An apartment explosion resulted in five injured in Greenwood South Carolina on Sunday, November 4, 2018. Three adults and two children were injured in the blast, according to the Greenwood Fire Department. A helicopter transported one adult male to a burn center in Augusta, Georgia. The condition of the injured people is not yet known. The explosion […]
A Delaware City Refinery Explosion injured three workers on Tuesday, October 30, 2018, inflicting serious burns. According to New Castle County Paramedics, one 39-year-old worker was in critical condition, with burns to his arms and face. A 36-year-old worker was in serious condition with burns to his face and neck. A 22-year-old worker, the third […]
Safety violations allegedly caused the April explosion at Superior Refinery that injured 11 people, according to a federal investigation. The incident happened on April 26, 2018. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited the refinery for 13 safety violations. OSHA spokesman Mark Hysell said, “Ensuring the mechanical integrity of critical equipment used during the […]
A house explosion in McDaniels, Kentucky killed one and injured two in the 700 block of Camp Green Shores Lane on October 27, 2018. The person who was killed in the tragedy was 62-year-old Loretta Harris of Burnside, Kentucky. Sadly, Ms. Harris was found dead at the scene. The two other people were flown to […]
A Chesapeake Virginia natural gas home explosion killed one and injured several people on October 14, 2018. The two residents of the home suffered critical injuries. They were transported to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. Tragically, one of the residents has since died. The explosion and fire affected others in addition to the two homeowners. Two […]
Officials have announced that faulty work caused explosions in Andover, North Andover, and Lawrence, Massachusetts just north of Boston on September 13, 2018. The explosions killed one person, injured many others, damaged 131 buildings, caused 60 fires, and forced the evacuation of thousands of people. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) made the announcement on […]
Update: One person is dead, many are injured, and property damage is immense in a series of explosions and fires in the North Andover, Andover, and Lawrence disaster just north of Boston. A state of emergency was declared by Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker on Friday, September 14, 2018. The fatality happened in Lawrence, where a […]
Gas explosions and fires north of Boston blasted Lawrence, North Andover, and Andover, Massachusetts on Thursday, September 13, 2018. “There have been multiple explosions, multiple fires that are happening across the city,” Lawrence Mayor Dan Rivera told WBZ TV. The city of Andover reported that they have extinguished all of the fires in the city, […]
A propane explosion and fire in Tilford, SD has killed two people and injured another. One of the fatalities was the Assistant Chief of the Sturgis Fire Department. A local resident was also killed, and a Deputy Sheriff was injured. The tragedy occurred around 4 PM on Friday, September 7, 2018. Sturgis Assistant Fire Chief […]
An explosion at Lone Star Specialties, in Lone Star, Texas, has killed one man and injured four others. The incident happened on Friday, August 31, 2018. The cause of the explosion has not been determined. The person who was killed was pronounced dead at the scene. He has been identified as William Rudd, of Yale, […]
Ten people have been inured in an explosion at the Chicago Water Reclamation Plant on August 30, 2018. The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MRWD) of Greater Chicago issued a statement saying that the explosion at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant occurred in the sludge concentration building. At least two people were buried under the wreckage […]
A Winnebago County Iowa grain elevator explosion injured two people and caused some damage that shut down the site, on August 20, 2018. The incident happened at the Landus Cooperative, located at 314 North Main in Rake, Iowa, in Winnebago County. Rake is about 60 miles northwest of Mason City, just south of the Iowa-Minnesota […]