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  • Explosion rocks Philly neighborhood, levels two houses just hours into 2023

    01/01/2023 6:57:35 PM PST · by BenLurkin · 20 replies
    NY Post ^ | January 1, 2023 | David Propper
    A thunderous explosion rocked a Philadelphia neighborhood, injuring five people — one critically — and leveling at least two homes just hours into 2023, according to city fire officials. The Sunday eruption that blew out windows and doors and sent cars flying — on top of the two wiped-out homes — appeared to be from a gas leak, fire officials said. Two people were pulled from the rubble and three others were treated at the scene before being taken to the hospital, the Philadelphia Fire Department reported about the blast in the city’s Port Richmond section around 2:50 a.m. “We...
  • Residential Building Explodes In Chicago, Authorities Send ‘Mass Casualty Bus’

    09/20/2022 10:43:40 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 33 replies
    Daily Caller ^ | September 20, 2022 1:05 PM ET | KAY SMYTHE NEWS AND COMMENTARY WRITER
    At least eight people were hospitalized Tuesday as a residential building in Chicago collapsed after a massive explosion. Law enforcement and first responders were sent to the four-story apartment building in the city’s South Austin neighborhood shortly before 9:30am on Tuesday morning after an explosion caused the roof to collapse, ABC News reported. Three of those involved in the “mass casualty” event are in serious condition. One of the injured was in a building on the opposite side of the street when the explosion occurred, WGN9 noted. Ten ambulances arrived at the scene, transporting six men and two women to...
  • Explosion at Havana's Saratoga Hotel Leaves 8 Dead, 19 Injured

    05/06/2022 10:42:33 AM PDT · by Nextrush · 25 replies
    Telesur English ^ | 5/6/2022 | Telesur
    President Miguel Diaz-Cabnel went to the explosion place to assist the injured citizens, who are being transferred to emergency hospitals. On Friday morning, a strong explosion occurred at the Saratoga Hotel in downtown Havana for a crack in a liquefied gas supply tube. The facade of the historical building was practically destroyed, so the Police had to close traffic for collapsing danger. So far, authorities have confirmed that eight people have died, 19 citizens were injured, and other 13 remain missing...
  • Huge explosion DESTROYS office building in Maryland shopping center

    08/26/2019 1:26:16 PM PDT · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 40 replies
    The Daily Mail (UK) ^ | August 26, 2019 | Chauncey Alcorn
    Workers at a Maryland office space are lucky to be alive after narrowly escaping a powerful gas explosion that authorities said 'totaled' the building. The incident started just before 7am on Sunday when someone pulled the fire alarm at the Lakewood Office Building and shopping center in Columbia Maryland, a town located about 19 miles southwest of Baltimore, authorities said. Howard County Fire and Rescue emergency crews responded to the scene where fire fighters found gas hissing out of a crater in the parking lot. They made sure the shopping center was completely evacuated just before the office exploded around...
  • Explosion rocks Plantation shopping center

    07/06/2019 9:49:10 AM PDT · by loucon · 65 replies
    Explosion rocks Plantation shopping center
  • Terror alert in Budapest as huge explosion rocks centre of city near major hotels

    09/24/2016 5:14:09 PM PDT · by Tours · 40 replies
    Mirror ^ | 9/24/2016 | Sam Adams
    A huge explosion has rocked the centre of the Hungarian capital Budapest sparking fears of a terror attack. At least two people are believed to have been injured with a large police presence at the city's Oktogon intersection. Reports say the blast may have been caused by a gas leak, but this has not officially been confirmed. Footage from the scene shows a queue of police cars rushing down the street with terrified people running in the other direction. Cops have cordoned off a large area around a shop at the corner of Kiraly Utca (King Street) and buildings have...
  • BREAKING NEWS: One dead after 'powerful blast rocks sports centre in Belgium

    08/25/2016 6:03:20 PM PDT · by CorporateStepsister · 72 replies
    DailyMail ^ | 25 August 2016 | Chris Summers For Mailonline
    One person has been killed after a powerful explosion went off at a sports centre in the Belgian town of Chimay, partially destroying the building. At least one person was killed and two were injured at the Plaine Chalon community centre, an emergency services spokesman told the Belga News Agency. The cause of the blast was not immediately clear and it is not known if it is terrorism-related or whether it was a gas explosion.
  • Two dead, several missing and 34 injured after an explosion ... in a Washington DC suburb [trunc]

    08/11/2016 9:19:10 AM PDT · by Rockitz · 104 replies
    DailyMail.co.uk ^ | 11 August 2016 | Liam Quinn and Sarah Dean
    Two people have been killed and more remain missing after a large explosion ripped through an apartment building in a Maryland suburb of Washington. At least 34 people, including three firefighters, have been injured. Residents are reported to have suffered burns from the blaze and fractures from jumping out of windows. Montgomery County Police Assistant Chief Russ Hamill announced two people were killed in the blast in Silver Spring during a media conference on Thursday morning. The explosion was also declared a 'mass casualty incident', and added the building is still in 'extremely dangerous condition'.
  • Gas explosion levels house, blows man out front door after he turned on bathroom light

    03/03/2015 6:41:53 AM PST · by SeekAndFind · 30 replies
    New York Daily News ^ | 03/03/2015 | Jason Molinet
    An early morning gas explosion rocked a New Jersey neighborhood and left a man severely burned. The Point Pleasant Beach man suffered burns over half his body when he awoke to the odor of gas early Monday and then turned on a bathroom light, which sparked an explosion, NJ.com reported. Neighbors and friends said 47-year-old Kurt Wagner was blown out through the front door of the rental. He was rushed to the burn unit at Saint Barnabas Hospital, where he was in stable condition, according NJ.com. "The guy that was living in the house got blown out the front door,"...
  • Gas transit pipeline explodes in E. Ukraine

    06/17/2014 7:06:22 AM PDT · by McGruff · 8 replies
    RT.com ^ | June 17, 2014
    An explosion has struck a pipeline in the eastern Ukrainian Poltava region. Witnesses say flames from the blast are up to 200 meter high, RIA Novosti reports. The “Brotherhood” natural gas pipeline (Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhgorod) is about one kilometer away from the nearest settlement. No injuries have been reported from the blast. Fire fighting crews have been deployed to the scene. “The explosion occurred at about 14:45 local time in a field. Due to the flame and the high temperatures, it is impossible to get closer to the epicenter,” the local police press-service said in a statement. Pipeline faucets are being tuned...
  • Apparent Gas Explosion Causes Partial Collapse Of Chinatown Building

    07/11/2013 11:42:09 AM PDT · by Biggirl · 11 replies
    CBS New York ^ | July 11,2013 | CBS New York
    NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Emergency responders are at the scene of a partial building collapse in Chinatown.
  • A Huge Natural Gas Line Explosion Just Lit Up West Virginia [PHOTOS]

    12/11/2012 11:00:48 AM PST · by Morgana · 81 replies
    business insider ^ | 12.11.2012 | Matthew Boesler
    Reports are coming in of a big explosion in Sissonville, West Virginia. Via local news outlet WSAZ: The northbound lanes of Interstate 77 are closed in the Sissonville area, from Tuppers Creek to Pocatalico due to what's being called a major gas line explosion. Kanawha County Commission President Kent Carper tells WSAZ.com crews were called to what was described as a major gas line explosion in Sissonville. WSAZ says that right now, no injuries or fatalities have been reported. Below are two photos from Twitter. The first was posted by Charleston Gazette reporter
  • Probe into horrific home explosion in Indy could be lengthy (Homeland Security involved)

    11/11/2012 2:54:34 PM PST · by RummyChick · 74 replies
    wbst.com ^ | 11/11 | wbst.com
    INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - The investigation into an explosion on the south side of Indianapolis could take weeks, an official with Citizens Energy said on Sunday. Two people were killed, and more than a dozen homes were damaged or destroyed after a large explosion rocked a south side neighborhood late Saturday night. The Indianapolis Fire Department says the explosion happened in the 8400 block of Fieldfare Way, which is in a subdivision just off of Sherman Avenue south of Stop 11 Road. Citizens Energy shut off gas to all the homes in the subdivision and investigated potential gas issues in the...
  • Big explosion near San Francisco Airport

    09/09/2010 7:00:04 PM PDT · by rdl6989 · 737 replies · 1+ views
    It just happened. Not much info on it yet. **URGENT** KGO-TV: Reported "explosion" near San Francisco grows to 6-alarm fire. http://twitter.com/USABreakingNews
  • Gas Explosion in Chinese Mine Kills 203

    02/14/2005 6:08:58 PM PST · by iso · 28 replies · 1,053+ views
    SHANGHAI, China - A gas explosion in a coal mine in China's northeast killed at least 203 miners, the government said Tuesday, in the deadliest such disaster reported since communist rule began in 1949. AFP/File Photo The explosion Monday afternoon at the Sunjiawan mine in Liaoning province also injured 22 miners and trapped 13 underground, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. The cause of the blast, which occurred 794 feet underground, was under investigation, it said. China has suffered a string of deadly mining disasters in recent months despite a nationwide safety crackdown. A blast in northern China's Shaanxi province...