Crevedia is a commune in Dâmbovița County,

Muntenia Muntenia (, also known in English as Greater Wallachia) is a historical region of Romania, part of Wallachia (also, sometimes considered Wallachia proper, as ''Muntenia'', ''Țara Românească'', and the seldom used ''Valahia'' are synonyms in R ...

, Romania with a population of 6,617 people. It is composed of five villages: Cocani, Crevedia, Dârza, Mănăstirea and Samurcași. The commune mayor's illegal

liquefied petroleum gas Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG or LP gas) is a fuel gas which contains a flammable mixture of hydrocarbon gases, specifically propane, propylene, butylene, isobutane and n-butane. LPG is used as a fuel gas in heating appliances, cooking e ...

business was the cause of a series of explosions in August 2023 resulting in six deaths and numerous injured including firefighters that were responding to the blaze that caused the explosion.

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Communes in Dâmbovița County Localities in Muntenia {{Dâmboviţa-geo-stub