Posts Categorized: Explosion
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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Fireground Dynamics: Smoke Explosion during Interior Operations
Reading the Smoke, Fire Dynamics and Smoke Explosion
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Serial Bombers Arrested in Poland
TWO MEN HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN POLAND suspected of setting explosions in Ikea stores around Europe
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Fiery Train Wreck in Illinois – Working
A FREIGHT TRAIN CONTAINING TANK CARS OF ETHANOL derailed around 1:45 am Central near the small town of Tiskilwa, Illinois.
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Recycling Plant Ka-Boom in UK
A MAJOR EXPLOSION LEVELED ONE BUILDING at a Surrey, England, recycling plant sending debris hundreds of feet in the air and shaking the entire neighborhood
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Huge Chemical Plant Fire in Texas
A MASSIVE FIRE AT A CUSTOM CHEMICAL BLENDING plant in Waxahachie, Texas, is burning out of control at this hour.
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Factory Fire Ka-Booms in Australia
The fire started Thursday night in a factory located in an industrial zone and burned for 22 hours before the fire brigade had it extinguished Friday evening.
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Wisconsin Town Evacuated Wednesday Morning Following Explosions
PRACTICALLY THE ENTIRE TOWN OF ADELL, Wisconsin, was evacuated early this morning (Wednesday) when a fire broke out at the local farmers' Co-Op plant.
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Fireworks Factory Ka-Boom in Italy – Several Dead
Family-Run Business Totally Destroyed
AT LEAST SIX PEOPLE WERE KILLED Monday afternoon in Frosinone Province, Italy, when a family-run fireworks factory suffered a massive explosion. The owners of the firm, Claudio Cancelli, 65, and his two sons…
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Updated: Nuclear Plant Explosion Kills One
AN EXPLOSION MONDAY MORNING in a nuclear storage and processing plant in southern France has killed one person and injured at least three four more people.
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