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November 3 1982
Salang Tunnel Explosion (1982)
💀 1,000direct victims
On November 3, 1982, in the Salang tunnel in Afghanistan, a collision between a fuel truck and a Soviet military convoy sets off a monstrous fire at 3,400 meters altitude. The fire asphyxiates hundreds of soldiers and civilians trapped in this two-and-a-half-kilometer passage with no ventilation. Estimates range between 1,000 and 2,700 victims, one of the worst disasters of the Soviet occupation.
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