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- At approximately 12 p.m. local time on Saturday, March 15th, 2008, an ex-military ammunition depot in the village of Gërdec in the Vorë Municipality of Albania (14 kilometers from Tirana, the nation's capital), U.S and Albanian munitions experts were preparing to destroy stockpiles of obsolete ammunition. The methodical destruction of the old ammunition was supposed to occur with a series of small, controlled explosions. However, a chain of events led to the entire stockpile detonating simultaneously. Hundreds of houses were demolished within a few kilometres of the depot, while car windows on the Tirana-Durres highway were shattered by the main explosion, which involved more than 400 tonnes of propellant in containers. A large fire caused a series of smaller but powerful explosions that continued until 2 a.m. on Sunday. The explosions could be heard as far away as the Macedonian capital of Skopje, 170 km (110 mi) away. Thousands of artillery shells, most of them un-exploded, littered the area. The blast shattered all of the windows of the terminal building at the country's only international airport, and every flight was suspended for approximately 40 minutes. Some of the 4000 inhabitants of the zone were evacuated and offered shelter in state-owned resorts. The Government declared the zone a disaster area. According to subsequent investigations, a privately managed ammo dismantling process was ongoing in the area. (en)
- Die Explosionskatastrophe von Gërdec war ein tödlicher Unfall, der sich am 15. März 2008 um 12:05 Uhr Lokalzeit in einem Munitionslager nordwestlich des zentralalbanischen Dorfes Gërdec ereignete. Während der stundenlang andauernden Explosionen 15 Kilometer westlich von Tirana starben 26 Personen. Mehr als 300 Menschen wurden verletzt und über 2300 Gebäude wurden beschädigt oder zerstört. (de)
- Eksplozje w Gërdec - seria eksplozji, do których doszło 15 marca 2008 w bazie wojskowej we wsi Gërdec, leżącej 18 km na północny zachód od Tirany. W wyniku eksplozji śmierć poniosło 26 osób, a ponad 296 zostało rannych. (pl)
- Explosionerna i Gërdec 2008 var en serie explosioner som inträffade den 15 mars 2008 vid ett gammalt militärt ammunitionsförråd i byn Gërdec, Vorë kommun i Albanien (14 kilometer från Tirana). Explosionerna kunde höras så långt som till Makedoniens huvudstad Skopje, 170 kilometer från explosionsplatsen. (sv)
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- Die Explosionskatastrophe von Gërdec war ein tödlicher Unfall, der sich am 15. März 2008 um 12:05 Uhr Lokalzeit in einem Munitionslager nordwestlich des zentralalbanischen Dorfes Gërdec ereignete. Während der stundenlang andauernden Explosionen 15 Kilometer westlich von Tirana starben 26 Personen. Mehr als 300 Menschen wurden verletzt und über 2300 Gebäude wurden beschädigt oder zerstört. (de)
- Eksplozje w Gërdec - seria eksplozji, do których doszło 15 marca 2008 w bazie wojskowej we wsi Gërdec, leżącej 18 km na północny zachód od Tirany. W wyniku eksplozji śmierć poniosło 26 osób, a ponad 296 zostało rannych. (pl)
- Explosionerna i Gërdec 2008 var en serie explosioner som inträffade den 15 mars 2008 vid ett gammalt militärt ammunitionsförråd i byn Gërdec, Vorë kommun i Albanien (14 kilometer från Tirana). Explosionerna kunde höras så långt som till Makedoniens huvudstad Skopje, 170 kilometer från explosionsplatsen. (sv)
- At approximately 12 p.m. local time on Saturday, March 15th, 2008, an ex-military ammunition depot in the village of Gërdec in the Vorë Municipality of Albania (14 kilometers from Tirana, the nation's capital), U.S and Albanian munitions experts were preparing to destroy stockpiles of obsolete ammunition. The methodical destruction of the old ammunition was supposed to occur with a series of small, controlled explosions. However, a chain of events led to the entire stockpile detonating simultaneously. Hundreds of houses were demolished within a few kilometres of the depot, while car windows on the Tirana-Durres highway were shattered by the main explosion, which involved more than 400 tonnes of propellant in containers. A large fire caused a series of smaller but powerful explosions that c (en)
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- 2008 Gërdec explosions (en)
- Eksplozje w Gërdec (pl)
- Explosionerna i Gërdec 2008 (sv)
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