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Answered by subhash9947
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The Balvano train disaster was the deadliest railway accident in Italian history and one of the worst railway disasters ever.[1][2] It occurred on the night between 2-3 March 1944 in Balvano, Basilicata. Over 500 people in a steam-hauled, coal-burning freight train (mostly stowaways) died of carbon monoxide poisoning during a protracted stall in a tunnel.[3]

Balvano train disaster

Some of the corpses gathered in the Balvano railway station

DetailsDate3 March 1944

after 00:50LocationBalvano, BasilicataCountryItalyLineBattipaglia–Metaponto railwayOperatorFerrovie dello StatoIncident typeCarbon monoxide poisoningCauseexcessive weight; bad quality coal; lack of natural ventilation in the tunnel

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Answered by saikatkundu42
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The Balvano train disaster was the deadliest railway accident in Italian history and one of the worst railway disasters ever. It occurred on the night between 2-3 March 1944 in Balvano, Basilicata. Over 500 people in a steam-hauled, coal-burning freight train (mostly stowaways) died of carbon monoxide poisoning during a protracted stall in a tunnel.

Further information:

Date-3 March 1944

after 00:50

Location-Balvano, Basilicata

Country-Italy

Line:Battipaglia–Metaponto railway

Operator-Ferrovie dello Stato

Incident type-Carbon monoxide poisoning

Cause-excessive weight; bad quality coal; lack of natural ventilation in the tunnel

Trains-1

Deaths-517 (official figure by Italian Government)

Injured-90 poisoned

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