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The Marnskoe Accident was an event that occured on July 13, 1999 in Marnskoe, Alaska. As a result of the accident 20 people were killed and 971 were injured, the town was abandoned after the accident.

The Accident
As scheduled, a routine air test was being carried out on 20 test subjects. The purpose of Marnskoe was to evaluate human conditions while breathing in gases. On July 13, a new gas, created by Hingsock was being tested. It killed the 20 test subjects in the air tight room in 15 seconds. The building was evacuated, and 50 minutes later a spark set off by the rooms refrigerator blew up half of the town. No one was killed by the blast but the blast was so large and caused so much damage, everyone besides the Marnskoe Test Facility Employees who knew the blast was coming and evacuated were left unscathed. No building did not receive damage.