Abandoned Kamensk Main Tank Farm Facility (Kamensk-Shakhtinsky) | abandoned / shut down, disaster site

Russia / Rostov / Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy / Kamensk-Shakhtinsky / Zavodskaya ulitsa, 88
 abandoned / shut down, disaster site
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A severe fire with fatalities occurred here on April 1, 1960.

Complete destruction of the main tank; 41 people (however, the Voice of America reported 240!) were killed, three residential buildings, administrative building of the tank farm, a storage facility, bottling plant, power lines, communications, etc. were burned and/or destroyed.
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Coordinates:   48°19'52"N   40°14'48"E
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