Five most terrible fires in the history of the world's subways

5th place. April 20, 1987, Moscow was the cause of this fire, short-circuiting. About 8 o'clock in the evening between the Avtozavodskaya and Paveletskaya fired up one of the tail cars. Of the passengers, thank God, no one was hurt, but the material damage has turned serious. At Paveletskaya suffered greatly trim the southern part, underwent a major reconstruction. However, there were in this incident and its positive aspects: it was the reason for creating a system of automatic fire "Igla". By 1994, "Needles" is equipped with all the trains of the Moscow metro. 4th place. March 14th, 2012, Kiev

A year ago in Kiev are not burned trains and stations Osokorky Pavilion. Because of faulty wiring lit chandelier, then began to blaze a plastic ceiling. No fire, no smoke, no stampede to the victims failed, but the station itself almost burnt to ashes. However, remove the burned plastic was easy. Osokorki already washed the next day, but the ceiling was zakopchёnnym. 3rd place. November 18, 1987, London

There were no fire in the oldest subway in the world. The exact causes of fire at King's Cross station, the escalator has not called, most likely led to the tragedy of abandoned match. Then, in the London Underground could smoke. This habit has appeared for some really deadly: 31 people burned alive, 12 suffered severe burns. The incident led to the ban on smoking in the subway, and a complete review of safety rules. The "pipe" installed smoke detectors, surveillance cameras, and wooden escalators were replaced by metal ones. By no responsibility was involved. 2nd place. August 10, 1903, Parizh

Until recently, the Paris fire was considered the most "bloody", he claimed the lives of a hundred people. On the stretch between stations and Ménilmontant Couronne in one of the cars was a short circuit. The locomotive was uncoupled from it, but to extinguish the fire with improvised means failed. Because the smoke was burning car driver did not notice a different composition and crashed into him at full speed. Firefighters to the site of the fire managed to get only the next day. Or rather, do not get a break. To get to the accident site, the Parisians had to blow up the tunnel, in the resulting gaps in the ground firefighters climbed. Help getting delayed, carbon monoxide did their dirty deed. 1 place. October 28, 1995, Baku The first place in our sad "fire rating" occupied Azerbaijan. Again, a very banal reason: the circuit in the traction motor. Because of him, in October 1995 in the tunnel between stations Ulduz and Nariman Narimanov one of the cars caught fire. Because of the crush, fire and suffocation killed 289 people, including 126 women and 28 children. Authorities blamed the incident on "outdated equipment underground inherited from the Soviet era." According to the number of victims of the Baku tragedy recognized as the largest in the history of the underground world.

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