Latest Explosions News

An explosion and fire at a service station kills 13 in Russia’s Dagestan

Sep. 28, 2024 07:32 AM EDT

MOSCOW (AP) — An explosion at a gas station in Russia’s southern region of Dagestan killed at least 13 people and injured 23 others, officials said Saturday. The explosion on Friday triggered a fire that tore through the service station and its cafeteria on the outskirts of the...

Huge explosion rocks a southern suburb of Beirut, target not immediately clear

Sep. 27, 2024 11:42 AM EDT
BEIRUT (AP) — Huge explosion rocks a southern suburb of Beirut, target not immediately clear.

Man who set off explosion at California courthouse had a criminal case there

Sep. 26, 2024 12:01 PM EDT

SANTA MARIA, Calif. (AP) — A 20-year-old man tossed an explosive device into the California courthouse where he was about to be arraigned on a gun charge and the explosion left five people with minor injuries and shut down the court complex and other nearby city buildings, police said. ...

Explosion at a California courthouse left 2 people with non-life-threatening injuries and 1 person detained

Sep. 25, 2024 13:59 PM EDT
SANTA MARIA, Calif. (AP) — Explosion at a California courthouse left 2 people with non-life-threatening injuries and 1 person detained.

Iran says it believes workers trapped in coal mine explosion have died, bringing death toll to at least 49

Sep. 24, 2024 08:03 AM EDT
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran says it believes workers trapped in coal mine explosion have died, bringing death toll to at least 49.

At least 30 people killed after a methane leak sparked an explosion at a coal mine in eastern Iran, state media reports

Sep. 22, 2024 02:06 AM EDT
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — At least 30 people killed after a methane leak sparked an explosion at a coal mine in eastern Iran, state media reports.

Israel says it has carried out targeted strike in Beirut, explosions heard in southern suburb

Sep. 20, 2024 09:09 AM EDT
BEIRUT (AP) — Israel says it has carried out targeted strike in Beirut, explosions heard in southern suburb.

A fire that burned for 4 days after Texas pipeline explosion has finally gone out

Sep. 19, 2024 21:11 PM EDT

DEER PARK, Texas (AP) — A pipeline fire that burned in a Houston suburb for four days finally went out Thursday as authorities announced a criminal investigation into the blaze that had roared into a towering flame, forcing neighborhoods to evacuate and melting parts of nearby cars. ...

A fire that burned for four days after pipeline explosion in a Houston suburb has finally gone out, city officials say

Sep. 19, 2024 20:32 PM EDT
DEER PARK, Texas (AP) — A fire that burned for four days after pipeline explosion in a Houston suburb has finally gone out, city officials say.

Officials identify 2 men killed in Idaho gas station explosion

Sep. 18, 2024 18:47 PM EDT

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Authorities have identified two people killed when a gas station exploded and started a fire in a remote Idaho town last week. The Clearwater County Sheriff's Office said Brandon Cook, 53, of Orofino and Wesley Lineberry, 62, of Pierce were both killed in the...