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| Jan.15 |
Belgium |
Antwerp: Belgium building collapses in explosion
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| Nov.23 |
 Argentina |
Sound detected in search for missing sub consistent with non-nuclear explosion 
Map of Valdez peninsula Argentina A sound detected in the search for a missing ARA San Juan with 44 crew members aboard is consistent with a non-nuclear explosion
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| Oct.7 |
Ghana |
Ghana gas station explosions kill number of people |
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| Sep.27 |
Ukraine |
Thousands evacuated in Ukraine after ammunition explosions |
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| Sep.3 |
West Germany |
Frankfurt WW2 bomb defused after mass evacuation |
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| Sep.2 |
West Germany |
Frankfurt hospitals evacuated before WW2 bomb disposal
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| Jun.7 |
Central India |
India fireworks blaze kills 23 in Madhya Pradesh |
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| May.10 |
Mexico |
Mexico village mourns victims of deadly fireworks blast |
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| Apr.1 |
Paris |
18 injured in accidental blast at French carnival |
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| Feb.13 |
Southern China |
8 dead, 3 missing after central China coal mine blast |
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| Dec.27 |
Bangkok |
Facebook Safety Check creates false alarm in Bangkok |
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| Dec.20 |
 Mexico |
Dozens killed in Mexico fireworks blast An explosion at a fireworks market outside Mexico City has killed at least 29 people. 70 others were injured as the blast hit the fireworks ...
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| Dec.11 |
Bulgaria |
Death toll in Bulgaria tanker train explosion rises to 8 |
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| Dec.10 |
Kenya |
Kenya Naivasha: 30 dead as fireball engulfs traffic on road |
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| Nov.30 |
Southern India |
15 feared dead in explosives factory fire in India |
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| Nov.17 |
Mozambique |
Mozambique: Scores killed in fuel truck blast |
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| Oct.31 |
Southern China |
Chinese coal mine rescue bit after deadly blast |
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| Oct.1 |
Spain |
Scores injured in gas explosion near Malaga, Spain |
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| Sep.15 |
Bali |
Two tourists killed, 20 injured in Bali boat explosion |
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| Sep.1 |
Florida |
SpaceX rocket explodes at Cape Canaveral ahead of launch
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| Jun.21 |
Libya |
Libya conflict: Mystery blast kills dozens in western town |
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| Apr.20 |
Mexico |
Petrochemical plant blast kills 3, injures more than 136 Map of Coatzacoalcos Veracruz Mexico An explosion ripped through a petrochemical plant on the southern coast of the Gulf of Mexico, sending flames and a toxin-filled cloud into the air
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| Apr.9 |
 Southern India |
India Kerala: Temple fireworks blast kills at least 100 
An explosion and blaze sparked by fireworks have killed at least 100 people at a Hindu temple in the Indian state of Kerala
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| Mar.21 |
Mexico |
3 reported killed in blast at Mexico fireworks factory |
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| Feb.28 |
Russia |
Russian mine accident leaves 36 dead |
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| Feb.8 |
North Mexico |
Gas blast injures 5 migrants held captive in Mexico house |
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| Jan.14 |
Brazil |
Explosion unleashes toxic gas in Santos, Brazil |
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| Dec.27 |
Cairo |
Explosion, apparently due to gas leak, kills 3 in Giza |
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| Dec.24 |
Nigeria |
Nigeria gas explosion kills more than 100 people
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| Sep.12 |
Central India |
89 dead after twin explosions in India
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| Aug.26 |
China |
Tianjin blast: 11 officials suspected of negligence |
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| Aug.16 |
China |
China Tianjin explosions: Premier Li Keqiang visits scene
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China |
Chinese chemical blasts: 112 dead, 95 still missing |
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| Aug.15 |
China |
Evacuations as sodium cyanide found
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| Aug.14 |
China |
Anger over missing firefighters as port death toll reaches 85 |
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| Aug.13 |
China |
Chemical specialists sent to Tianjin
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| Aug.12 |
 China |
Casualties in Tianjin port city explosions Map of port Tianjin China Massive explosions have hit a warehouse storing dangerous and chemical goods in the port area, leaving at least 17 dead and hundreds more injured
| Pictures and video showed flames lighting up the sky, and buildings are said to have collapsed
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| Apr.6 |
Southern China |
China paraxylene chemical plant hit by explosion |
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| Mar.26 |
Manhattan |
New York buildings collapse after explosion
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| Mar.4 |
Donbass |
33 bodies recovered from eastern Ukraine mine disaster |
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| Jan.29 |
Mexico |
Mexico City gas truck explodes near maternity hospital A gas tank lorry has exploded outside a maternity and children's hospital in Mexico City, killing at least 7 people - including 4 babies
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| Nov.26 |
Southern China |
11 killed in second deadly coal mine explosion in as many days |
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| Sep.27 |
Guinea-Bissau |
20 dead when minibus strikes land mine |
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| Sep.9 |
West Germany |
Injuries in Germany chemical blast |
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| Aug.1 |
Shanghai |
China factory blast kills at least 65 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
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| Jun.26 |
Southern India |
Indian gas pipeline explosion kills 14 people |
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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.... | |
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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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| Jan.25 |
Congo |
Many dead in DR Congo blast caused by lightning |
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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 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...
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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 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
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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
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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. history and among the largest oil spills in history. The spill stemmed from a sea-floor oil gusher
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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 An explosion at a nightclub killed at least 101 people and injured at least 140 others. The preliminary theory was use of pyrotechnical devi...
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| Aug.18 |
Siberia |
62 still missing after blast at plant
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| Jun.29 |
Northern Italy |
14 die in Italian Riviera train-gas blast
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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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| Mar.15 |
Albania |
4 dead, 170 injured in blast |
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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
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| Dec.11 |
England |
Fuel depot blasts injure dozens
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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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| 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.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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| Dec. 3, 1948 |
Shanghai |
SS Kiangya disaster Map of Huangpu River China A Chinese passenger steamship that blew up near the mouth of the Huangpu River 50 miles (80 km) north of Shanghai on 3 or 4 December 1948
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| May. 6, 1937 |
New Jersey |
Explosion of the Hindenburg Map of Lakehurst New Jersey New Jersey| The German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock. Of the 97 people on board, 35 died | |
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