20th anniversary of the deadly explosion at AZF, France

Landsat7 ETM acquired on 21 September 2001 at 10:24:28 UTC
Landsat8 OLI-TIRS acquired on 10 April 2014 at 10:36:03 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 13 October 2019 at 10:50:31 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 17 September 2021 at 10:46:39 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Environment, anniversary, disaster, security, pollution, Toulouse, France
Fig. 1 - L7 (21.09.2001) - 7,5,3 colour composite - View of AZF factory near Toulouse only 2 hours after the explosion.
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The explosion occurred on 21 September 2001 at 08:17 UTC, killing 31 people and injuring over 2500, leaving a crater of 70 metres wide.
Fig. 2 - L8 (10.04.2014) - 4,3,2 natural colour - A cancer research centre was built on the site after a soil remediation : The Oncopole.
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Fig. 3 - S2 (13.10.2019) - 4,3,2 natural colour - In 2019, the construction of a photovoltaic power plant has started near the Oncopole.
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Fig. 4 - S2 (17.09.2021) - 4,3,2 natural colour - The power plant is now operational, producing around 20,000 of megawatt-hour.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025, processed by VisioTerra.
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