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Remember for the 1997 Elsterwerda Station Inferno


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There was a serious accident affecting the entire station area and the adjacent depot on 20 November 1997, when a freight train with 22 petrol-filled tank cars derailed at a set of points due to overspeed (90 km/h where 40 were ordered). Two ensuing explosions of the wagons and the huge fire caused severe damage to the station's buildings, infrastructure, the first fire trucks, other cars and the precinct. Two firefighters were killed by the explosion that happened after they arrived, and several others had to be treated for burns in hospital.

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsterwerda_railway_station#Train_Derailment_and_Fire_of_1997

 

A video about this Inferno:

 

 

The Memorial Stone for two Died Firefighters(God bless them):

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Some Pics abot this Tragedy:

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Edited by Officer GILLETTE ABDI

Here is the Polizeikommissar Officer GILLETTE ABDI

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You're 2 days late, you know.

 

Creating a single thread for posting notes about remarkable/interesting events or accidents in history would be a nice idea I imagine, I would contribute too. Creating a new thread for each one seems a tad excessive (for me at least).

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This happened in 1997, and while it did have an anniversary two days ago, I still fail to see why this is relevant or what discussion could come of it.  As such, going to close.

 

 

 

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