It was also one of the deadliest in the history [fr] of the Ronchamp coal mines, killing twenty and injuring sixteen.

The disaster had a profound impact on the local population and national opinion, calling into question the safety of firedamp mines and the conditions of ventilation.

[5] Depending on the version, the explosion was caused either by contact with the flames of the lamps of the workers in the tunnel or by the presence of one of them in the old workings.

[6] The deflagration spread over a distance[6] of 800 meters, killing twenty people, including a miner manager, injuring sixteen with varying degrees of seriousness, and destroying the mine.

However, several other serious explosions occurred in the area, and the second disaster at the Saint-Louis coal mine claimed the lives of thirty miners on 31 May 1830.