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Amuay tragedy

Venezuelan refinery explosion
Event industrial_disaster Q5803217
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Summary

Amuay tragedy is an industrial disaster[1]. It draws 368 Wikipedia views per month (industrial disaster category, ranking #19 of 14).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Parroquia Judibana[3]
  • Country: Venezuela[4]
  • Instance of: industrial fire[5], environmental conflict[6]
  • Operator: PDVSA[7]
  • Location: Amuay refinery[8], Judibana[9]
  • Start time: August 25, 2012[10]
  • End time: August 25, 2012[11]
  • Point in time: August 25, 2012[12]
  • Has cause: gas explosion[13], industrial fire[14]
  • Number of deaths: 55[15]
  • Number of injured: 156[16]

Why It Matters

Amuay tragedy is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . ejatlas.org. ejatlas.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8d ago · Sadads · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    End time → +2012-08-25T00:00:00Z
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 11.744166666667, 'lon': -70.186111111111}
    Google knowledge graph id → /g/11dylngxq
    Number of deaths → {'amount': '+55'}
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Ejatlas id: venezuela-refinery-explosion-venezuela, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/327210661|Venezuela Refinery Explosion in Amuay, Venezuela (#327210"
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