Explosion

Military & Defense 2023-12-27T16:53:24Z

Russia is drastically underplaying the toll of its warship exploding, report suggests

Russian officials confirmed their warship Novocherkassk was damaged by Ukraine — but reports suggest they're downplaying the toll.
News 2023-12-13T08:08:18Z

A man blew up his apartment while trying to kill a single cockroach with way too much insecticide, police say

The explosion shattered a balcony window and left the man with minor injuries, per the newspaper Mainichi Shimbun.
Law 2023-12-05T04:15:56Z

Watch this wild video of a house in Virginia blowing up as cops approached it

"Officers on scene reported minor injuries with no one transported to the hospital," the Arlington County Police Department said on Monday night.
Play Icon A triangle pointing right. It indicates that this type of media can be played or that the linked content is playable. How Real Is It? 2023-08-16T15:20:53Z

How real is 'Oppenheimer'? A nuclear-weapons expert rates the movie.

Greg Spriggs, a nuclear-weapons physicist, breaks down nuclear-test scenes in Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" for realism.
News 2023-07-21T12:16:03Z

Video shows a whole street being flung into the air by a suspected gas explosion in South Africa

Wednesday's explosion in Johannesburg, South Africa, killed one person and injured many more. It was caught on video.
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News 2023-05-22T03:11:50Z

An Indiana man was killed after a grenade his family found in their grandpa's belongings blew up in his home, police say

The grenade detonated after someone pulled the pin, said an initial police statement. The man's two teenagers sustained shrapnel wounds.
News 2023-04-01T10:49:24Z

A worker who fell into a tank of liquid chocolate said it saved her from burning to death when a massive gas explosion devastated a Pennsylvania factory

Patricia Borges, who was pulled from the rubble at the R.M. Palmer factory in Pennsylvania, says a tank of liquid chocolate saved her, she told AP
News 2023-03-29T13:53:41Z

'RM Palmer is devastated': Death toll rises to seven in Pa. chocolate factory explosion as feds open investigation into cause

A Friday explosion at the R.M. Palmer factory in Reading, Pennsylvania killed seven people, and hospitalized 10, eight of which have been released.
News 2023-03-16T17:40:06Z

Ukraine said it was 'watching with pleasure' as footage showed a lethal fire at a building of Russia's FSB security service near border

Ukraine denied involvement in the fire that killed one at the FSB building in Rostov-on-Don, but a presidential aide said it "watches with pleasure."
News 2023-02-21T03:09:50Z

Explosion at Ohio metal factory 70 miles from East Palestine injures at least 14 people, showering surrounding area with molten debris

The explosion occurred at the I. Schumann & Co. plant — 70 miles from East Palestine, where a train loaded with toxic chemicals derailed this month.
News 2023-02-05T19:12:40Z

A Russian passenger plane caught fire in Thailand after a top Russian official said the country's planes were safe despite sanctions on its airlines

The head of Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency, Alexander Neradko, said on Wednesday that "it has not become more dangerous to fly" in Russia.
Tech 2023-01-21T10:01:00Z

A charging iPhone 4 exploded and caught fire in an Ohio house while a couple and their 5 kids slept

Brian Leisgang said the explosion could've put his family in danger, but an expert says it's not common for old iPhones to catch fire.
News 2022-11-19T06:21:19Z

An explosion at a condo building in Maryland that killed 1 and injured 14 has been determined to have been a suicide

Days after the explosion in Gaithersburg, Maryland, police said they discovered a note but did not disclose its contents, WUSA reported.
Energy 2022-10-01T09:29:27Z

Hundreds of pounds of TNT were used to damage the Nord Stream pipelines, Sweden and Denmark tell the UN

A joint letter from Sweden and Denmark to the UN Security Council said "several hundred kilos" of explosives caused the damage in a "deliberate" act.
Real Estate 2022-08-28T14:40:25Z

Two high-rise apartment buildings that were constructed illegally have been blown up by authorities in India

The Supertech buildings were demolished following a Supreme Court ruling that they were unsafe, in a warning to other developers, Reuters reported.
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Military & Defense 2022-08-18T23:05:18Z

At least 21 killed, dozen injured in an explosion at a mosque in Kabul, police chief says

A Taliban spokesperson told CNN that perpetrators of "such crimes will be caught and punished for their heinous deeds."
Military & Defense 2022-08-11T11:21:06Z

Surprise attack on Russian airfield destroyed as many as 13 war planes, satellite photos show

Satellite images show a decimated Russian airbase in Crimea after an attack on August 9, with wrecked Su-30 and Su-24 aircraft clearly visible.
International 2022-07-31T18:20:46Z

A part of Beirut's massive port of grain silos — damaged in a 2020 explosion — has collapsed in a huge cloud of dust after a weekslong fire, officials say

The area had been on fire for weeks as a result of grains that had fermented and ignited in the summer heat.
Transportation 2022-07-24T11:02:15Z

A pilot was first to flee a plane after hearing a loud explosion, leaving passengers to fend for themselves as smoke filled the cabin, report says

The captain of a Vueling flight from Barcelona to the UK was seen running out of the cockpit after hearing an explosion, The Sun reported.
Science 2022-07-12T00:12:54Z

SpaceX's Texas test pad experienced an unexpected explosion, flames, while testing a Starship rocket booster prototype

SpaceX was testing a rocket booster in south Texas on Monday when it unexpectedly spewed flames, resulting in an explosion and plumes of black smoke.
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