A woman has been found with burns covering 40 per cent of her body after a suspected gas leak triggered an explosion at a flat in Hong Kong. Police said they received reports at around 10.30am on Friday that residents had heard a loud explosion from the flat in Lam Bik House, Lam Tin Estate….
A gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China on Friday was the result of the company involved having committed multiple serious safety violations, according to a preliminary investigation by Chinese authorities. The announcement was made around the same time the incident’s death toll was revised down from 90 to 82, with officials apologising…
The fireworks explosion occurred in Liuyang, Hunan, known as China’s fireworks capital. (AFP pic) BEIJING: The death toll has risen to 37 from 26 and one person remains missing after a fireworks factory explosion in the southern Chinese province of Hunan, state news agency Xinhua said today, in the deadliest blast reported in China since…
An explosive device killed 13 people traveling on a bus in southwestern Colombiaon Saturday, an attack the country’s army chief described as a “terrorist act” that also left at least 38 injured as violence linked to drug trafficking in the region escalates. People remain at the site of an explosion after a bomb attack at…
Two people have been injured in an explosion at a recycling yard in northern Hong Kong, with online footage showing towering flames and billowing black smoke following the blast. Police said they received a report at 11.02am on Thursday that an explosion had been heard at a site, said to be a recycling yard, at…
An explosion reportedly took place at a Jewish school in Amsterdam on Saturday. Femke Halsema, mayor of the Netherlands capital, described the incident as an attack targeted at the Jewish community, reported news agency Reuters citing Dutch outlet ANP. The explosion only caused limited damage, mayor Halsema said. The explosion only caused limited damage, Mayor…
Just miles from a rural Tennessee plant leveled by a devastating explosion, the congregants of Maple Valley Baptist Church devoted Sunday’s service to the 16 deceased victims and their families. Several of the dozens of people praying at the small church knew someone who worked at the plant owned by Accurate Energetic Systems, which supplies…
18 missing after blast at Tennessee military explosives plant – CBS News Watch CBS News Eighteen people remain unaccounted for after a devastating blast rocked a military explosives plant in Tennessee. Residents miles away reported feeling the force of the explosion. Source link
A large explosion ripped through a military explosives facility in Hickman, Tennessee on Friday morning, officials said, and video from the scene showed charred debris scattered around the area. The Hickman County Sheriff’s Office said that there had been an explosion at Accurate Energetic Systems, a military explosives plant. Emergency services are responding, the office…
2 dead, at least 10 injured in explosions at U.S. Steel plant in Pennsylvania – CBS News Watch CBS News Two people are dead and at least 10 others injured after multiple explosions at the U.S. Steel Clairton plant in western Pennsylvania on Monday. CBS News’ Meg Oliver reports. Source link