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| Jan. 17 |
 Ural |
3 missing in Russian mine explosion 
Three iron ore miners are missing and two others have been hospitalized after an explosion deep underground in Russia's Ural Mountains
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| Dec. 30 |
Southern China |
Gas explosion kills 17 in China
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| Dec.2 |
Austria |
WWII grenade explodes in stove after embedded in wood
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| Nov.26 |
Southern China |
11 killed in second deadly coal mine explosion in as many days
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| Nov.21 |
London |
12 injured in London hotel explosion
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| Oct.25 |
Canada |
5 injured in explosion at Ontario industrial plant |
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| Oct.23 |
West Germany |
1 killed, 11 injured in German gas pipe explosion |
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| Oct.6 |
Tehran |
Explosion at nuclear complex in Iran kills two workers |
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| Sep.27 |
Guinea-Bissau |
20 dead when minibus strikes land mine
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Sicily |
Girl, 7, killed in explosion of small mud crater |
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| Sep.9 |
West Germany |
Injuries in Germany chemical blast
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| Sep.1 |
Paris |
Paris flats explosion leaves seven dead |
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| Aug.31 |
North Mexico |
Accidental blast in customs building kills 1 at US border |
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| Aug.8 |
Northern England |
Man killed as e-cigarette 'explodes' |
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| Aug.3 |
Shanghai |
Metal dust 'behind deadly China blast' |
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| Aug.1 |
 Shanghai |
China factory blast kills at least 65 Map of Kunshan Jiangsu China| At least 65 people were killed Saturday by an explosion at an eastern Chinese automotive parts factory that supplies General Motors | |
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| Jul.31 |
 Taiwan |
Gas explosions kill 20, injure hundreds 
Map of Kaohsiung Taiwan A series of underground gas explosions killed 20 people and injured 270 others late Thursday in Taiwan's second-largest city of Kaohsiung
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| Jul.12 |
Istanbul |
Gas explosion injures 3 in Istanbul |
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| Jun.26 |
Southern India |
Indian gas pipeline explosion kills 14 people
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| Jun.6 |
Kosovo |
Big blast hits Kosovo power station near Pristina |
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| May.15 |
North Mexico |
2 dead, 7 injured in Mexico border city explosion |
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| May.13 |
 Turkey |
Explosion at mine in western Turkey left 200 workers dead Map of Soma Manisa Turkey The blast, followed by a fire, occurred at a coal mine. A huge rescue operation is under way to reach hundreds more trapped miners
| Oxygen is being pumped into the privately owned mine. Large crowds of worried relatives have gathered near
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| Apr.20 |
Spain |
Gibraltar blast and fire hits power supply |
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| Apr.3 |
Bangkok |
Live World War II bomb kills 7 in Thailand |
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| Mar.13 |
Manhattan |
Rescuers comb New York blast site
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| Mar.12 |
Manhattan |
Three killed in NY buildings blast
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| Mar.5 |
Jakarta |
1 dead, dozens injured in explosion at ammunition depot |
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| Jan.28 |
Germany |
German cows cause methane blast in Rasdorf |
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| Jan.25 |
Congo |
Many dead in DR Congo blast caused by lightning |
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| Jan.20 |
U. S. Midwest |
US factory explosion causes fatalities |
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| Jan.13 |
Southern China |
Report: 18 casualties in Chinese village explosion |
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| Jan.9 |
Japan |
5 killed, 12 injured in explosion at chemical plant in Japan |
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| Jan.3 |
West Germany |
Bulldozer driver killed by unexploded WWII device |
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| Jan.1 |
Czech Republic |
Palestinian diplomat dies in blast
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| Nov.23 |
China |
Death toll in China oil pipeline blast rises to 52 people Map of Qingdao China Rescuers have found more bodies at the scene of oil pipeline blasts in eastern China, in one of the country's worst industrial accidents this year
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| Nov.22 |
China |
Pipeline explosion kills 22 in China, report says |
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| Oct.24 |
North Mexico |
Mexico factory blast 'injures many'
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| Aug.13 |
 Mumbai |
Indian submarine hit by explosion| At least 18 sailors are feared to be trapped on board an Indian submarine that caught fire after an explosion in a Mumbai dockyard | |
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| Jul.10 |
Canada |
Canada blast missing 'probably dead' |
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Canada |
Sixty dead or missing after Lac-Megantic train blast
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| Jul.8 |
Canada |
Searchers comb Quebec blast site |
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| Jul.6 |
 Canada |
Fuel train explodes in Canadian town Map of Lac-Megantic Canada| A train carrying petrochemicals has exploded in Lac-Megantic, forcing the evacuation of up to 1,000 people | |
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| Jun.3 |
Northeast China |
Explosion, fire reportedly kill 119 at poultry plant Map of Jilin China An early morning fire at a poultry processing plant in northeast China killed at least 119 people. Another 54 workers were injured.
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| May.24 |
Pakistan |
Pakistan school bus gas blast kills 17 children
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| May.7 |
Mexico |
Gas tanker explodes in Mexico City |
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| Apr.29 |
Czech Republic |
Powerful blast in central Prague |
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| Apr.20 |
Northeast China |
China mine blast kills 18, injures 12 |
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| Apr.18 |
Texas |
Deadly Texas blast 'like tornado'
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| Apr.17 |
 Texas |
Explosion at Texas fertiliser plant Map of Waco Texas Many people are reported to be injured and others are trapped in burning buildings after an explosion at at the West Fertilizer plant near Waco
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| Feb.4 |
Mexico |
Mexico blast 'triggered by gas'
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| Jan.31 |
 Mexico |
Mexico City blast at Pemex, state oil giant, kills 25 Map of Mexico City Mexico At least 25 people have died and more than 100 were injured in Mexico City after an explosion at the headquarters of state oil company, Pemex
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| Aug.25 |
 Venezuela |
Blast halts Venezuela refinery A huge explosion at the Amuay plant, Venezuela's biggest oil refinery, has killed at least 24 people and halted production for two days
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| Mar.4 |
Congo |
Ammo dump explodes in Congo, killing 60
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| Jan.25 |
 Rio de Janeiro |
High-rise collapses with reports of 11 dead Two buildings -- one a 20-story building and the other 10 stories -- collapsed in the historic center of Rio de Janeiro
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| Sep.12 |
Southern France |
Explosion reported at French nuclear site
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| Jul.10 |
Cyprus |
Blast at Zygi naval base munitions dump
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| Jun.16 |
Israel |
Gas explosion kills 4 in Israel |
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| Mar.28 |
Yemen |
Ammo factory blast kills at least 121
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| Mar.14 |
Northern Japan |
New blast at Japan nuclear plant
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| Mar.13 |
Northern Japan |
Explosion at Japan nuclear plant |
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| Mar.11 |
 Northern Japan |
Huge blast at nuclear power plant A massive explosion has struck a Japanese nuclear power plant after devastating earthquake. Officials fear a meltdown at one of the reactors
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| Nov.18 |
New Zealand |
Miners missing after explosion
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| Nov.14 |
Yucatan |
6 dead in Mexico resort explosion |
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| Jul.4 |
Congo |
Mourning declared after tanker blast |
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| Jul.3 |
Congo |
Fuel truck victims buried in mass graves |
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 Congo |
Hundreds killed in oil tanker explosion At least 230 people were killed and 190 injured when an oil tanker flipped over and exploded. It was attempting to overtake a bus
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| Apr.21 |
Louisiana |
Oil spill after blast on oil rig| A 'catastrophic' explosion aboard an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico engulfed the drilling platform in flames. At least 11 missing after blast. Massive oil spill is the largest offshore spill in U.S. hist... | |
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| Feb.7 |
Connecticut |
Power plant blast 'causes mass casualties' |
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| Dec.4 |
Ural |
152 killed in nightclub blast and fire Map of Perm Russia An explosion at a nightclub killed at least 101 people and injured at least 140 others. The preliminary theory was use of pyrotechnical devices
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| Aug.18 |
Siberia |
62 still missing after blast at plant An explosion at Russia's the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric plant, Russia's largest hydroelectric plant, killed 12 people
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| Jun.29 |
 Northern Italy |
14 die in Italian Riviera train-gas blast A gas explosion from a cargo train carrying fuel tanks killed at least five people and injured 35 others in a town in the west coastal town of...
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| Jun.20 |
China |
Factory blast kills at least 16 |
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| May.9 |
Moscow |
Gas blast causes fire |
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| Dec.26 |
Crimea |
27 dead after apartment blast |
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| Aug.31 |
China |
15 dead in fireworks blast |
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| Aug.10 |
Toronto |
Massive explosions at propane facility |
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| Mar.15 |
Albania |
4 dead, 170 injured in blast |
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| Sep.10 |
Mexico |
Dynamite blast on truck kills 30 in Mexico |
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| Mar.23 |
Mozambique |
Arms depot blast kills 93 |
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| Dec.26 |
 Nigeria |
Pipeline explosion kills at least 260 A massive explosion and fire ignited as crowds carried away buckets of fuel from a tapped fuel pipeline
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| Nov.21 |
Poland |
Mine blast kills eight; 15 missing |
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| May.12 |
Nigeria |
Oil pipeline explosion kills up to 200 Vandals are thought to have caused the explosion on the outskirts of the city of Lagos; all of them were killed
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| Dec.15 |
St. Petersburg |
Explosion at nuclear plant |
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| Dec.11 |
 England |
Fuel depot blasts injure dozens Several large explosions are lighting up the predawn sky, injuring 43 people and sparking a massive blaze
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| Sep.23 |
Texas |
Evacuee bus explodes as Rita closes
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| May.2 |
Afghanistan |
'28 die' in munitions blast |
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| Apr.11 |
Bangladesh |
Factory blast kills 17 |
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| Mar.23 |
Texas |
Huge blast rocks oil plant |
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| Feb.16 |
Southern Iran |
Blast reported in southern Iran |
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| Sep.11 |
North Korea |
Big blast reported
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| Apr.22 |
 North Korea |
Many casualties in train crash 2 trains carrying flammable materials have exploded in a station and leaves up to 3,000 people dead or injured
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| Apr.17 |
Southern China |
Mass evacuation in Chongqing |
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| Mar.16 |
Russia |
58 dead in apartment blast |
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| Feb.19 |
Iran |
Train blast toll now 309 |
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| Feb.18 |
Iran |
Train blast destroys villages, 300 killed
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| Aug.2 |
Pakistan |
Village blast kills 52 |
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| Feb.21 |
New York |
Blast hits oil plant |
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| Feb.2 |
Nigeria |
'Many dead' in Lagos blast |
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| Jan.29 |
USA |
Three dead after N.C. blast |
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| Dec.31 |
Mexico |
New Year fireworks blast kills 28
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| Aug.9 |
Afghanistan |
26 killed in explosion in Jalalabad |
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| Jun.28 |
Afghanistan |
Fatal explosions believed accidental |
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| Mar.6 |
Kabul |
5 peacekeepers die in blast |
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| Jan.28 |
Nigeria |
Lagos blasts leave 500 dead killed as a result of a series of huge explosions at an army munitions dump
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| Nov.21 |
Gaza |
4 children die in explosion
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| Oct.25 |
Thailand |
Deadly explosions at army store |
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| Sep.21 |
Southern France |
Factory blast kills 17 |
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| Aug.31 |
Tokyo |
Tokyo explosion and fire kills 44
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| Mar.7 |
China |
School explosion killed 41 |
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| Nov.18 |
South Africa |
Explosion kills 11 locked in building |
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