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A massive explosion and subsequent fire involving a parked fuel truck under the Bridge of the Americas in Panama City has left at least one person dead and two others injured. The blaze quickly spread to two nearby tanker trucks, sending…

At least 13 civilians were killed and 57 others injured after an electrical malfunction triggered a massive explosion at an army ammunition depot in the Musaga district of Bujumbura, Burundi. The blast leveled military facilities and caused…

A powerful explosion and subsequent fire broke out at the Valero oil refinery in Port Arthur, Texas. While the exact cause remains under investigation, local authorities believe the blast originated from an industrial heater at the…

An explosion at an ammunition depot belonging to border troops in Surin province, northeastern Thailand, triggered a large fire and repeated blasts, authorities said. The depot is located about 50 kilometers from the Cambodian…

An explosion at a fireworks and firecracker shop in Xiangyang, Hubei province, China, killed 12 people. The blast triggered a fire that destroyed about 50 square meters of the store. Authorities said the cause of the explosion is under…

An Arik Air Boeing 737-700 carrying 80 people made an emergency landing in Benin, Nigeria, after an explosion was heard from its left engine shortly after takeoff from Lagos. The aircraft had departed from Murtala Muhammed Airport bound for…

An explosion at a steel plate factory in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in northern China killed two people and injured 84 others, three of them critically. Authorities said the blast was caused by the rupture of a water and steam…

Honduran lawmaker Gladis Aurora López was injured after an explosive device struck her while she was speaking to journalists outside the National Congress in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The device, thrown from behind, hit López in the neck,…

An explosion at a business center in Baku, Azerbaijan, injured five people on Monday morning. Emergency teams treated the injured at the scene before transporting them to a hospital. Rescue crews from the Ministry of Emergency Situations…

A natural gas pipeline exploded in the village of Rostovka in Russia’s Omsk region, creating a large fireball. Governor Vitaly Khotsenko said the blast occurred in an underground section and posed no danger to nearby residents. No…