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Iri Station Explosion
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Date11 November 1977
LocationIri, now Iksan
Coordinates35°56′26″N 126°56′47″E / 35.94062°N 126.94636°E / 35.94062; 126.94636
CountrySouth Korea
Incident typeMunitions Explosion
Statistics
Trains1
Deaths59
Injured1300+

The Iri station explosion was a disaster that occurred in Iri, North Jeolla, South Korea on November 11, 1977, at 9:15 p.m. About 40 tons of dynamite carried in a freight train Gwangju exploded at Iri station. The town and train station have both been rechristened as Iksan. At least 56 people were killed.[1]

  1. ^ "Huge Explosion Reportedly Kills Scores in N. Korea Border Town". Reuters. November 3, 1991. Retrieved July 6, 2019. The news agency said the explosion was much more powerful than a blast in the southern South Korean city of Iri in 1977 when a freight train carrying dynamite blew up, killing 56 people and injuring 1,300.

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