Latest Explosions News
A boat explosion at a South Florida marina kills 1 and injures 5 others
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A boat explosion at a South Florida marina has left one person dead and five others injured, officials said. The explosion occurred Monday night at the Lauderdale Marina, Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue said in a social media post. Rescue...
A blast at a Turkish ammunition factory kills 11 people
ISTANBUL (AP) — An explosion at an ammunition factory in northwest Turkey left 11 dead and five injured Tuesday morning. The blast occurred in Balikesir province, according to the state-run Anadolu Agency. The factory is in a rural area away from population centers. ...
An explosion at a Turkish factory kills at least 12 people
The head of Russia’s nuclear defense forces has been killed in an explosion in Moscow, officials say
An explosion in the Afghan capital has killed the Taliban refugee minister, Interior Ministry official says
Deadly chocolate factory explosion caused by faulty gas fitting, safety board finds
Cascading failures involving a corroded steam pipe and a defective natural gas fitting caused a powerful explosion in 2023 at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory, killing seven workers when the company failed to evacuate, a federal safety board said Tuesday. About 70 production workers...
Dutch police arrest 3 with possible links to huge apartment explosion that killed 6 in The Hague
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch police said Tuesday that they have arrested three suspects who might have been involved in the explosion and fire that killed six people in an apartment building in The Hague over the weekend. Authorities had said they were investigating “all...
Philippine volcano eruption sends villagers fleeing for safety as homes are blanketed in ash
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A plume of hot ash and gases up to 3 kilometers (1.8 miles) high forced residents to seek shelter after a volcano in the Philippines erupted on Monday. There were no immediate reports of casualties in the latest explosion of Mount Kanlaon, on central...
Italy fuel depot blast kills 2 and injures more than a dozen. 3 others missing
MILAN (AP) — An explosion at a fuel depot in the central Italian region of Tuscany on Monday killed at least two people and injured 14 others, authorities said. The blast collapsed a building with offices, where three people were believed missing, regional environmental official...