Arzamas Train Explosion Kills 91, Injures 1,500 – June 4, 1988
Three cars on a train carrying hexogen to Kazakhstan explode in Arzamas, Gorky Oblast, USSR, killing 91 and injuring about 1,500.
Date: June 4, 1988
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