A major disaster in the history of Japan today | Big explosion at the munitions factory in Yokohama, Japan Fire in Windsor Castle, England

I. Big explosion at the munitions factory in Yokohama, Japan

November 20, 1959 (58 years ago), a Japanese city of Yokohama factory manufacturing arms for the US and Taiwan, Chiang Kai-shek in the Big Bang occurred, resulting in a large massacre of more than twelve hundred casualties.

According to the “Red Flag” report, three workers were killed in the explosion of the Toyo Chemical Co. Yokohama factory, more than 20 workers were seriously injured, more than 300 primary and middle school students in the vicinity were injured, and more than 1,000 people were generally injured.

According to the Yokohama City Fire Bureau statistics, 31 buildings were destroyed. Nearly 5,400 households were damaged in the nearby area, with a loss of approximately 175.3 million yen.

This factory began making ammunition for the U.S. military in March 1953 . In the workshop, American rifles, shells and rockets piled up.

The fragment of the wooden box found in the accident site states that the consignee of this batch of arms was the Navy of the Chiang Kai-shek Group.

The general manager of the plant said after the explosion: "Work related to the US military must continue."

The senator of the Communist Party of Japan, Masaaki Iwasawa, questioned the government on this explosion in the same day.

He pointed out that in areas of culture and education that require safety and calm, this dangerous factory should be closed immediately.

The affected residents and the principals of the 10 primary and secondary schools in the area all expressed their opposition to the resumption of the factory and launched a campaign to drive away the factory.

Second, the British Windsor Castle fire

November 20, 1992 morning, located 50 kilometers west of London and the River Thames Windsor royal palace suddenly caught fire. The fire started from a small chapel in the northeast of the castle and spread rapidly. Five miles away, the fire could be seen rising.

More than 200 firefighters Wen Xun rushed to the scene to extinguish the fire. Nearby residents and tourists formed a “human chain” to grab books, paintings and cultural relics from the fire. The Queen's second son, Prince Andrew, who was at the time of the fire, also joined the "human chain" to save precious cultural relics. After hearing the news, the Queen also rushed to the scene to see the fire. A book and a famous painting fell out of the flames along the “human chain.” Even the Victorian world’s largest single carpet was rescued.

Prince Andrew was interviewed by reporters at the scene. He highly praised people for their brave, quick and effective fire-fighting operations. However, due to the intricate complexity of the internal passages in the castle, firefighters are easily disoriented, greatly increasing the danger of fire fighting. About a dozen people were admitted to hospital because of burns.

After more than four hours of fighting, the fire was under control. The Brunswick Tower, the church's private prayer room, the St. George's Banquet Hall, the Kremson Studios, the Chester Tower and other buildings in the old castle have been severely damaged, and the roof of the St George’s Banquet Hall has collapsed. There are 6 famous paintings burned. Losses amount to tens of millions of pounds.

The cause of the fire was a worker who, when cleaning ancient paintings, spilled flammable liquids on a high-temperature halogen lamp, causing a great disaster.

Windsor Castle is the main residence of members of the British royal family. The castle is located in the royal municipality of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England. It is located on the chalk hill and covers an area of 5 hectares . It consists of two courtyards, separated by a huge round tower. As early as the Saxon era there was a royal residence. Henry I began to become the royal residence here. There are 1000 rooms in the castle and it is the largest castle in Britain. Windsor Castle has a history of 900 years. Many major events in British history are related to it. In 1640 , Charles I, who was cut off by Cromwell in the British bourgeois revolution, was buried here. The Queen Victoria, who led the United Kingdom towards prosperity, liked Windsor most. She spends most of her life here and is buried nearby. During the Second World War, Queen Elizabeth II also spent her girlhood here. The relatives of the Queen often spend the weekend here. In April and June of each year , the Queen also came to live here. It also attracts a large number of tourists, and 4 million people visit it every year .

The fire incident at the Windsor Castle was another serious fire in the British Royal Building following the 1987 fire at the Coton Royal Palace in Hamton, London.

The information in this article comes from the Internet and was reorganized and edited by China Rescue Equipment Network.