What our case studies show

A star after a word means any word that starts with those letters.

Fireworks or explosives

firework*, firecracker*, cracker*, pyrotechnic*, gunpowder, explosive*, ammunition, detonat*, carbide, drone strike, blasting, hazardous cargo

LPG cylinder or gas leak

lpg, cng, gas cylinder, gas cylinders, cylinder*, gas leak*, gas leakage, cooking gas, methane, biogas, gas explosion, gas line, natural gas, gas pipeline, png, propane, acetylene

Electrical fault or short circuit

short circuit, short circuited, electrical, electric fault, wiring, transformer, electrocut*, power bank, lithium, e scooter, electric scooter, charging, charger, air conditioner, ac unit, ac compressor, battery, batteries, overhead line, live wire, high tension, power line, inverter

Cooking, smoking or open flame

cooking fire, kitchen fire, open stove, kitchen stove, gas stove, oil fryer, cigarette*, smoking, candle*, diya, tandoor

Industrial process or chemical

chemical factory, chemical plant, chemical unit, chemical fire, chemical explosion, chemical reaction, chemical spill, chemical leak, chemical blast, chemical warehouse, chemicals, reactor, boiler, solvent*, pharma*, hydrogenation, adhesive, welding, crane, furnace, refinery, petrochemical, dust explosion, industrial accident, hazardous material, extraction facility, steel plant, corex, dye, dyeing, gas exposure, toxic, ammonia, chlorine, mine, mining, coal, cellulose, hot work, pressure vessel

Building collapse or structural failure

collapse*, caved in, structural failure, structural collapse, retaining wall, demolition

Crowd crush or stampede

stampede*, crowd crush, crush, crowd surge, crowd management, crowd control, jostling

Natural hazard (flood, landslide, cyclone, heat, quake)

flood*, flash flood, landslide*, cyclone*, typhoon, hurricane, tropical storm, earthquake*, heatwave, heat wave, cloudburst, avalanche, glacier, tsunami, wildfire, forest fire, subsidence, waterlog*, lightning, rainfall, monsoon

Road, rail, air or boat crash, or vehicle fire

crash*, collision, collisions, collid*, overturn*, derail*, capsiz*, ran over, head on, rear end, hit and run, level crossing, brake failure, bus fire, car fire, truck fire, vehicle fire, skid*, swerv*, pile up, fell into, falls into, left the road, road accident, bus accident, car accident, expressway accident, highway accident, train accident, truck accident, rail accident, air crash, gorge

Other or not stated

drown*, attack, terror*, hijack*, takeover, fraud, scam, cyber*, impersonat*, poison*, immersion

post_id

The WordPress post ID of the case study. Stable: use it to join rows between downloads.

date

YYYY-MM-DD, or YYYY-MM when only the month is known

date_precision

day | month. A month-only date is not the first of the month.

title

place

state

country

incident_type

The map type of the case study (fire and explosion, transport by road, rail, air or boat, and so on).

incident_mechanism

What happened, where our rules can tell: a crash or vehicle fire, a collapse, a stampede, a natural hazard. Empty when the incident is not one of these. It says what happened, not why.

primary_cause

Our own rule-based classification of our write-up. Not an official finding. Cause not yet established when our write-up says the cause is open, whatever the type of incident.

cause_status

established | not_established | not_stated. established means our write-up names a cause and does not call it open; it is not an official finding.

cause_hint

A suspected cause, only when the cause is not yet established and our write-up clearly points one way. A hint, not a finding.

cause_confidence

high | medium | low | reviewed (reviewed means checked by hand against the write-up)

deaths

Empty means not reported. A zero means the sources reported none.

injured

Empty means not reported.

figure_note

Plain words when the figures need a caution: a range, an estimate, or a count that covers only part of the event. Empty when there is nothing to add.

latitude

longitude

case_study_url