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Switzerland Explosion Fortress Dailly (1946)
The fortress of Dailly, part of the Saint-Maurice fortified area, is located in the district of Aigle in the canton of Vaud, on the right side of the Rhone valley and on the south-west side of the L`Aiguille at about 1300 metres on a rocky terrace. The Savatan-Dailly-Aiguille installation is one of the largest artillery works of the Swiss Army, with rock tunnels of almost 25 km in total length linking shelters, command posts and dozens of gun turrets. On 28 May 1946, a large part of Fort Dailly was destroyed by the explosion of three ammunition magazines containing 449 tonnes of ammunition. The soldiers present in the fort happened to spend the night outside and remained unharmed, while ten workers engaged in repair work that night were killed. (luk)
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