Posts Categorized: Explosion
Explosion Blows Doors Off of Ice Plant
AN AMMONIA EXPLOSION EARLY TUESDAY MORNING blew the doors off of a Reddy Ice plant in New Smyrna Beach, Florida.
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Update Video Added: Drive-Thru Ka-Boom in California
A COACHELLA, CALIFORNIA, MAN LEARNED AN EXPENSIVE LESSON on LPG tanks Saturday afternoon at 1:45 Pacific when his pickup truck blew up while waiting in a McDonald's drive-thru window line.
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While Medics Treat Ka-Boom Victims, Spartacus Steals the Ambulance
Sunday morning while the Orthodox Easter Services were underway in the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral, around the corner on Tarpon Ave. a mighty explosion rocked The Zone, a restaurant/bar, and an apartment building.
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Kansas Grain Elevator Ka-Boom Update – Penalties Proposed
The charges stem from a violent and deadly grain elevator explosion last October 29 in Atchison, Kansas, that killed six people and blew the top off the silos.
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6-yr.-Old Critically Burned by Mom’s BBQ Ignition
AN OREGON BOY WAS CRITICALLY BURNED Sunday afternoon when his mother tried to aid the igniting of charcoal by squirting fuel onto it.
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Explosion, Fire in German Chemical Plant
A CHEMICAL PLANT IN AN INDUSTRIAL PARK IN MARL, Germany, had an explosion-like event Saturday afternoon that started a large fire.
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“Chicken Man” Presumed Dead in Georgia House Ka-Boom
Andrew Wordes, 53 and known locally as "Chicken Man." is presumed to be the person found dead in his suburban house following a massive explosion yesterday while he was being served with an eviction notice.
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90-yr.-Old Survives Total Ka-Boom
The neighborhood of mostly-vacation homes was shaken just before 9 pm last Friday when the violent explosion shook the whole area, causing many calls to the emergency center.
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Smuggler’s Car Ka-Booms & Burns
This is a common tactic of smugglers who do this on the stretch of Interstate where a border checkpoint station is located...
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Acetylene Ka-Boom Injures Junkyard Worker, Starts Fire
AN AUTOMOBILE JUNK YARD NEAR HONOLULU, Hawai'i, was the scene of an explosion and fire Tuesday afternoon
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Arizona Ka-Boom Destroys Two Homes
A DEVASTATING EXPLOSION LEVELED A CHANDLER, Arizona, house late Sunday night and caused enough damage to the home next door that it was destroyed also.
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An Explosion of Tax Evaders
On Monday night the Naples office of Equitalia was rocked with three explosive devices that blew out the door and the windows of the office.
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Merchant Ship Ka-Boom in Korean Waters
A MERCHANT FREIGHTER THAT CARRIES PETROLEUM products had a hull-breaking explosion Sunday morning off the coast of South Korea.
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Restaurant Ka-Boom Kills 2 in Moscow
Criminal Charges Pending Against Owner
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Controlled Ka-Booms
Some Photogenic Destruction This Weekend
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Allentown Rocks….
SLIGHTLY LESS THAN A YEAR after a natural gas explosion leveled several homes and killed five people, Allentown, Pennsylvania had another incident Thursday but without the severity of outcome.
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Updated: LODD – B.C., Canada
A POST-FIRE EXPLOSION RIPPED THROUGH an industrial building in Enderby, British Columbia, Thursday morning killing a volunteer firefighter and injuring another one.
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Buffalo Box 191 North Division & Grosvenor Streets; December 27, 1983
Remembering Buffalo Box 191 North Division & Grosvenor Streets; December 27, 1983
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Plumber’s Work Van Explodes Killing Driver
A MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, PLUMBER WAS KILLED in front of his own home Monday morning after he approached his work van and it exploded just before he got inside.
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Fire, Explosion Destroy Half of Strip Mall
A FIRE IN A CATHEDRAL CITY, CALIFORNIA, STRIP MALL leveled half the shopping center early Tuesday morning after a presumed smoke explosion blew out all the front windows and led to a roof collapse.
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Residential Pre-Arrival: What are your Considerations?
Having Knowledge or information of Pre-arrival Conditions; upon arrival of companies may have an influence on the implementation of an effective incident action plan. What would you need to know or consider?
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Gas Blast Levels Chicago Home, Sets Others Afire
AN EXPLOSION DESTROYED A CHICAGO, Illinois, home this morning (Sunday) leaving the brick 1-½ story structure nothing more than a pile of rubble while setting the neighboring homes on fire.
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Grain Elevator Ka-Boom in Kansas, 3 Dead, Others Missing
A THUNDERING EXPLOSION WAS HEARD AND FELT throughout the entire city of Atchison, Kansas, Saturday evening when a grain elevator blew up killing at least three workers.
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6-Alarm Apartment Arson in Massachusetts
A SIX-ALARM FIRE STARTED IN A BOSTON, Massachusetts, apartment building early Monday morning that destroyed most of a 42-unit brick building that occupies an entire city block.
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Bug Bomb Fells 12 FF’s in New Jersey
After entering the apartment they all soon started becoming sick and suffering some respiratory distress.
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