,000+
When:
8 December 1863
What:
Church of the
Company fire
Where:
SantiagoCable Car
How many:
155
When:
11 November 2000
What:
Kaprun disaster
Where:
KaprunRoad
How many:
2,
When:
3 November 1982
What:
Salang Tunnel fire
Where:
Hindu KushRail
How many:
800–1,
When:
12 December 1917
What:
Saint-Michel-
de-Maurienne
derailment
Where:
Saint-MichelMaritime
How many:
2,750–3,
When:
December 1948
What:
SS Kiangya
Where:
off ShanghaiSpo
How many:
1,
When:
140 BCE
What:
Collapse of the
upper tier of the
Circus Maximus
Where:
RomeSpace
How many:
7 (tied)
When:
28 January 1986
& 1 February 2003
What:
Challenger
& Columbia
disasters
Where:
USAStampede
How many:
2,
When:
24 September 2015
What:
2015 Mina stampede
Where:
MeccaPlane
How many:
583
When:
27 March 1977
What:
Saint-Michel-Pan
Am Flight 1736 and
KLM Flight 4805
Where:
TenerifeANTHROPOGENICDISASTERS
Disastrous deaths*
*excludes wars & conflict
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