1976 explosion at a munitions factory in Lapua, Finland
Lapua Cartridge Factory explosion
Date
13 April 1976 (1976-04-13)
Location
Lapua, Finland
Deaths
40
Non-fatal injuries
60
The Lapua Cartridge Factory explosion (Finnish: Lapuan patruunatehtaan räjähdys) was an industrial disaster in an ammunition factory in Lapua, Finland on 13 April 1976. Forty workers[1] were killed and 60 people injured. This was Finland's worst industrial disaster.[2]
^"Suomen tuhoisimmasta räjähdyksestä 40 vuotta – arkkurivi hiljensi koko kansan" [Finland's devastating explosion 40 years on: the rows of coffins silenced the entire nation] (in Finnish). MTV3. 10 April 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
^Sumiala, Johanna (2013). Media and Ritual: Death, Community, and Everyday Life. Routledge. p. 95. ISBN 978-0415684323.
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