1979 Warsaw gas explosion
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1979 Warsaw gas explosion
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The 1979 explosion at PKO Bank Polski's Rotunda office in Warsaw took place on 15 February 1979, at 12:37 p.m. As a result, 49 people died and 135 were injured. Officially, the tragedy was caused by a gas explosion, but in the course of time much speculation appeared, and Varsovians talked among themselves that the building had been blown up by a bomb. Furthermore, to many the explosion served as a harbinger of future changes in Poland.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Warsaw_gas_explosion
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2024-04-09T23:05:34Z
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