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The same was true on August 9th. The irony was that Nagasaki was well served with good bomb metal gear shelters and far fewer people would have been killed or injured if the air raid sirens had been listened to. The surrounding hills had tunnels dug into them which metal gear would have been very effective for the people who could have reached them. 'Fat Man' was a very effective bomb. Its blast was bigger than 'Little Boy's' but its metal gear impact was reduced by the natural topography of the city. Where the bomb blast hit at its peak, massive damage was done. An area about 2.3 miles by 1.9 miles was destroyed but other parts of the city were saved from the blast. Curiously, the city's train service was not interrupted and the fire damage that followed Hiroshima did not occur in Nagasaki as many parts of the city were broken up by water.
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