1978 Los Alfaques disaster

At 3pm on 11 July a road tanker loaded with 43 tonnes of propane left the road bordering the Los Alfaques campsite on the Spanish Mediterranean coast and careered into the camp grounds, where the gas exploded. A news photograph taken the following day at the devastated site shows burned victims lying in coffins, with part of the tanker's tank still on the ground.

Date
1978-07-11
Deaths (Wikipedia list, low end where it gives a range)
215
What the pin marks
The site of the explosion, as the cited page positions it.
Where the position is published
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Alfaques_disaster

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: propane, road tanker, campsite, spain

Coordinates: 40.59528, 0.57056

Part of Industrial and accidental explosions that killed 200 or more people since 1900

More in Industrial and accidental explosions that killed 200 or more people since 1900

Related collections