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On July 30, 2012, a train fire kills 32 passengers and injures 27 on the Tamil Nadu Express in Andhra Pradesh, India. The year's #1 song was "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye featuring Kimbra. Artem Kotenko, Princess Athena of Denmark, Blue Ivy Carter would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · July 30, 2012
The Nellore train fire occurred on 30 July 2012, when the Chennai-bound Tamil Nadu Express train caught fire at 4:22 am near Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India. At least 32 passengers died and 27 were injured. The fire gutted the S-11 sleeper coach in 20 minutes.
Around 2012
2012 (MMXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2012th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 12th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2010s decade.
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2012 public transit disaster in Andhra Pradesh, India
The Nellore train fire occurred on 30 July 2012, when the Chennai-bound Tamil Nadu Express train caught fire at 4:22 am near Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India. At least 32 passengers died and 27 were injured. The fire gutted the S-11 sleeper coach in 20 minutes.
Widespread power outages in India
Two severe power outages affected most of northern and eastern India on 30 and 31 July 2012. 5 hrs. During that period, it was the largest power outage in history by number of people affected, beating the January 2001 blackout in Northern India.
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