_Low.jpg) The PEMEX terminal after the accident, with the two surviving LPG spheres. In the foreground, part of the totally destroyed housing area. | |
  San Juanico  Toluca Mexico City Location of San Juan Ixhuatepec in the State of Mexico | |
| Date | 19 November 1984 |
|---|---|
| Venue | Pemex LPG storage plant in San Juan Ixhuatepec |
| Location | Tlalnepantla de Baz municipality, State of Mexico, Mexico |
| Type | Multiple boiling liquid expanding vapor explosions |
| Deaths | 500+ |
| Non-fatal injuries | 5000–7000 |
The San Juanico disaster involved a series of fires and explosions at a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tank farm in the settlement of San Juan Ixhuatepec (popularly known as San Juanico), a municipality of Tlalnepantla de Baz, State of Mexico, Mexico, on 19 November 1984.[1] The facility and the settlement, part of Greater Mexico City, were devastated, with 500–600 victims killed, and 5000–7000 suffering severe burns.[2] It is one of the deadliest industrial disasters in world history,[1] and the deadliest industrial accident involving fires and/or explosions from hazardous materials in a process or storage plant since the Oppau explosion in 1921.
- ^ a b Arturson, G. (1987). "The Tragedy of San Juanico—the Most Severe LPG Disaster in History". Burns. 13 (2): 87–102. doi:10.1016/0305-4179(87)90096-9. PMID 3580941.
- ^ "Accidente de San Juan de Ixhuatepec" [The San Juan de Ixhuatepec Accident]. Universidad de Zaragoza (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 1 July 2007. Retrieved 11 June 2008.