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Ufa train disaster: A natural gas explosion near Ufa, Russia, kills 575 as two trains passing each other throw sparks near a leaky pipeline.
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Ufa train disaster
1989 railway accident in Iglinksy District, Bashkir SSR, Soviet Union
The Ufa train disaster was a railway accident that occurred on 4 June 1989, in Iglinsky District, Bashkir ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, when a gas pipe explosion killed 575 people and injured 800 more. It is the deadliest rail disaster during peacetime in Soviet/Russian…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Natural gas
Gaseous fossil fuel
Natural gas is a naturally occurring compound of gaseous hydrocarbons, primarily methane (95%), small amounts of higher alkanes, and traces of carbon dioxide and nitrogen, hydrogen sulfide and helium. Methane is a colorless and odorless gas, and, after carbon dioxide, is the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Ufa
Capital of Bashkortostan, Russia
Ufa is the capital and largest city of Bashkortostan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Belaya and Ufa rivers, in the centre-north of Bashkortostan, on hills forming the Ufa Plateau to the west of the southern Ural Mountains, with a population of over 1.1 million…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)