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Eight died in an explosion of a gas tanker stuck on a bridge in Boksburg, South Africa. In addition to the 8 casualties died, many were injured and taken to hospital. The explosion demolished the bridge, scrapped some vehicles and damaged a…

A propane gas tank exploded yesterday evening in the port of Mohammedia, Morocco. Flames engulfed the sky and the warehouse's surroundings following subsequent explosions. Five of the 7 tanks in the warehouse have been destroyed, according…

A hydrocarbon reservoir in the Colombian city of Barranquilla exploded. Many firefighters were called to the scene after the fire quickly spread. Authorities reported that a firefighter who intervened in the fire died, and that they were…

A gas cylinder exploded in a market in the Lasbela region of Balochistan province in southwestern Pakistan. At least 12 people were killed and 13 injured, a local official said. The explosion occurred just as the cylinder was refilled, and…

A mobile phone burst into flames after blasting like a bomb in a phone repair store in Karabük, Turkey. The store owner Gökhan Gündoğan was busy with another defective phone brought in by a customer. He threw the flaming phone after a brief…

A kitchen cylinder explosion in a house in the Mexican city, Apodaca, left 1 dead and 1 injured. One person in the house had burns on his body, and a person living in the house next door was crushed to death by a wall that collapsed in…

One died and more than 10 were reported missing after a huge explosion broke out in a building in St Helier, the capital of Jersey Island, one of the Channel Islands in the south of England at 04:00 local time. The fire that broke out…

An explosion at a fireworks factory killed five people and injured 19 in Villigran, Guanajuato, Mexico. The dead bodies were scattered within a 200-meter radius, rescuers said. The explosion was supposedly caused by a spark striking the…

A 5-storey building in the city of Nizhnevartovsk in the Tyumen region of Russia partially collapsed due to an explosion occurred at 18:06 local time. According to initial reports, 4 people lost their lives and 10 were injured. Fifty two…

The oil tank in the Turkish port of Samsun blew up. The tank caught fire after the explosion, and black smoke filled the sky. The teams from the Samsun Fire Brigade Department, which is situated close to the port, responded to the fire…