MEXICO CITY—Authorities in the Mexican Gulf coast state of Veracruz said 19 people were injured where a pipeline carrying ethane gas exploded. The Veracruz state civil defense office said most of the people injured in the explosion Tuesday in the town of Agua Dulce suffered first-degree burns. As of Wednesday, the government-owned oil company, Petroleos…
Jerusalem Bus Stop Blasts Kill 1, Injure 18
Twin blasts near bus stops in Jerusalem on Wednesday have killed one and injured at least 18 people, with Israeli police blaming Palestinian terrorists and Islamist terror group Hamas praising the attacks but stopping short of claiming responsibility. The first explosion took place near a bus stop on the edge of Jerusalem, where commuters typically…
China Trading Company Fire Kills at Least 38, 4 Detained
BEIJING—Four people have been detained over a fire at an industrial trading company in central China that killed 38 people, reports said Wednesday. The fire Monday was caused by welding sparks that ignited cotton cloth being stored at a facility run by the firm Kaixinda, authorities said. Two of the company’s employees and two from…
Officials: Gas Pipeline Explodes Near Saint Petersburg
The regional government said a gas pipeline exploded outside Saint Petersburg, Russia, on Saturday causing a large fire. Huge flames could be seen from miles around. According to the Russian Emergency Ministry, the explosion was caused by a pipeline failure and no one was hurt. The pressure on the main gas pipeline has been reduced,…
Official: Gas Tank Explosion in Northern Iraq Kills 15
BAGHDAD (AP) — The death toll from a heating gas tank that exploded in a residential complex in northern Iraq has risen to 15, an civil defense official said Friday. The explosion a night earlier in the city of Sulimaniyah destroyed three homes and also injured 16 people. On Thursday night, Kurdish officials and local…
Sweden Confirms Traces of Explosives at Nord Stream Pipeline Blast Site
Investigators probing the Nord Stream pipeline blasts have found traces of explosive material at the site, the Swedish Security Service said Friday, describing the incident as an act of “serious sabotage.” Authorities from Denmark and Sweden are investigating damage to the two Nord Stream pipelines that link Russia and Germany via the Baltic Sea after…
12 Injured in Explosion at Maryland Apartments
Twelve people were injured Wednesday morning when an explosion rocked an apartment building in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Investigators say two of those hurt were critically injured. Fire crews say at least one of the buildings has partially collapsed and several nearby buildings had to be evacuated. Heavy smoke could be see from miles away as crews…
Poland, NATO Say Blast On Polish Territory Likely Caused by Ukrainian Air Defense Not Russian Missile
Poland’s President Andrzej Duda and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in separate remarks on Wednesday that the deadly blast on Polish territory near its border with Ukraine was most likely caused by a Ukrainian air defense missile rather than one fired by Russian forces. Duda said that there’s “no indication that this was an…
12 Killed in Nigeria Gasoline Tanker Explosion, Police Say
ABUJA, Nigeria—A gasoline tanker crashed and then exploded in north-central Nigeria, killing at least 12 people, police said Friday. The tanker had brake failure along a major road in the Ofu council area in Kogi state on Thursday night when it collided with a vehicle obstructing the highway, causing a fireball, a police spokesman told…
Hubble Telescope Reveals Huge Star’s Explosion in Blow-by-Blow Detail
WASHINGTON—About 11.5 billion years ago, a distant star roughly 530 times larger than our sun died in a cataclysmic explosion that blew its outer layers of gas into the surrounding cosmos, a supernova documented by astronomers in blow-by-blow detail. Researchers on Wednesday said NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope managed to capture three separate images spanning a…
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