Explosion News

Firefighters Investigate Role of Gas in Explosion at Historic Texas Hotel that Injured 21

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Fire investigators said Tuesday they have still not determined what caused an explosion at a historic Texas hotel that plunged two stories of debris into the basement, blew out windows and doors onto the streets …

Explosion at Historic Texas Hotel Injures 21 and Scatters Debris in Downtown Fort Worth

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — An explosion at a historic Texas hotel in Fort Worth on Monday blew out windows, littered downtown streets with large sections of debris from the building and injured 21 people, including one who was in …

Lack of Safety Practices Behind 2020 Chesapeake Oil-Well Blast: U.S. Safety Board

A federal safety board investigation has found that Chesapeake Energy CHK.O and its contractors failed to provide adequate control measures at the site of a 2020 fire at a company-operated oil well, that claimed three lives. The US Chemical Safety …

Truck Carrying Gas Hits Railroad Bridge and Explodes as a Train Passes Overhead

GLENVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — A tractor-trailer loaded with what authorities believe were gas containers slammed into the bottom of an overhead railroad bridge in upstate New York and exploded Thursday night as a freight train was traveling on the tracks …

Deadly Blast in Guinea’s Capital Threatens Gas Shortages Across the West African Nation

CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Residents in Guinea’s capital on Tuesday woke up to rising costs of transportation after authorities closed gas stations as a major explosion and ensuing fire left several dead, hundreds injured and could now disrupt the supply …

At Least 11 Dead, 88 Badly Injured After a Massive Fuel Depot Explosion In Guinea’s Capital

CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — An explosion and inferno at Guinea’s main fuel depot in the capital of Conakry left at least 11 people dead and more than 80 seriously injured, authorities said Monday, as the West African country awaited help …

Seychelles Declares State of Emergency After Huge Explosion Comes Hours After Deadly Flooding

VICTORIA, Seychelles (AP) — The tiny Indian Ocean island nation of Seychelles declared a state of emergency Thursday after a huge blast at an explosives depot occurred after deadly flooding hit other parts of the country. Three people died in …

Explosion Levels Home in Virginia as Officers Try to Serve Search Warrant

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — A massive explosion at a duplex where police were investigating reports of shots fired shook a Washington, D.C, suburb Monday and destroyed the home. All officers escaped serious injury but it was unclear what happened to …

BMW Recalls SUVs aFter Takata Air Bag Inflator Blows Apart

DETROIT (AP) — BMW is recalling a small number of SUVs in the U.S. because the driver`s air bag inflators can blow apart in a crash, hurling metal shrapnel and possibly injuring or killing people in the vehicles. U.S. auto …

Explosion, Inspections Raise Safety Questions About Union Pacific

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Federal inspectors have twice found hundreds of defects in the locomotives and railcars Union Pacific uses at the world’s largest railyard in Nebraska, but none of those seem to explain why a shipping container filled with …