North Division Street explosion
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The North Division Street explosion was an explosion on December 27, 1983 in a warehouse at the intersection of North Division and Grosvenor Streets in Buffalo, New York. The building contained an illegal 500-gallon propane tank whose valve was broken off while it was being moved and the building was evacuated. The propane started to leak and eventually reached an open flame. The tank exploded, killing five firefighters and two civilians; and damaging a dozen city blocks and causing millions of dollars of damage in fire equipment.
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- Major Multi-Firefighter Fatal U.S. Fires Since 1960 See also [1]
- Devastation in Buffalo
- Buffalo Blast Claims 7th Victim
- The Buffalo Fire Historical Society - has special collection on the blast
- 1983 Buffalo Blast Killed Five Firefighters, Two Civilians and Injured Many by Mike Lombardo
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