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The coal mine that exploded in northern China, killing 104, had too many workers underground in an effort to increase output, a government official said Monday, exposing the risks often taken to meet the country's insatiable energy demands.
A court has acquitted a subsidiary of French oil giant Total and a former factory chief in a 2001 explosion at a chemical plant that killed 31 people.
Two Massachusetts residents are suing a company that supplied chemicals they say were involved in huge explosion that damaged more than 270 homes and businesses in 2006.
A family whose members suffered burns when a natural gas pipeline exploded last week in the Texas Panhandle filed a negligence lawsuit Thursday against the companies that own and operate it.
A natural gas pipeline exploded in the Texas Panhandle on Thursday, shaking homes, melting window blinds and shooting flames hundreds of feet into the air, authorities said.
The FBI said Friday there is no evidence of sabotage in last week's explosion at a Puerto Rico fuel depot, which burned for more than two days and forced the evacuation of hundreds of people.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Friday imposed a record $87 million fine against oil giant BP PLC for failing to correct safety hazards after a 2005 explosion killed 15 workers at its Texas City refinery.
Federal investigators entered a smoldering fuel depot for the first time Sunday to investigate what may have caused an explosion that forced hundreds to evacuate and spewed thick, toxic smoke across the region.
Military explosives experts destroyed a 500-pound bomb Saturday that had been jettisoned by an F-16 pilot making an emergency landing.
The National Transportation Safety Board says better pipeline testing might have prevented a 2007 propane explosion that killed two people in rural Mississippi.
A blast at a Hezbollah member's home in southern Lebanon was caused by an exploding shell and injured one person, Lebanon's army said Tuesday.
A Libyan man set off a small bomb while trying to enter an army barracks in Milan on Monday, seriously injuring himself and slightly wounding the guard who stopped him, Italian law enforcement officials said.
Australia will resettle 42 Afghan men who survived a boat explosion that killed five fellow asylum seekers in Australian waters in April, an official said on Monday.
A Nigerian official says at least 14 people died when a petroleum tanker truck exploded and set nine other vehicles alight on a road in southeastern Nigeria.
Crews plan to begin rebuilding an overpass on Interstate 75 north of Detroit that was destroyed during a tanker explosion this summer that involved three vehicles.
A schoolgirl was killed by a car bomb in northwestern Sri Lanka that also wounded 12 others Friday, mostly students who were about to travel in the vehicle, officials said.
International Paper Co. has settled another federal lawsuit stemming from a 2008 explosion that killed a contract worker at a Mississippi plant and injured nearly two dozen others.
An explosion has destroyed a house in central Indiana, badly burning a 20-year-old man who was inside.
A fireworks explosion demolished several houses and killed at least three people on the outskirts of Sao Paulo on Thursday, officials said.
Oil giant BP PLC is requesting more time to implement required safety improvements at its Texas City refinery where a 2005 explosion left 15 people dead, the U.S. agency responsible for worker safety said Wednesday.
A methane leak in a Polish coal mine set off an explosion Friday that killed 12 miners and left dozens injured, 15 of them in critical condition, officials said.
India said that three rockets were fired into the country from Pakistan overnight, but Pakistani officials said Saturday they were launched from India. No one was injured in the blasts.
A judge says a Pennsylvania woman accused of masterminding a bizarre bank robbery that ended when a bomb strapped around a pizza deliveryman's neck exploded and killed him is competent to stand trial.
Pipe corrosion that went undetected for years led to an explosion and fire that rocked a Sunoco oil refinery in Claymont in May, authorities said Tuesday.
International Paper Co. and two brothers who were severely burned when a boiler exploded at a Mississippi plant have until Friday to submit proposals to settle a federal lawsuit.
Management Failures Blamed for Fatal Coal Mine Blast in China"Safety officials and investigators have blamed poor management and inadequate safety precautions for the coal mine blast" in China on Saturday, November 21, 2009.
China�s Coal-Mine Explosion Death Toll Rises to 104 Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- China's worst mining accident in almost two years killed at least 104 in a coal-mine explosion in Heilongjiang province, raising concerns of a crackdown that may close mines and tighten supply in the world's biggest producer.
Atlanta TV Crew Hospitalized After Van Mast Hits Power Lines Two employees of a local television station in Atlanta are lucky to be alive after their live truck exploded following an incident involving the truck's raised mast and power lines.
Oil giant guilty over Buncefield (Video)Oil giant Total UK has pleaded guilty to charges relating to the explosion at the Buncefield oil depot in Hertfordshire in 2005. At the Old Bailey, it pleaded guilty to two charges under the Health and Safety Act and one of causing pollution.
Whale whopper leaves stinky lesson for health careNov. 12 is the 39th anniversary of the famous "exploding whale" fiasco. Now if you're not familiar with this story, you'll be tempted to suspect I dreamed the whole deal up. Well, I didn't. But you don't need to take my word for it.
Asteroid explosion was a whopper for EarthA space rock explosion earlier this month over an island region of Indonesia is now being viewed as perhaps the biggest object to tangle with the Earth in more than a decade.
An Asteroid Exploded Over Indonesia With the Force of Three Hiroshima-Size Nuclear Bombs This Month... No One Saw It ComingAN ASTEROID exploded over Indonesia with the force of three Hiroshima nuclear bombs - and no one on Earth knew it was coming.
Exploding van blows up Melbourne streetA massive explosion has destroyed a tradesman's van and damaged homes in a cul-de-sac in Melbourne's south-east.
Teacher badly burned in toilet explosionA 52-year-old teacher was badly burned yesterday (Weds) by an explosion in a toilet he had entered which occurred when he turned on the light.
Over the past several years there has been talk about the possibility of Iran gaining nuclear weapons capability. North Korea already has it seems.
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Blasts rock north-west PakistanThe Taliban have taken responsibility of the blast in Peshawar. 16 people killed. An earlier blast in Bannu killed 6 people.
Explosion may have been caused by cigarAn early morning explosion wipes a house off the map. Officials believe a man went to light a cigar in the kitchen, blowing the walls off the house.
DAWN.COM | Pakistan | Pakistan protests to India over gunfireISLAMABAD: In a rare incident of its kind on the international border, the Indian forces opened fire from across the Wagah border on Friday night after mistaking an unexplained explosion in a village in East Punjab for 'rocket fire from Pakistan'.
China mine blast: Death toll rises, say media The death toll from a gas explosion at a coal mine in central China has risen to 37, with 42 workers still trapped underground, state media reported Wednesday, citing local officials.
Scores feared dead in Afghan fuel tanker blastDozens of people were feared dead on Friday in an explosion involving fuel tankers in northern Afghanistan, officials said.
NYC Taxicab Explodes Near Times Square -A taxi cab caught fire in midtown Manhattan, sending billows of black smoke up in the air near Times Square. Fire Department officials say the cab was sitting on the corner of 53rd St. and Seventh Ave. shortly after 9:30 a.m. on Thursday when it suddenly burst into flames.
Bug Bombs May Be To Blame In Lebanon Apartment Blast A bug bomb blast is to blame for a house explosion in Lebanon that sent at least two people to the hospital Thursday morning. The explosion happened at a home in the 1100 block of Lehman Street (see interactive map below).
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Ex-student arrested in California school explosionA 17-year-old boy with a sword and homemade pipe bombs attached to his body was arrested Monday after he detonated two of the bombs at a Northern California high school and was tackled by a teacher, authorities said.
Hydroelectric catastrophe in RussiaAn explosion at Russia's largest hydroelectric power station August 17 has killed or injured scores of workers. Others are still missing, presumed dead.
Explosion, no injuries at California high schoolAuthorities say an explosion at a California high school has forced evacuation of students and cancellation of classes. There are no reports of injuries.
"At least 101 people were killed and between 500 and 1,000 wounded in a series of mid-morning blasts, which coincided with the sixth anniversary of the deadly bombing of UN headquarters in Baghdad." The Times-24 August "Maj. Gen.
Death toll in Siberian power plant blast at 69Searchers on Sunday combed wreckage at Russia's largest hydroelectric plant for workers missing since an explosion a week ago. Three more bodies were found, raising the death toll.
Mother lucky to be alive after fridge mysteriously exploded turning house into 'bomb site' When Kathy Cullingworth was woken in the early hours by a terrifying bang, her first thought was that a bomb had gone off.
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