An Entire Street Explodes Without Warning: The Clarkston Gas Explosion | Fascinating Horror

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Published on May 27, 2025 9:15:00 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmgnK4ftcc0

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This short documentary tells the story of a deadly gas explosion that took place without warning in Glasgow, Scotland in October 1971...

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CHAPTERS: 🔖
► 00:00 - Intro
► 01:04 - Background
► 02:24 - The Clarkston Gas Explosion
► 06:46 - The Aftermath

MUSIC: 🎵
► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory

SOURCES: 📑
► "Remembering Glasgow's devastating Clarkston Toll disaster 50 years on" by David McLean, published by Glasgow Live, October 2021. Link: https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/history/remembering-glasgows-devastating-clarkston-toll-21925850
► "50 years on from the Clarkston gas explosion" by Mark Smith, published by The Herald, October 2021. Link: https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19642288.50-years-clarkston-gas-explosion/
► "The day a Scottish shopping street exploded" by Steven Brocklehurst, published by BBC News, October 2021. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-58625427
► "Formal verdict Returned on 21 Clarkston victims" by James Murphy, published by The Herald, February 1972. Available via: https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HZZAAAAAIBAJ
► "The Disasters That Shocked Scotland" Series 1: Episode 6, broadcast by the BBC, August 2021. Available via: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000yn25/the-disasters-that-shocked-scotland-series-1-episode-6

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