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Human history has recorded extremely horrific explosions in both its strength and its consequences. The explosion in Tianjin, China last though terrible but not the most feared.

The most terrible explosions in history

Last night, the whole world was startled about the explosion in Tianjin City (China). With the destructive power equivalent to 21 tons of TNT, the level of damage caused by this explosion is really scary. However, if you look back at similar explosions in history, the explosion in Tianjin is nothing. Join us in exploring the most horrifying explosions in human history. We will not count events on atomic bombs or test weapons because their destructive power is obviously beyond imagination.

1. Halifax event (December 6, 1917)

The scene of the town of Halifax after the disaster - dissipated.

The town of Halifax (state of Nova Scotia, Cananda) is the place where one of the most devastating explosions in history had not taken into account the events of the atomic bomb when a transport ship carrying military explosions caught fire and explode. The destructive power of this explosion is equivalent to 2900 tons of TNT, all construction within 800m has been severely damaged or damaged. Human losses also shocked us: more than 2,000 people died and about 9,000 were injured.

2. Hindenburg disaster (May 6, 1937)

The airline industry will remember the Hindenburg disaster.

Hindenburg LZ 129 Hindenburg was filled with hydrogen gas that quickly ignited and exploded after the pilot controlled the effort to bring it into the dock at Lakehurst Navy Airport in New Jersey - USA. This is the first aviation disaster in human history with a small loss of people: 36 deaths including 13 passengers and 23 crew members.

3. Texas city sinks in flames (April 16, 1947)

Black marks in the history of American industry.

The entire oil tank and refinery at the Monsanto petrochemical industrial park was submerged in flames when the Grandcamp transported 2300 tons of Ammonium Nitrate (the main material to build the bomb back then) suddenly exploded. The energy emitted from the explosion was equivalent to 1134 tons of TNT and claimed the lives of 581 people, in addition more than 8000,000 others were seriously injured (more than 30% of victims were identified as level 3 burns or more). This is one of the dark spots in US industry history.

4. N1 missile disaster (July 3, 1969)

In fact, many missile tests failed and had serious consequences, but no event was enough to stand up to the Soviet N1 missile test. One of the four N1 missiles tested on July 3, 1969, suddenly exploded, more than 678 tons of liquid oxygen and kerosene created a huge energy source of up to 29 trillion joules, equivalent to power. strong of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Thankfully there is no damage to people in this accident.

5. Blazing Mexico (November 19, 1984)

The largest oil industry disaster ever occurred appeared in the city of San Juanico (Mexico) when the stockpile of Mexico's largest petrochemical company - Petroleos Mexicanos - sunk in flames by a series of string explosions. pass. More than 11 thousand cubic meters of liquefied gas have detonated and killed more than 500 people, in addition to causing nearly 7,000 burns.

6. PEPCON disaster (May 4, 1988)

Discovery Channel channel recreates the disaster PEPCON.

A company with a long name - Pacific Engineering Manufacturing Company (PEPCON) - accidentally created a catastrophic explosion when about 4,000 tons of solid fuel for rockets exploded and released. a huge source of energy equivalent to the power of 2700 tons of TNT. Two people were killed and more than 300 others were injured after the explosion occurred, even the shockwave from the explosion was enough to shake the house more than 16 km away.

7. Cataño oil storage event (October 23, 2009)

Midnight explosion in Puerto Rico.

This will be one of the biggest disasters in the 21st century when the Caribbean Petroleum Corporation 's storage facility in Bayamón, Puerto Rico suddenly sinks in flames by a series of consecutive explosions. The sound of the explosion could be heard from over 80 km and the smoke column of the fire reached 9 km. The power of this explosion was so horrifying that it caused an earthquake of about 3 magnitudes and destroyed all the glass windows in the city, although only 3 were injured - a blessing.