The Enschede fireworks disaster (known in the Netherlands as the Vuurwerkramp meaning "fireworks disaster") was a catastrophic en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireworken.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosio occurring at the SE Fireworks depot on 13 May 2000, in the eastern Dutch city of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enschede The en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflagration led to an enormous en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosion which killed 23 people including fourhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefighter, and injured 947.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enschede_fireworks_disaster#cite_note-1 400 homes were destroyed and 1500 buildings damaged. The first explosion had a strength in the order of 800 kg en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinitrotoluene equivalence, while the strength of the final explosion was within the range of 4000–5000 kg TNT.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enschede_fireworks_disaster#cite_note-2 The biggest blast was felt up to 30 kilometres (19 mi) from the scene.