Huge explosion at gas storage facility lights up night sky over Tehran An explosion took place at an Iranian gas storage facility near the capital Tehran Defence ministry spokesman Davoud Abdi said there were no casualties The fire was brought under control but the cause of the blast is not yet known By Kate Dennett For … Read more
Suspected gas explosion destroys three bedroom terraced cottage injuring parent and two children as witnesses tells of nearby houses ‘shaking’ A suspected gas explosion left a cottage in Seven Sisters near Neath destroyed The roof was blown off the home and brickwork of the house was torn away One neighbour said: ‘It looks like something from … Read more
Suspected gas explosion destroys three bedroom terraced cottage injuring parent and two children as witnesses tells of nearby houses ‘shaking’ A suspected gas explosion left a cottage in Seven Sisters near Neath destroyed The roof was blown off the home and brickwork of the house was torn away One neighbour said: ‘It looks like something from … Read more
Counter-terrorism police swooped in on a block of flats to carry out a controlled explosion following the knife attack in Reading which saw three people stabbed to death. Footage emerged today of what appeared to be a large number of counter-terror police performing a controlled explosion at the residence where the lone assailant who carried out … Read more
Three workers are injured after huge explosion at oil factory that ‘shook nearby buildings’ as smoke was sent billowing into the air Three workers were injured after an explosion at an industrial unit in Erith Witnesses said flames shot into the sky as 80 employees dashed to safety Three people were taken to hospital as … Read more
British woman, 89, is killed by gas explosion at her Costa del Sol apartment, as injured husband, 88, is found sitting in a chair surrounded by debris Firefighters discovered the British pensioner’s body under a mound of rubble Her husband was also at home at the time of the blast and survived the explosion Police … Read more
An explosion Saturday at a hash oil manufacturer in downtown Los Angeles injured 11 firefighters who had gone inside the building after an initial report of a fire and then had to run for their lives when a ball of flame shot out the building that was so intense it scorched a fire parked truck … Read more
Out with a bang: German nuclear power station’s cooling towers are demolished in spectacular explosion The demolition took place at the site of the Philippsburg power plant, near the city of Karlsruhe The explosions were triggered shortly after 6am on Thursday in the south-west of the country Timing of the demolition was kept quiet to … Read more
Ending the US coronavirus lockdown too early could lead to an explosion of new coronavirus cases, according to a study modelling the spread of the virus. Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) created a model showing the spread of the deadly virus using publicly available data from Wuhan, Italy, South Korea and the … Read more
Breathtaking explosion of tulips erupt over a German field marking the much-anticipated arrival of spring Sea of blooming tulips have come to life across a field in Grevenbroich, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany The colourful display was admired by avid nature lovers from all over the district who flocked to the field Aerial images taken by … Read more