Category: explosion

Russia Expels 20 Czechs After Blast Blamed on Skripal Suspects

MOSCOW/PRAGUE—Moscow expelled 20 Czech diplomats on Sunday in a confrontation over Czech allegations that two Russian spies accused of a nerve agent poisoning in Britain in 2018 were behind an earlier explosion at a Czech ammunition depot that killed two people. Prague had on Saturday ordered out 18 Russian diplomats, prompting Russia to vow on…


Paint Plant Explosion and Fire Kill 1, Hurt 8; Cause Unclear

COLUMBUS, Ohio—An explosion and fire rocked a paint manufacturer early Thursday in Ohio’s capital, killing one person and injuring eight others. Some of the injured were able to get out of the Yenkin-Majestic Paint plant in Columbus, authorities said. Others were rescued and taken to the hospital. All of them, including two initially listed as…


Chinese Villager Targets Officials With Explosive, at Least Five Dead

Chinese regime announced five people were killed in a man-made explosion on the outskirts of Guangzhou on the morning of March 22. Local villagers told The Epoch Times that 16 people died or were injured in the blast, caused by a villager angry with village officials. A 59-year-old local man surnamed Hu is suspected of…


Dynamite Explosions at Army Base in Equatorial Guinea Kill at Least 15

MALABO—A series of large explosions at a military base that killed at least 15 people in Equatorial Guinea on Sunday were the result of negligence related to the use of dynamite, President Teodoro Obiang Nguema said. Another 500 people were injured in the blasts that rocked the city of Bata. In a statement carried on…


Explosion Occurs at Restaurant Near Government Headquarters in Beijing 

An explosion leveled a restaurant in Beijing and left several people injured, raising security concerns ahead of a major political gathering of China’s political elite next week. However, the story was immediately removed from all media outlets in the mainland due to the sensitivity of the matter. The Epoch Times interviewed the wife of the…


Photo of Baltimore Man’s Tearful Reunion With His Dog After 4-Month-Long Coma Goes Viral

A Baltimore man’s story has gone viral after he awoke from a 4-month-long coma and was reunited with his faithful dog. Barak, an adorable spotted hound, was brought into BARCS Animal Shelter when his owner was admitted to the hospital for injuries sustained in a terrible explosion in the city, which affected several homes. The…


New York Dad-to-Be Killed While Building Device for Gender Reveal

An expecting father died on Sunday after a device he was building for a party focused on revealing his child’s gender exploded, authorities said. New York state police officers responded just before noon to a report of an explosion in the town of Liberty. An investigation showed that Christopher Pekny, 28, was building a device…


At Least 2 Dead After Blast Brings Down Building in Central Madrid

MADRID—At least two people died and several were injured when a building in central Madrid belonging to the Catholic Church collapsed on Wednesday after an explosion, Mayor Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida told reporters. Initial investigations suggested that the blast in Calle de Toledo, a street leading out from the city center, had been caused by a…


20 Killed in Attack on Yemeni Airport Moments After New Cabinet Lands

ADEN—At least 20 people were killed and dozens wounded in an attack on Yemen’s Aden airport on Wednesday moments after a plane landed carrying a newly formed Saudi-backed cabinet for government-held parts of Yemen. Hours after the attack, a second explosion was heard around Aden’s Maasheq presidential palace where the cabinet members including Prime Minister…


Nashville Bomber Left Hints of Trouble, but Motive Elusive

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—In the days before he detonated a bomb in downtown Nashville on Christmas, Anthony Quinn Warner changed his life in ways that suggest he never intended to survive the blast that killed him and wounded three other people. Warner, 63, gave away his car, telling the recipient that he had cancer. A month before…