- Mitsui Miike Coal Mine disaster
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The Mitsui Miike Coal Mine disaster was an accidental explosion at the Miike coal mine in Kyushu, Japan on 9 November 1963. Four-hundred fifty-eight people were killed by the explosion or carbon monoxide poisoning caused by the explosion. Eight-hundred thirty-nine others were injured by the blast or carbon monoxide poisoning. Many of the poisoned survivors suffered severe, permanent brain damage.[1][2]
References
- ^ Kawabata, Tai, "Film mines rich seams of history", Japan Times, 14 August 2011, p. 8.
- ^ Industrial pollution in Japan Chapter - 5 The Miike coal-mine explosion
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- 1963 disasters
- 1963 in Japan
- Explosions in Japan
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