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Ufa train disaster
The Ufa train disaster happened on June 4 1989 at 1:15 (localtime) near the cities of Ufa and Asha in the Soviet Union. An LPG explosion killed 575 and wounded over 600 as two trains passing each other threw sparks near (1 km) a leaky pipeline.
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