Wybuch gazu w Rotundzie PKO w Warszawie – eksplozja, która nastąpiła 15 lutego 1979 roku o godzinie 12:37 w budynku banku PKO w Warszawie znajdującym się u zbiegu ulicy Marszałkowskiej i Alei Jerozolimskich. Przyczyną zdarzenia był wybuch gazu ziemnego.
The 1979 explosion at PKO Bank Polski's Rotunda office in Warsaw took place on February 15, 1979, at 12:37 p.m. As a result, 49 people died and 135 were injured. Officially, the tragedy was caused by a gas explosion, but in the course of time much speculation appeared, and Varsovians talked among themselves that the building had been blown up by a bomb. Furthermore, to many the explosion served as a harbinger of future changes in Poland.
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