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Amuay tragedy

Venezuelan refinery explosion
Event industrial_disaster Q5803217

Facts

12 properties
Instance of
industrial disaster, industrial fire, environmental conflict[4][5]
Country
Venezuela[3]
Location
Amuay refinery, Judibana[7][8]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 11.744°, -70.186°
End time
August 25, 2012[10]
Has cause
gas explosion, industrial fire[12][13]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Parroquia Judibana[2]
Number of deaths
+55[14]
Number of injured
+156[15]
Operator
PDVSA[6]
Point in time
August 25, 2012[11]
Start time
August 25, 2012[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en Amuay refinery explosion en Amuay tragedy es explosion en la refineria de Amuay es explosión en la refinería de Amuay es explosion en la Refineria de Amuay en Venezuela deja varios muertos y decenas de heridos es explosión en la Refinería de Amuay en Venezuela deja varios muertos y decenas de heridos es tragedia de Amuay pt Tragédia de Amuay zh 阿穆艾炼油厂爆炸事故 zh-hant 阿穆艾煉油廠爆炸事故
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Tanque de refinería Amuay en llamas.jpg ↗
EJAtlas ID
venezuela-refinery-explosion-venezuela
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11dylngxq

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Summary

Amuay tragedy is an industrial disaster[1].

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  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . ejatlas.org. ejatlas.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 29d ago · Sadads · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    End time → +2012-08-25T00:00:00Z
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 11.744166666667, 'lon': -70.186111111111}
    Google Knowledge Graph ID → /g/11dylngxq
    Number of deaths → {'amount': '+55'}
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ EJAtlas ID: venezuela-refinery-explosion-venezuela, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/327210661|Venezuela Refinery Explosion in Amuay, Venezuela (#327210"
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