As of 2020, where did the world's deadliest subway disaster take place?
On 28 October 1995, a fire broke out in the subway system of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, between the stations Ulduz and Nariman Narimanov. According to official figures, the fire killed 289 people: 286 passengers (including 28 children) and three rescue workers, while 270 people were injured. The fire was deemed to have been caused by electrical malfunction, but the possibility of deliberate sabotage was not excluded.
Although a number of people who evacuated the train survived, the fire remains the world's deadliest subway disaster. One person, Chingiz Babayev, was posthumously awarded the title of the National Hero of Azerbaijan for saving passengers' lives.
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Jerry Edwards
Lancashireredrosebabe ,
I've just googled the MalBone Street Subway Disaster. That one was the deadliest disaster of is kind in NEW YORK.
There, an estimated 100 people died.
Doesn't compare to the 289 in Baku!
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Ketan Patel, I don't think it was a country that was spoke about then especially being former USSR but unlike many of those countries it has acquired some wealth thanks to oil.
Ketan Patel
Do not recall this disaster but a very sad event indeed.