Explosions (Accidental)
Dozens Killed and Hundreds Burned in Bangladesh Depot Disaster
DHAKA, Bangladesh — At least 49 people were killed and hundreds more suffered burns when a fire at a container depot in Bangladesh set off a series of explosions, officials said on Sunday, the latest such disaster in a country where mass-casualty fires have become a recurring problem. Many people were in critical condition in […]
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Source of Mysterious Gas Leak Explosion in Canadian Town Stumps Officials
WHEATLEY, Ontario — Electricity is cut off. Guards sit in cars on every corner. Hundreds of people are out of their homes, some without access to their clothing or belongings. And officials are frantically working to unravel the grim mystery of what exactly caused a gas explosion last August in Wheatley, Ontario — and how […]
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Gasoline Truck in Haiti Explodes, Killing More Than 60
Prime Minister Ariel Henry, writing on Twitter, said medical teams were being dispatched to the site, and declared three days of mourning. Mr. Henry later said he would be traveling to Cap-Haïtien with a number of government officials, doctors and emergency medical workers. “I will take this opportunity to express my solidarity with the grieving […]
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A Mine Disaster in Russia Highlights Safety Shortfalls in Rush to Dig Coal
MOSCOW — In the days before his death in a mine explosion in Russia’s coal-rich Kuzbass region, Boris Piyalkin lamented that the safety standards in his workplace were inadequate. “He sat and cried, and was just scared,” said Anzhelika Piyalkina, the daughter-in-law of Mr. Piyalkin, who had spent three decades working as a miner but […]
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