Two men suffered serious burns after an explosion and fire at the Delaware City Refinery on March 11. The men, ages 47 and 31, were airlifted from the scene and are now receiving treatment at the Crozer Burn Center in Upland, Pennsylvania. The explosion and fire occurred around 1:30 p.m. Black smoke that billowed into […]
An explosion at Valley Proteins in Rose Hill, NC this morning seriously injured four contract workers who were airlifted to an area hospital for burn injuries. The explosion occurred around 10:45 this morning as the crew was working in the finished product area of the lant located on Yellowcut Road. xxx Michael Smith, vice chairman […]
A house explosion in Riverside, CA on March 2 has left one man who suffered serious burn injuries hospitalized in critical condition. He is being treated in a burn unit of an area hospital. The explosion, which occurred just after 2:30 p.m., badly damaged the house located in the 4200 block of Witt Avenue. The […]
An explosion in an industrial part of downtown Los Angeles on March 1 injured three people, two of them are in critical condition. The explosion, which occurred just before noon, blew the roof off of the building located at 743 Kohler Street. Neighbors said the space, located in a row of commercial buildings, was used […]
One man is dead after a house explosion in Pittsburg, California on February 26. Firefighters arrived at the house, located in the 100 block of Linscheid Drive just after 9:00 a.m. and said they did not see flames coming out of the house. The man inside had suffered burns to most of his body. He […]
A house explosion in Valley City, ND yesterday injured four people who are being treated at an area hospital. Neighbors told Fire Chief Scott Magnuson that they heard a loud explosion before a fire engulfed the home at around 9 p.m. on February 26. Four people were taken by ambulance to the hospital where they […]
A propane leak is the suspected source of a house explosion that injured one person in Grady County, Oklahoma on February 23. The Grady County Fire Department shared the video below on its Facebook page. Posted by Grady County Fire Department / Official on Sunday, February 23, 2020 A propane leak in the basement ignited […]
A natural gas leak is the suspected source of a fatal house explosion on February 20 in Brookings, SD. Firefighters were called to the scene at 618 Sixth Ave. just before noon to find a heavily involved fire and a portion of the house blown apart. Fire Chief Darrell Hartmann told the Brookings Register that […]
Pritzker Hageman’s explosion legal team is looking into a mobile home explosion in the Hamilton Twp. just south of Columbus, OH. This explosion has left two people with serious burns and other injuries in critical condition. Firefighters arrived at the house located at 411 Janice Marie Blvd. in the Enchanted Acres Mobile Home Park just […]
Three of the four people injured in an explosion at an oil rig near Caldwell, Texas on January 29 have died. The fourth person remains hospitalized with burn injuries. According to a statement issued by Chesapeake Energy Corp., the Oklahoma City-based company that operates the wellsite, an 11-member crew was doing “workover operations” when the […]
An explosion at an oil rig owned by Chesapeake Energy Corp. near Caldwell, Texas on January 29 has left three people dead and another injured. The fire at the site, which burned for a full day, has been extinguished and the well is secured, the Oklahoma City-based company said in brief update today. Four employees […]
Investigators have determined that a propane explosion was the source of a fire at a home near Turtle Lake in Itasca County, MN that left two people dead. The person who called 911 reported hearing a loud bang before the fire broke out just before 7:30 a.m. on January 24. When emergency responders arrived at […]