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Managers detained as 22 trapped in China mine for 3rd day
BEIJING (AP) — Authorities have detained managers at a gold mine in eastern China where 22 workers have been trapped underground following an explosion Sunday. The condition of the workers trapped for more than three days remains unknown. Managers waited more than a day to give notice of the explosion in...
Report: Fatal explosion in Baltimore followed HVAC work
BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore officials say that a gas explosion that leveled rowhomes last year had occurred not long after a contractor worked on an HVAC system in one of the homes. The Baltimore Sun reported Tuesday that natural gas had built up in the home, and the blast was ignited on Aug. 10 after...
Deadly Dallas house explosion 'could have been prevented'
DALLAS (AP) — A natural gas explosion at a Dallas home that killed a 12-year-old girl came after an energy company failed to find a damaged line despite two nearby homes being destroyed in gas-related fires on the two previous days, federal officials said Tuesday. National Transportation Safety Board...
Woman's salve for devastation of Lebanese blast: 100 dolls
In the wake of a massive explosion that devastated Beirut, 93-year-old Yolande Labaki sought a way to help bring healing to the Lebanese capital. The internationally recognized painter's solution was to make dolls — 100 of them, distributed to children traumatized or otherwise affected by the destruction....
Interpol issues notices over Lebanon's massive port blast
BEIRUT (AP) — Interpol has issued a wanted notice for two Russians and a Portuguese man over explosive material that had been shipped to Beirut and stored at the city’s port for six years until it exploded in August, the state-run National News Agency reported Tuesday. The Aug. 4 explosion killed...
Rescuers seek to free 22 following China mine explosion
BEIJING (AP) — Rescuers are seeking to free 22 Chinese workers trapped underground for more than two days following an explosion at a partially built gold mine in the country's east, state media reported Tuesday. Some 300 rescuers were seeking to clear obstructions to reach the workers, whose condition...
Police: Man seriously injured in Ohio house explosion
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Authorities in Ohio say a man was seriously injured in a house explosion in Middletown. Emergency responders were dispatched to the Flemming Road residence shortly after 4 p.m. Monday. Fire Chief Paul Lolli told the Dayton Daily News that arriving crews found the back of the house...
Lebanon high court says prosecutor can resume port probe
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s highest court said Monday the prosecutor investigating last year’s massive explosion at the Beirut port that killed dozens and injured thousands can resume his work after a three-week pause following legal challenges to his authority. The Court of Cassation's decision...
Cause of Omaha house explosion that killed 3 undetermined
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Investigators have not been able to determine what sparked an explosion and fire that killed three people in December, Omaha fire and police officials said Thursday. Currently, investigators do not have evidence to show that criminal activity led to the explosion in south Omaha but the...
Pakistani police: 2 children die playing with hand grenade
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Two Pakistani children died and three others were wounded when a hand grenade they found on Wednesday and brought home exploded, the police said. According to local police official Riaz Ahmad, the children found the grenade in an open area in the northwestern city of Peshawar and...
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