Global Information Lookup Global Information

2007 Freetown explosions information


2007 Freetown explosion
DateDecember 20, 2007 (2007-12-20) (GMT)
Attack type
Gas explosion
Deaths18
Injured 5

On 20 December 2007, a series of explosions occurred in the shopping district of Free Street in downtown Freetown, Sierra Leone, killing 18 people while injuring at least five more.

and 24 Related for: 2007 Freetown explosions information

Request time (Page generated in 0.9807 seconds.)

2007 Freetown explosions

Last Update:

On 20 December 2007, a series of explosions occurred in the shopping district of Free Street in downtown Freetown, Sierra Leone, killing 18 people while...

Word Count : 153

Freetown explosion

Last Update:

Freetown explosion may refer to: 2007 Freetown explosions Freetown fuel tanker explosion in 2021 This disambiguation page lists articles associated with...

Word Count : 46

List of explosions

Last Update:

a list of accidental explosions and facts about each one, grouped by the time of their occurrence. It does not include explosions caused by terrorist attacks...

Word Count : 4035

Freetown

Last Update:

Freetown is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone. It is a major port city on the Atlantic Ocean and is located in the Western Area of the country...

Word Count : 5355

2007 in Sierra Leone

Last Update:

protesters. The 2007 Freetown explosion occurred on 20 December. The combination of a gas leak and fire on Free State in downtown Freetown killed at least...

Word Count : 485

Operation Postmaster

Last Update:

1941 after six weeks under sail Maid of Honour arrived at Freetown, Sierra Leone. Freetown was the agreed rendezvous for both groups, Appleyard's party...

Word Count : 2585

List of accidents and disasters by death toll

Last Update:

death toll. It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions, structural fires, flood disasters, coal mine disasters, and other notable...

Word Count : 3871

African Union Mission to Somalia

Last Update:

Concord Times (Freetown), 11 September 2013. Turay, S.B., 'RSLAF Enters Second Phase of Somalia Deployment Preparation', Concord Times (Freetown), 16 January...

Word Count : 16489

List of maritime disasters in World War II

Last Update:

History: Submarine Service: Operations and Support: Royal Navy Archived 2007-02-20 at the Wayback Machine "Galilea: The 1942 shipwreck that took the lives...

Word Count : 1063

Falklands War

Last Update:

Government of Sierra Leone allowed British task force ships to refuel at Freetown. VC10 transport aircraft landed at Banjul in The Gambia while flying between...

Word Count : 22986

Nigeria

Last Update:

a certain risk of explosion, which often leads to disasters at illegal plants. In 2022, Nigeria suffered 125 deaths from explosions at local, illegal...

Word Count : 23162

List of heads of state and government who died in office

Last Update:

Duncker & Humblot. 1891. p. 288. Retrieved 24 April 2024. Antić, Čedomir (2007). Neutrality as Independence: Great Britain, Serbia and the Crimean War....

Word Count : 4463

List of shipwrecks in 2007

Last Update:

The list of shipwrecks in 2007 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 2007. 11 ships sank or ran aground in the Black Sea due...

Word Count : 701

Massachusetts

Last Update:

Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013, at around 2:49 pm local time (EDT). The explosions killed three people and injured an estimated 264 others. The Federal Bureau...

Word Count : 21165

Atlantic slave trade

Last Update:

settled and established the Colony of Sierra Leone and the settlement of Freetown; these were newly freed African Americans and their descendants. Many of...

Word Count : 31322

Cairo

Last Update:

Raymond 1993, p. 16-18. Kennedy 2007, p. 161. Raymond 1993, p. 13. Abu-Lughod 1971, p. 7. Raymond 1993, p. 19. Kennedy 2007, p. 160. AlSayyad 2011, p. 42...

Word Count : 16199

World War II by country

Last Update:

Germany and Japan, but no military actions resulted from the declaration. Freetown served as a critical convoy station for the Allies. Singapore was part...

Word Count : 35972

John Green

Last Update:

second novel, An Abundance of Katherines (2006). Starting on January 1, 2007, John and his brother Hank launched the Vlogbrothers YouTube channel, a series...

Word Count : 17436

Werner Hartenstein

Last Update:

1942, U-156 was roughly 800 nautical miles (1,500 km; 920 mi) south of Freetown and the crew was still repairing minor damage, when the lookout spotted...

Word Count : 4011

List of coups and coup attempts since 2010

Last Update:

Retrieved 15 April 2023. Akinwotu, Emmanuel (15 April 2023). "Gunfire and explosions erupt across Sudan's capital as military rivals clash". Lagos, Nigeria:...

Word Count : 2350

Nairobi

Last Update:

"Build cities to contain population explosion". The Standard. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. "Kenya - unemployment rate 1999-2022"...

Word Count : 11681

Khartoum

Last Update:

an explosion at the Yarmouk munitions factory killed two people and injured another person. The Sudanese government claimed that the explosion was the...

Word Count : 4635

Brussels Airport

Last Update:

minutes with no injuries and without firing a shot.` On 22 March 2016, two explosions took place in Brussels Airport at 07:58 local time. One occurred near...

Word Count : 5442

MV Zaandam

Last Update:

Convoy WS 21P from the Firth of Clyde, and the merged convoy continued to Freetown, Sierra Leone. Zaandam continued unescorted via Aden to Suez in Egypt,...

Word Count : 2588

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net