Marcinelle mining disaster

The Marcinelle mining disaster was a major mining accident, which occurred at the Bois du Cazier coal mine]] at Marcinelle, Hainaut Province, in Belgium, on 8 August 1956. It was caused by an underground electrical fire, which trapped a large number of mineworkers, many of them guest workers from Italy, who died of smoke inhalation and carbon monoxide poisoning before they could be rescued. In total, 262 miners were killed and it remains prominent in folk memory in Belgium.

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