Explosion
Gibraltar fuel depot explosion rocks port, two hurt
May 31, 2011An explosion and fire have rocked the port of the British territory of Gibraltar, injuring two people, a police spokesman has told the BBC. The blast took place at the territory's main fuel storage facility, close to a cruise ship docked at a pier. ...
Mexico rescuers comb mine blast site as hopes fade
May 05, 2011Rescuers searching a coal mine rocked by a gas explosion in northern Mexico have so far recovered five bodies. Efforts are continuing to locate nine more men trapped underground but hopes of finding survivors are fading. Officials said the blast was...
Mexico miners killed in underground explosion
May 04, 2011Four workers have been killed and 10 are trapped underground after a blast at a coal mine in northern Mexico. Officials say the size of the gas blast means the chances of finding any survivors are slim. They said the blast was so strong that a teenage...
Blast rocks Belarus metro system (VIDEO)
April 11, 2011Several people are reported to have been injured or killed by an explosion in the metro system in Minsk, the capital of Belarus. An eyewitness reported smoke rising from the Oktyabrskaya metro station in the city centre, and casualties being taken to...
Breaking News: Nuclear Meltdown at Fukushima nuclear plant(VIDEO)
March 12, 2011Chișinău / Moldova.ORG/ -- It seems that a reactor meltdown have been caused today at Fukushima Daichi nuclear power plant in Okuma by the explosion that occurred this morning in Japan. The control rods is the key piece of technology in a nuclear reactor...
Breaking news: Explosion Reported at Japanese Nuclear Plant
March 12, 2011An explosion occurred March 12 at the Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s (TEPCO) Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Japan, Japanese news agency Jiji reported, citing local police. Reports of an explosion and smoke come after Japanese officials...
New Zealand mine: 'No survivors' after second blast
November 24, 2010All 29 men missing in a New Zealand coal mine since Friday are believed to be dead after a second explosion. Police Supt Gary Knowles said there was no hope that anyone could have survived the "massive" underground blast at the Pike River...
Blast At Vladikavkaz market kills at least 14
September 09, 2010More than a dozen people have been killed in an explosion in the Russian republic of North Ossetia that officials say was the work of a suicide car bomber. The midday explosion took place in a busy central market in the local capital of Vladikavkaz....
Obama to meet oil spill victims' families
June 10, 2010U.S. President Barack Obama will meet Thursday with relatives of the 11 people killed in the oil rig explosion off the Louisiana coast that caused a massive oil leak. The White House says the president will offer his condolences to the family members...
Rescue team withdrawn from West Virginia mine, 4 miners remain missing
April 10, 2010Officials in the U.S. state of West Virginia have withdrawn rescue workers from a mine where four miners remain missing after an explosion this week that killed 25 people. West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin told reporters Friday the rescue workers pulled...