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Chemical cabinet explodes at TU München

Theresienstraße 60, Tuesday 1.Jul.2008

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eos
Theresienstraße was closed around 6-7pm on July 1st from Barrerstraße to Türkenstraße, with many fire trucks stopped nearby. Supposedly something exploded in the TUM building (math department?). Does anyone know what happened?
eos
It seems like a cabinet with "chemicals" exploded, and 11 people were lightly injured. Cause unknown, and nothing about what exploded.

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Chemikalientresor explodiert in TU München

Nachrichten von merkur-online-de
Altstadt (München), Mi, 02.07.08 10:02
München - Bei der Explosion eines Chemikalienschrankes in einem Labor der Technischen Universität München (TUM) sind elf Menschen leicht verletzt worden. Die Ursache für die Explosion im Institut für Naturwissenschaften am Dienstagabend war zunächst noch nicht geklärt.
GreenTea
First the nerve gas incident at the Technical University in Garching, now this... How safe are these chemistry labs?
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