Latest Explosions News
Death toll from New Year's Eve illegal fireworks explosion in Honolulu climbs to 5
1 dead after a house explosion in West Virginia
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — A house has exploded in a West Virginia neighborhood, killing one man and prompting nearby homes to be evacuated, officials said. Firefighters responded to a report of a house explosion in the Chestnut Hills community of Clarksburg on Sunday. When they...
Truck carrying liquified petroleum gas explodes in central Pakistan, killing 5 people
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — A truck carrying liquified petroleum gas caught fire and exploded overnight near an industrial area in central Pakistan, killing five people and injuring more than two dozen others, officials said Monday. The explosion in Multan, a city in the eastern Punjab...
Explosion at Maryland cannabis facility injures 2, officials say
STEVENSVILLE, Md. (AP) — Two workers were injured in an explosion and fire at a cannabis extraction facility on Maryland's Eastern Shore on Wednesday, state fire officials said. Firefighters were called to PharmaCann in Stevensville for a report of an explosion, according to the...

Death toll in Nigeria gas tanker explosion rises to 98
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The death toll from a gasoline tanker explosion in north-central Nigeria has risen to 98, the country’s emergency response agency said Monday. The blast happened in the early hours of Saturday near the Suleja area of Niger state after individuals attempted...

Nigerian gasoline tanker explosion death toll rises to 86, with 55 others injured
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The death toll from a gasoline tanker explosion in north-central Nigeria has risen to 86, the country’s emergency response agency said on Sunday. The blast happened in the early hours of Saturday near the Suleja area of Niger state after individuals...

Nigerian gasoline tanker explosion kills at least 70 people, authorities say
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 70 people have died in north-central Nigeria after a gasoline tanker exploded, the country’s emergency response agency said. The blast happened in the early hours of Saturday near the Suleja area of Niger state after individuals attempted to...

Bomb hoax sends former Northeastern University employee to prison for a year
BOSTON (AP) — A former Northeastern University employee who lied to the FBI about a package blowing up in his arms at the Boston campus has been sentenced to just over a year in prison for the hoax. Jason Duhaime, 47, from San Antonio, Texas, was convicted on the federal charges in...

Bodies found after gas explosion causes coal mine to collapse in southwest Pakistan
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — At least three miners have died after a methane gas explosion caused a coal mine to collapse in a remote area of southwest Pakistan, officials said Friday, as authorities launched an operation to rescue nine other missing workers. Abdul Ghani, a mines...
A 3-year-old boy's death from a New Year's fireworks explosion in Honolulu raises toll to 4
