# Explosion in Bucharest

- URL: https://syn.by/en/history/archives/explosion-in-bucharest/
- Published: 1924-06-08T18:20:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-26T21:25:14+00:00
- Section: Archives
- Language: en
- BE edition: https://syn.by/historya/arkhivy/vybuch-u-bukareshcie.md
- RU edition: https://syn.by/ru/istoriya/arhivy/vzryv-v-bukharyestye.md

> In Bucharest an ammunition depot holding a thousand wagons of munitions has blown up. The paper links the explosion to the one in the Warsaw Citadel and to Romania's preparations for war with the Soviets.

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Following the well-known explosion in the Warsaw Citadel, a similar incident took place in Bucharest, the capital of Romania, at the very moment when Romania is preparing for war with the USSR. About a thousand wagons of ammunition exploded, including 12000 artillery shells that had only just been brought from the Škoda munitions factories.

The explosion caused terrible damage.