Japan's Epsilon-S solid-fuel rocket exploded during an engine trial at a testing site

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The explosion took place about a minute into the test of the second stage engine, the official said.

Gas explosion in barbecue restaurant in northwest China, 31 people dead despite rescue efforts

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Only One Man Injured In Explosion In Milan Downtown - Firefighters

 

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Multiple Houses Leveled In Ottawa After Gas Leak Triggers Explosion

Multiple houses under construction have been leveled after a gas leak triggered an explosion in Orleans, a suburb of Ottawa, the city's Fire Services said in a statement on Monday.

The explosion at Hotel Saratoga, claimed lives of 22 people, was caused by a gas leak.

 

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 The explosion at a historic Havana hotel has claimed lives of 22 people while injuring around 70. 

Explosion at illegal oil refinery depot in Nigeria : At least 109 people have died

 

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 More than 109 people were killed overnight in an explosion at an illegal oil refining depot on the border of Nigeria`s Rivers and Imo states, a local government official and an environmental group said.

Chongqing canteen collapses, 16 killed- China.org.cn

Sixteen people were killed and 10 injured, one critically, after a blast rocked a canteen of a subdistrict office in Wulong District, Southwest China's Chongqing municipality at noon Friday.

Search for Survivors After Gas Explosion in Sicily

 

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 Firefighters search for survivors Sunday, December 12, after a gas explosion caused multiple residential buildings to collapse in Ravanusa on the Italian island of Sicily.

Sierra Leone explosion: Dozens killed in fuel tanker blast

 

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Five People Killed in Fire on Oil Platform in Gulf of Mexico, 2 Went Missing, Pemex Company Says - Sputnik International

(Sputnik) - Five people were killed, two were missing and six were injured in a fire on Pemex's offshore platform in the Gulf of Mexico, the company's CEO, Octavio Romero Oropeza, said on Monday.

Explosión en plataforma de Pemex en el golfo de México | Un muerto, heridos y desaparecidos dejó explosión

 

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LEVERKUSEN-EXPLOSION: Sorge vor giftigen Niederschlägen - Kaum Hoffnung für Vermisste

 

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Alemania: aún no son claras las causas de la explosión en una planta química de Leverkusen

 

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At Least Seven People Die as Building Collapses After Explosion in Bangladesh's Dhaka, Police Say - Sputnik International

At least seven people have died and hundreds more were injured as a result of an explosion that caused the collapse of a building in the Mogbazar neighborhood of Bangladesh's capital of Dhaka, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Shafiqul Islam said.

Sri Lanka and India continue efforts to douse container ship fire for 10th day

 

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CHEMIEBOMBE VOR SRI LANKA: Säurebeladenes Containerschiff brennt seit Tagen im Indischen Ozean

 

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Blast in Sichuan - Illegal constructions : Suspects detained after chemical plant blast in SW China

Several suspects have been detained over an explosion in southwest China's Sichuan Province, local authorities said at a news briefing Friday.

Onze morts, 25 personnes piégées par une explosion dans une mine en Chine

Onze personnes ont été tuées et neuf autres ont été blessés dans l'explosion d'un camion transportant des explosifs à proximité de l'entrée d'une mine de fer dans le nord-est de la Chine, a rapporté mardi la télévision d'Etat chinoise CCTV.

Hawaii volcano eruption enters new phase as crater falls quiet

As lava continues to pour vigorously from the ground through fissures at the foot of Kilauea Volcano, the month-old eruption on Hawaii's Big Island has entered a new, seemingly calmer phase inside the summit crater, government scientists have said.

Inde: une explosion de gaz pendant un mariage fait au moins 18 morts

Au moins 18 personnes ont péri dans une explosion de gaz qui a pulvérisé vendredi soir un hôtel de Beawar, dans l'ouest de l'Inde, pendant un banquet de mariage, selon un bilan rendu public dimanche par les autorités.