Facts about Nagasaki bombing

By Euronews • Updated: 09/08/2017

At 11:01 a.m. On August 9, 1945 the US dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Nagasaki

The bomb was called “Fat Man”

At least 35,000 people were immediately killed and 60,000 injured

Estimated casualties of between 80,000 and 100,000

23% of Nagasaki’s buildings were consumed by flames

70% of the city’s industrial zone destroyed

The radius of total destruction was about 3.2 km

This was only the second nuclear weapon after Hiroshima to have been used in war

Nagasaki’s bomb was bigger than Hiroshima

It killed less people as it was away from the city centre