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100 years ago
Measured by the number of victims, the explosion at the Oppau nitrogen works was the biggest accident in the history of the German chemical industry and the biggest civilian explosion in Germany.
100 years ago
Measured by the number of victims, the explosion at the Oppau nitrogen works was the biggest accident in the history of the German chemical industry and the biggest civilian explosion in Germany.
On the morning of September 21, 1921, at 7:32 a.m. in the factory of the Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik, in Oppau, today part of Ludwigshafen am Rhein, there were two explosions of about 400 tons of ammonium sulfate nitrate, a fertilizer, in quick succession.
The catastrophe was triggered by the targeted use of loosening explosions within the fertilizer, which had a tendency to clump, which until then had been considered safe. The detonations damaged buildings 75 km from the scene of the accident.
561 people were killed and injured 1977. 
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