Natural gas leaked from a defective fitting at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory where a powerful explosion leveled one building, heavily damaged another and killed seven people, federal safety investigators said Tuesday as they continued to investigate the cause of the blast. One of two leaks at the R.M. Palmer Co. plant in West Reading was…
Gas Leaked From Bad Fitting at Pennsylvania Chocolate Factory Where 7 Died in Blast, Report Says
July 18, 2023
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After Paris Blast Crumples Building in Left Bank, Rescue Workers Still Searching for 1 Person
PARIS—French rescue workers searched Thursday for a person feared missing after a powerful blast brought down a building on Paris’ Left Bank, injuring more than 30 people, six of them critically. Investigators were working to determine the cause of Wednesday’s explosion. A possible gas leak was one of the theories under investigation. The blast near…
Blast in Northern Afghanistan Kills 11 During Funeral of Deputy Governor
KABUL—An explosion inside a mosque in northern Afghanistan on Thursday killed at least 11 people during the funeral of the Taliban’s provincial deputy governor, who died in an attack earlier this week, officials said. The Taliban-run Ministry of Interior said that more than 30 people were also injured in the blast in Badakhshan, a province…
More Than 30 Million US Drivers Don’t Know If They’re at Risk From a Rare but Dangerous Airbag Blast
DETROIT—More than 33 million people in the United States are driving vehicles that contain a potentially deadly threat: Airbag inflators that in rare cases can explode in a collision and spew shrapnel. Few of them know it. And because of a dispute between federal safety regulators and an airbag parts manufacturer, they aren’t likely to…
Suspect Detained After Blast at Residential Building in Germany Injures Police, Firefighters
BERLIN—An explosion at a residential building in Germany that left nine first responders seriously injured appears to have been a planned attack carried out by a man wanted in connection with an unpaid fine, officials said Friday. Police and firefighters had gone to the building in the western town of Ratingen on Thursday after receiving…
Massachusetts Blast Site Where 1 Died Moves to Cleanup Phase
NEWBURYPORT, Mass.—Authorities in Massachusetts on Friday identified the worker who died after a powerful explosion tore through a pharmaceutical chemical plant with a history of safety violations. Fire crews in Newburyport were still cleaning up the site, a day after what they described as seven-alarm hazardous materials event that tore the roof off the building…
1 Dead, 1 Injured in Blast at Chicago Area Petroleum Plant
April 25, 2023
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LEMONT, Ill.—An explosion and fire at a suburban Chicago petroleum refinery killed one person and injured a second on Tuesday morning, authorities said. The Will County Sheriff’s Office said one person was confirmed dead and a second was transported to a hospital in Joliet with injuries following the explosion at Seneca Petroleum in Lemont, Illinois….
Pakistani Police Say 2 Blasts at Facility in Northwest Kill 12
PESHAWAR, Pakistan—Two explosions Monday at a counterterrorism police facility in northwest Pakistan killed at least 12 people and wounded at least 50, police said. Senior police officer Ataullah Khan said an initial blast at the facility in the Swat Valley district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province was followed by a larger, more intense one. Associated Press…
Swedish Prosecutor Says May Be Difficult to Determine Who Blew Up Nord Stream Pipelines
STOCKHOLM—It will likely be difficult to determine who blew up the Nord Stream pipelines connecting Russia and Germany in the Baltic Sea last year, Sweden’s prosecution authority, which is investigating the incident, said on Thursday. The Sept. 26 explosions at the pipelines connecting Russia and Germany occurred in the economic zones of Sweden and Denmark….
Blast Near Afghan Foreign Ministry Kills 6, Hurts Several
KABUL—At least six civilians were killed by a suicide attack in Afghanistan’s capital on Monday, near a security checkpoint leading to the foreign ministry, according to police. “In Malik Asghar Square … a suicide attacker before reaching the target was identified at a check point and killed, but his explosives detonated,” said Kabul police spokesperson…
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