wybuch gazu w Rotundzie PKO w Warszawie (Q3847792)

Summary from Język polski / Polish Wikipedia (plwiki)

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.

Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

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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