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BrightSparklersFireworksdisaster
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TheBrightSparklersFireworksfireoccurredinSungai
Buloh,Selangor,Malaysiaon7May1991.[1][2]TheBright
SparklersFireworksFactoryinSungaiBuloh,Selangor
caughtfireandcausedahugeexplosion.[1][2]Twentysix
peoplewerekilledandoverahundredpeoplewereinjuredin
thedisaster.[2]Theexplosionwasstrongenoughtoripthe
roofsofsomelocalhouses,andendedupdamagingover200
residentialproperties.[3]
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Victims
Inpopularculture
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BrightSparklersFireworksdisaster
Time
3.45pmMST
Date
7May1991
Venue
SungaiBuloh
Location
SungaiBuloh,Selangor,
Malaysia
Alsoknownas
HiroshimaofSungaiBuloh
Cause
Testingonnewfireworks
Deaths
26
Nonfatal
injuries
83
Cause
Thecauseofthetragedyisbelievedtohavebeencausedbyexplosiveschemicalsplitduringanexperimentin
thecanteenofthefactory.Thechemicalssparkedofffiresthatrapidlyspreadtoanearbypileoflarge
firecrackers,knownasthe"bazookas".The"bazookas"inturnsetoffthechainofexplosionsthatrippedapart
thefactoryandthenearbybuildings,includingthefactorynottomentionrockingtheKampungBaruSungai
Buloh.
Victims
26peoplewerekilledand83peoplewereinjured.VictimsweretakentotheKualaLumpurHospitalforfurther
treatments.
Inpopularculture
TV3'sdocumentaryprogramme,DetikTragik(TragicMoments)producedanepisodeaboutthefireworks
disaster.
Seealso
Listoffires
References
1.Jayakrishman,S.Chung,Alex(17April1993)."FirmBlamedforExplosion".NewSundayTimes.Retrieved
10December2010.
2.Pereira,IanDavid,Adrian(7May2001)."PainfulmemoriesofBrightSparklers".NewStraitsTimes.Retrieved
10December2010.
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3."SungaiBulohnewvillagewellknownforSMEsandrestaurantsofferinggoodfood".TheStar.Malaysia.20
January2015.Retrieved21April2015.
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