EXPLOSION
OH LOOK, A SHINY THING! Explosions
Newsroom quote of the day: "Why does Lake Wilson keep blowing up?" It was said in relation to this story about a vaporizer explosion in the small town of Lake Wilson. It wasn't meant to be f...
Posted on 11/18/09 at 11:29 AM
Insurgents battle Afghan forces near Kabul airport 
At least five heavily armed insurgents were engaged in an hours-long gunbattle with security forces on the perimeter of Afghanistan's main airport Monday after they tried to attack NATO's airport headquarters with rocket-propelled grenades, assault rifles and at least one large bomb, the army and police said.
By Patrick Quinn and Rahim Faiez , June 09, 2013
Derailment, blast near Baltimore rattles homes
A CSX freight train crashed into a trash truck and derailed Tuesday in a Baltimore suburb and the explosion that followed rattled homes at least a half-mile away, sending a plume of smoke into the air that could be seen for miles, officials and witnesses said.
By Ben Nuckols , May 28, 2013
Texas launches criminal probe into plant explosion
Texas law enforcement officials on Friday launched a criminal investigation into the massive fertilizer plant explosion that killed 14 people last month, after weeks of largely treating the blast as an industrial accident.
By Angela K. Brown and Ramit Plushnick-Masti , May 10, 2013
3 hurt as fuel barges explode, catch fire in Alabama
Firefighters in Mobile, Ala. and the Coast Guard responded Wednesday night to four explosions on two fuel barges in the Mobile River in Alabama that left three people injured.
By Associated Press , April 24, 2013
Crews seek survivors, bodies after Texas blast
Rescuers searched the smoking remnants of a Texas farm town Thursday for survivors of a thunderous fertilizer plant explosion, gingerly checking smashed houses and apartments for anyone still trapped in debris or bodies of the dead. The accident killed as many as 15 people and injured more than 160 others.
By John L. Mone and Nomaan Merchant , April 18, 2013
- Elderly persons from a nearby nursing home are triaged in a parking lot
- A person looks on as emergency workers fight a house fire after a near by fertilizer plant exploded
- The remains of the the West Fertilizer Co. plant
- A plume of smoke rises from a fertilizer plant fire in West, Texas
- A firefighter stands on a rail line and surveys the remains of a fertilizer plant
- Apartment complex destroyed by an explosion
Bomb planted in bus kills 8 passengers in Pakistan
A bomb planted in a bus killed at least eight passengers and wounded seven others in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, police said.
By Riaz Khan , April 13, 2013
Gunman holding firefighters killed; 4 hostages OK
Authorities say a gunman holding four firefighters in suburban Atlanta was shot dead when SWAT members stormed the home and that all the hostages are slightly injured but should be OK.
By Johnny Clark and Phillip Lucas , April 10, 2013
Explosion in oil patch near Ross, N.D., kills 1, injures 1
Trevor Davis of Burlington was cleaning the inside of an oil tanker trailer at the Plains Trucking yard northwest of Ross at the time of the explosion and was pronounced dead at the scene.
By Jenna Ebersole , March 28, 2013
Minnesota worker hurt in explosion at Wisconsin golf course
Police in western Wisconsin say a Hudson Golf Course employee from Minnesota suffered severe head injuries when a 55-gallon drum exploded.
By Associated Press , March 23, 2013
Official: Explosion injures 2 at ND oil well site
Authorities say two people have been injured in an explosion at an oil well site northwest North Dakota.
By Associated Press , January 18, 2013
3 injured in oil facility fire in Montana
A fire at an eastern Montana oil recycling facility that injured three workers is being allowed to burn because of the danger of more explosions.
By Keith Ridler , December 30, 2012
No injuries in Ariz. Social Security office blast
Authorities are investigating a small explosion that happened at the back entrance of a Social Security Administration office in a small town about 50 miles south of Phoenix.
By Associated Press , November 30, 2012
Gas explosion levels Massachusetts building; at least 18 hurt
A natural gas explosion in one of New England's biggest cities on Friday leveled a strip club with a boom heard for miles and heavily damaged a dozen other buildings but didn't kill anyone, authorities said.
By Susan Haigh , November 23, 2012
Indianapolis blast investigation focuses on natural gas
The search for what caused a massive, deadly explosion that rocked an Indianapolis neighborhood turned to natural gas Monday, with officials checking gas lines and a homeowner saying a problem furnace could be to blame.
By Charles Wilson and Tom LoBianco , November 12, 2012
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