Explosion
West Virginia coal mine explosion kills 25, 4 still missing
April 06, 2010Officials in the eastern U.S. state of West Virginia say 25 coal miners are dead and four others are missing after an explosion at a coal mine. Federal mine safety official Kevin Stricklin said early Tuesday rescue workers had halted operations temporarily...
West Virginia: Six miners were killed in an explosion, 21 missing (video)
April 06, 2010CNN reports that six miners were killed Monday in an explosion in an underground mine in West Virginia in the United States, citing an official. Twenty-one other miners were unaccounted for and 21 others were hurt in the blast, which occurred in Raleigh...
Suspect in grenade explosion in Moldovan capital released
October 21, 2009No person suspected of committing the 14 October terrorist attack in the centre of Chisinau is now arrested by police, the head of the commission in charge of investigating this case, prosecutor Igor Popa, told ProTV on Tuesday. He said that the key suspect...
Moldovan officials provide details about explosion in Chisinau
October 19, 2009Senior officials from Moldova's power structures and the Ministry of Health were summoned to parliament on Thursday evening to present information about the explosion that took place in the Chisinau central square the night before during the Chisinau...
Moldovan Officials Say Blast An 'Act Of Terror'
October 16, 2009Moldovan officials say the explosion of a grenade at a concert in downtown Chisinau on October 14 that left some 40 people injured was an "act of terror," RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. Prosecutor-General Valeriu Zubko said police initially...
Gas pipe explodes near Chitcani village
April 02, 2009An explosion of large proportions, which resulted into a fire, took place this morning, near the village Chitcani, on the segment of the pipe Ananiev-Tiraspol-Ismail. Liliana Puşcaşu, the press officer of the Civil Protection and Emergency Service...
- December 10, 2007
Five people remained hospitalized with injuries sustained when an explosion ripped through a Russian passenger bus, killing two women. In all, three men and four women were taken to the hospital, ITAR-TASS reported Sunday. Two of the injured passengers...
Unknown casualties in China mine explosion
December 06, 2007Casualty estimates varied widely following a coal mine explosion in northern China on Thursday, with reported deaths ranging from 46 to 96. The state-run Xinhua news agency said two offices of the State Administration of Coal Mine Safety had conflicting...
At least 33 dead in Ukrainian mine blast
November 18, 2007A methane explosion in a Ukrainian coal mine Sunday killed at least 33 miners and rescuers sought as many as 80 still missing, officials said. At least 27 miners were hospitalized with injuries suffered in the blast at the Zasyadko mine in the Donetsk...
Gas explosion rocks Russian apartment
November 09, 2007A gas explosion in a 12-story apartment building killed at least three people and injured another in an area in southern Moscow, rescue officials said Friday. "The fire was extinguished at 12:43 p.m. Moscow time. About 20 people were rescued...