List of tank truck fires and explosions
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This is a list of notable tank truck fires and explosions.
1960s
Toledo, Ohio, United States (1961)
On 10 June 1961 a Standard Oil tank truck carrying 7,900 gallons of gasoline traveling through Toledo, Ohio rolled over and the gasoline that spilled caught fire and exploded killing four firefighters and injuring 11 more. Around eighty people were injured, thirty of whom were children.
1970s
Monte Chingolo, Argentina (1975)
On 23 December 1975, the People's Revolutionary Army (ERP), an Argentine Marxist–Leninist guerrilla, launched an assault on the 601st Arsenal Battalion, the largest in Argentina, in the town of Monte Chingolo, 8.7 mi (14 kilometres) from Buenos Aires. As part of the attack the ERP spilled diesel oil from a tank truck and set it on fire.
Alcanar, Spain (1978)
The Los Alfaques disaster was a tank truck explosion that occurred near a holiday campsite on Tuesday 11 July 1978 in the municipality of Alcanar, Spain, near the town of Sant Carles de la Ràpita. The exploding truck, which was carrying 23 tons of highly flammable liquefied propylene, killed 215 people and severely burned 200 more. Several individuals from the company that owned the vehicle were prosecuted for criminal negligence. The accident resulted in new legislation in Spain, restricting the transit of vehicles carrying dangerous cargo through populated areas to night time only.
1980s
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (1988)
On 23 December 1988, a tank truck carrying liquefied propane on the Interstate 40 in Memphis, Tennessee, skidded from a ramp and rolled over.
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