INDIA
Date: Dec. 2 to 3, 1984
Location: Plant in Bhopal, India
Source: Dangerous gas escaped from Union Carbide plant
Casualty count: 15,000 to 20,000 dead
UKRAINE
Date: April 26, 1986
Location: Nuclear plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine
Source: Reactor meltdown at the nuclear plant
Casualty count: 4,000 to 9,000 people dead
CANADA
Date: Dec. 6, 1917
Location: Halifax harbour in Nova Scotia, Canada
Source: French ammunition ship Mont Blanc and the chartered
Belgian steamer Imo collided
Casualty count: Almost 2,000 dead
CHINA
Date: April 26, 1942
Location: Mine in Benxi, Ch…Keep on reading: World’s worst industrial disasters …read more
Source: The Philippine Daily Inquirer
