An <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_City_disaster" id="mw-Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Texas City disaster">explosion</a> on board a freighter in port causes the city of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_City,_Texas" id="mw-g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Texas City, Texas">Texas City, Texas</a>, United States, to catch fire, killing almost 600 people.<sup about="#mwt60" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-11"}}' id="cite_ref-11" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./April_16#cite_note-11" id="mw-w" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 11;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw_A">[11]</span></a></sup>
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