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Rescuers recover a body at the site of Friday's deadly explosion that destroyed the five-star Hotel Saratoga, in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, May 7, 2022.

Crews work through 2nd night after Cuba hotel blast kills 27

May 07, 2022

Crews worked through a second night searching for victims of a hotel explosion that killed at least 27 people in Cuba's capital and left more than a dozen missing.

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Europe

A police officer walks past a fire engine at Liverpool Women's Hospital in Liverpool, England, on Monday. One person died and another was injured after a device exploded in a taxi outside the hospital on Sunday.

U.K. police have declared Sunday's Liverpool car blast a terrorist act

Nov 15, 2021

Authorities in England have arrested four men in connection with Sunday's deadly blast, which took place in a taxi outside a women's hospital. They say a motive is not yet known.

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Asia

Smoke rises from explosion outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday. Reports of explosions outside the airport were confirmed the following morning.

President Biden Tells Kabul Attackers: 'We Will Hunt You Down And Make You Pay'

Aug 26, 2021

An Islamic State affiliate says it was behind the attacks that killed at least 12 U.S. service members and dozens of Afghans. Here's what we know right now.

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A cache of 5,000 pounds of illegal fireworks seized at a South Los Angeles home exploded and destroyed an armored Los Angeles Police Department tractor-trailer, damaging nearby homes and cars and causing injuries, authorities said.

Illegal Fireworks Explode In Los Angeles Bomb Squad Truck, Hurting 17

Jul 01, 2021

Los Angeles Police bomb squad officers were in the process of seizing more than 5,000 pounds of illegal fireworks at a home in South Los Angeles at the time of the explosion.

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Middle East

Shattered containers remain in front of towering grain silos gutted in the August explosion at the Beirut port that claimed the lives of more than 200 people.

Lebanon's Caretaker Prime Minister Charged Over Massive Beirut Blast

Dec 10, 2020

They are the highest-ranking officials to date to face charges in connection to the August explosion that killed at least 200 people and devastated large portions of Lebanon's capital.

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National

Emergency personnel work the scene of the early morning explosion that Houston Fire Chief Samuel Peña said caused significant damage to nearby homes and even knocked some off their foundations.

At Least 2 People Killed In Massive Industrial Explosion In Houston

Jan 24, 2020

The blast was felt more than 30 miles away, knocking homes off their foundations and casting debris about half a mile. A criminal probe is underway, though it's not clear what caused the explosion.

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Massive Explosion Rips Through Texas Chemical Plant

Nov 27, 2019

The blast is the latest in a string of industrial incidents in east Texas. The explosion at the petrochemical plant injured three people and blew out windows and mangled doors of some nearby homes.

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Reno Fire Officials "Confident" There Were No Fatalities In UNR Campus Explosion

Jul 06, 2019

Officials have confirmed everyone is safe after an explosion in a University of Nevada Reno dormitory Friday.

At a press conference Saturday, Reno Fire Department Emergency Operations Chief Steve Leighton said a rescue team was thorough in ruling out fatalities.

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8 Injured In UNR Dorm Blast From Mechanical Failure

Jul 06, 2019

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A fire official says eight people were treated for injuries after an explosion at a dormitory at the University of Nevada, Reno.

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Panaca Explosions Kill One

Jul 14, 2016

A sheriff says a pair of explosions in a small Nevada town killed one person and prompted a request for a bomb unit to respond from Las Vegas, about 165 miles away.

Lincoln County Sheriff Kerry Lee said in a statement Thursday that the blasts occurred about 8 p.m. Wednesday in Panaca

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The Two-Way

Men carry a body to an ambulance after the fire at a temple in Kerala on Sunday.

Explosion During Fireworks Show Kills More Than 100 In Kerala, India

Apr 10, 2016

The fire swept through a packed Hindu temple during a fireworks display. Local officials say at least 100 were killed, with at least 200 other people injured.

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Indian authorities inspect a crater left by a suspected meteorite in southern Tamil Nadu state. Local officials say the impact killed a bus driver and injured three others on Feb. 6.

Did A Meteorite Kill A Bus Driver In India?

Feb 08, 2016

The chance of being killed by a meteorite is approximately 1 in 75 million. If experts confirm a meteorite caused the blast, the death would be the first of its kind since 1825.

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Police officers take positions as they arrive at scene of a bus explosion in the center of Tunis, the capital city of Tunisia, Tuesday.

Tunisian President Declares State Of Emergency Following Deadly Explosion

Nov 24, 2015

The Tunisian President declared a state of emergency for 30 days and an overnight curfew following the explosion that ripped through a bus carrying presidential security on a main road in Tunis.

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Radioactive Dump That Burned In Nevada Had Past Troubles

Oct 26, 2015

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Records show that a closed commercial radioactive waste dump that caught fire last weekend in southern Nevada had trouble over the years with leaky shipments and that oversight that was so lax that employees took contaminated tools and building materials home in

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Vegas Hot-Air Balloon Business Takes Flight After Fire

Aug 28, 2015

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Vegas Balloon Rides is taking flight for the first time since routine re-fueling erupted into a fire at the company's office near the Las Vegas Strip, injuring a pilot and destroying three of the company's baskets.