Worst underground train disaster
- Who
- Baku underground
- What
- 300 people
- Where
- Azerbaijan (Baku,)
- When
- 28 October 1995
On October 28, 1995, approximately 300 people were killed (and at least 250 people injured) when the underground train in which they were travelling caught fire in a tunnel between two metro stations at Baku, Azerbaijan.
Government officials blamed the fire on an electrical malfunction. Some reports (denied by Azeri authorities) blamed a bomb. Many of the passengers were killed by carbon monoxide poisoning when toxic materials in the subway cars caught fire. Others were victims of the panic that ensued.