Archive for the ‘Explosives’ Category
CNN: “Several explosions hit Yemen’s Aden airport as the newly formed power-sharing government arrived from Saudi Arabia on Wednesday. The blasts killed at least 22 people and injured scores more….”
Thursday, December 31st, 2020Beirut by drone, 8/5/20
Wednesday, August 5th, 2020Hospitals are overwhelmed caring for the 4,000+ injured, according to the Lebanese Red Cross, and the death toll is expected to rise as rescue workers search the rubble, Al Jazeera reports.
Beirut, 8/4/20: The moment of the explosion
Wednesday, August 5th, 2020
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October 23, 1989: 23 people die in a series of explosions sparked by an ethylene leak at a Philipps Petroleum factory in Pasadena, Texas.
Wednesday, October 23rd, 2019Tanzania: At least 60 people were killed and scores more wounded in a fuel tanker explosion
Sunday, August 11th, 20197/17/1944: An ammunition ship explodes while being loaded in Port Chicago, California, killing 332 people.
Wednesday, July 17th, 20196/1/1965: A coal mine explosion kills 236 workers at the Yamano mine near Fukuoka, Japan.
Saturday, June 1st, 2019“……The sudden explosion, probably brought about by the ignition of a gas pocket, led to the collapse of many of the mine shafts and caused boulders to block the escape routes. …..”
