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The force of the explosion was sufficient such that
Copenhagen residents believed an atom bomb had been dropped 3 workers at the gasworks were killed by the explosion, a man in a nearby bakery died of shock and another man died from falling roof tiles. In total 200 people were hospitalised. More than
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On 26 September 1964, at 9.36 am, an explosion occurred in the gasworks control house. This was one of the buildings out towards
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After the explosion, the works – which was only functioning for distribution and storage – was completely closed and leveled by the authorities. Today it is used for housing. Gas storage was moved to a gasholder built nearby on Køgevej.
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