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===Historical incidents=== * On 16 July 1934, in [[Kummersdorf]], Germany, a propellant tank containing an experimental monopropellant mixture consisting of hydrogen peroxide and [[ethanol]] exploded during a test, killing three people.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.urbex.nl/heeresversuchsstelle-kummersdorf/|title=Heeresversuchsstelle Kummersdorf |date=2008-03-23|work=UrbEx β Forgotten & Abandoned|access-date=2018-06-01|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629160812/https://www.urbex.nl/heeresversuchsstelle-kummersdorf/|archive-date=29 June 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> * During the [[World War II|Second World War]], doctors in [[Nazi concentration camps|German concentration camps]] experimented with the use of hydrogen peroxide injections in the killing of human subjects.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Nazi Doctors: Medical Killing and the Psychology of Genocide |publisher=Robert Jay Lifton |url=https://phdn.org/archives/holocaust-history.org/lifton/LiftonT257.shtml |access-date=26 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627005245/https://phdn.org/archives/holocaust-history.org/lifton/LiftonT257.shtml |archive-date=27 June 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> * In December 1943, the pilot [[Josef PΓΆhs]] died after being exposed to the [[T-Stoff]] of his [[Messerschmitt Me 163]]. * In June 1955, Royal Navy submarine [[HMS Sidon (P259)#Accident|HMS ''Sidon'']] sank after leaking high-test peroxide in a torpedo caused it to explode in its tube, killing twelve crew members; a member of the rescue party also succumbed. * In April 1992, an explosion occurred at the hydrogen peroxide plant at [[Jarrie]] in France, due to technical failure of the computerised control system and resulting in one fatality and wide destruction of the plant.<ref>{{cite web|date=November 2007|title=Explosion and fire in a hydrogen peroxide plant|url=https://www.aria.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/fiche_detaillee/3536_en/?lang=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214154800/https://www.aria.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/fiche_detaillee/3536_en/?lang=en|archive-date=14 February 2022|publisher=ARIA}}</ref> * Several people received minor injuries after a hydrogen peroxide spill on board a [[Northwest Airlines]] flight from [[Orlando, Florida]] to [[Memphis, Tennessee]] on 28 October 1998.<ref>{{cite web|title=Accident No: DCA-99-MZ-001|url=https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/HZB0001.pdf|publisher=U.S. National Transportation Safety Board|access-date=30 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151103025027/https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/HZB0001.pdf|archive-date=3 November 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> * The Russian submarine [[Russian submarine Kursk (K-141)|K-141 ''Kursk'']] sailed to perform an exercise of firing dummy torpedoes at the ''[[Russian battlecruiser Pyotr Velikiy|Pyotr Velikiy]]'', a [[Kirov-class battlecruiser|''Kirov''-class battlecruiser]]. On 12 August 2000, at 11:28 local time (07:28 UTC), [[Kursk submarine disaster|there was an explosion]] while preparing to fire the torpedoes. The only credible report to date is that this was due to the failure and explosion of one of the ''Kursk'''s hydrogen peroxide-fueled torpedoes. It is believed that [[High test peroxide|HTP]], a form of highly concentrated hydrogen peroxide used as propellant for the torpedo, seeped through its container, damaged either by rust or in the loading procedure on land where an incident involving one of the torpedoes accidentally touching ground went unreported. The vessel was lost with all hands.<ref>{{Cite web| vauthors = Mizokami K |date=28 September 2018|title=The True Story of the Russian Kursk Submarine Disaster|url=https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/a23494010/kursk-submarine-disaster/|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220214155136/https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/a23494010/kursk-submarine-disaster/ |archive-date=14 February 2022}}</ref> * On 15 August 2010, a spill of about {{convert|30|USgal|L}} of cleaning fluid occurred on the 54th floor of 1515 Broadway, in [[Times Square]], [[New York City]]. The spill, which a spokesperson for the [[New York City Fire Department]] said was of hydrogen peroxide, shut down Broadway between West 42nd and West 48th streets as fire engines responded to the [[HAZMAT|hazmat]] situation. There were no reported injuries.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bleach Spill Shuts Part of Times Square|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/16/nyregion/16square.html|date=16 August 2010|work=The New York Times| vauthors = Wheaton S |access-date=24 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201132854/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/16/nyregion/16square.html|archive-date=1 December 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
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