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Document ID (ISN)78584
CIS number 02-885
ISSN - Serial title 0014-6269 - Face au risque
Year 2002
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Dosne R.
Title Major industrial accident at the AZF site in Toulouse (I)
Original title Catastrophe industrielle sur le site AZF de Toulouse (I) [in French]
Bibliographic information Feb. 2002, No.380, p.24-28. Illus.
Abstract Description of a major accident due to an explosion in a fertilizer plant in Toulouse, France, 21 September 2001, which resulted in 30 fatalities and 2200 injuries. The explosion occurred in an ammonium nitrate storage unit. The causes have not yet been established. The article covers the chronology of events during the first few hours after the accident, focussing on the efforts of emergency services, the evacuation and the sheltering of the disaster victims.
Descriptors (primary) explosions; major hazards; ammonium nitrate; fertilizer industry; disasters
Descriptors (secondary) France; accident descriptions; neighbourhood populations; emergency organization; fatalities; injuries
Document type D - Periodical articles
Country / State or ProvinceFrance
Subject(s) Fire and explosions
Broad subject area(s) Fires, explosions and major hazards
Browse category(ies) Major hazards
Chemical industry
Inorganic substances
Explosions