The Oppau explosion occurred on September 21, 1921 at a BASF plant in Oppau, now part of Ludwigshafen, Germany, killing 500–600 people and injuring about 2,000 more.

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hjalmar111 on June 22nd, 2021 at 12:31 UTC »

Article & Wikipedia source if you are interested. The Disasters Of The Century serie have also made an episode about this, episode 56, season 3. The episode is on youtube

BachBoy4816 on June 22nd, 2021 at 12:48 UTC »

That’s almost twice the amount in the Beirut explosion. Just imagine.

borderlineidiot on June 22nd, 2021 at 13:25 UTC »

How do they know that’s what happened? Did someone hear the suggestion, say “that’s a terrible idea”, then run away as fast as possible?