Latest Explosions News

Fuel truck explosion kills at least 15 people in Haiti

Sep. 14, 2024 14:50 PM EDT

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A tanker truck carrying gasoline in Haiti on Saturday flipped and exploded, killing at least 15 people and seriously injuring 40 others, officials said. Prime Minister Garry Conille provided the figures in an X post. Earlier, Radio Caraibes reported...

Explosion at an Idaho gas station leaves two critically injured and others presumed dead

Sep. 13, 2024 11:20 AM EDT

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Officials say two people were badly burned and two others are believed to be dead after an explosion and fire destroyed a gas station in a small north-central Idaho town. The explosion at the Atkinson Distributing station in Cardiff was reported just after 3...

Music Review: Nilüfer Yanya returns with the vibrant, spare and breathtaking 'My Method Actor'

Sep. 11, 2024 16:47 PM EDT

The great news is that Nilüfer Yanya's third album is about to drop. But that means a little homework on your part: Carving out the time to listen. Not just half-listen. Her 11-track “My Method Actor” is not the kind of music you blast from cars or bars or even put on while...

Workers at UK's biggest steel plant get better severance deal ahead of green transition

Sep. 11, 2024 12:06 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Britain's government unveiled on Wednesday details of a new support package for workers who face losing their jobs at the country's biggest steel plant ahead of its transition to a greener way of production. Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds said workers at the...

Fuel tanker collision in Nigeria caused an explosion that killed at least 48 people

Sep. 10, 2024 01:27 AM EDT

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A fuel tanker collided head-on with another truck in Nigeria on Sunday causing an explosion that killed at least 48 people, the country’s emergency response agency said. The fuel tanker was also carrying cattle in the Agaie area in north-central Niger state...

One more death in US, the 28th, is attributed to Takata air bag inflators that can spew shrapnel

Sep. 03, 2024 12:19 PM EDT

DETROIT (AP) — Another death has been linked to dangerous Takata air bag inflators by U.S. regulators, the 28th in the United States. The driver was killed in 2018 in Alabama in a Honda vehicle, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said, but gave no further details....

2 workers killed and 1 injured in tire explosion at a Delta Air Lines facility in Atlanta

Aug. 27, 2024 23:11 PM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — Two workers were killed and another seriously injured Tuesday in a tire explosion at a Delta Air Lines maintenance facility near the Atlanta airport. Delta said the explosion occurred while wheel components were being disassembled for maintenance at a wheel and brake...

EPA takes charge of Detroit-area cleanup of vaping supplies warehouse destroyed by explosions

Aug. 27, 2024 15:38 PM EDT

CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The federal government is leading a cleanup of the hazardous remains of a Detroit-area storage site for vaping supplies, five months after explosions destroyed the building, sent debris flying for miles and killed a man. Goo Smoke Shop in Macomb...

Propane blast levels Pennsylvania home, kills woman and injures man

Aug. 21, 2024 10:00 AM EDT

JEFFERSON, Pa. (AP) — An explosion that leveled a home in northeastern Pennsylvania, killing a woman and leaving a man seriously injured, was apparently caused by a propane leak, state police said. The blast in Jefferson Township, near Scranton, was reported around 2 p.m. Tuesday....

Louisiana is investigating a gas pipeline explosion that killed a man

Aug. 19, 2024 12:38 PM EDT

VENICE, La. (AP) — A man working on a natural gas pipeline in a marshy coastal area was killed in a weekend explosion, Louisiana state police said. The cause of Saturday night’s blast near Venice in southeast Louisiana is under investigation. State police identified the victim...