PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AFP) — At least six people died and several others were seriously injured in an explosion Thursday at a Czech chemical plant in the northern town of Kralupy-nad-Vltavou, fire fighters said. “We have received information about six dead and several others seriously injured,” regional fire fighter spokeswoman Vladimira Kerekova said, quoted by the CTK news agency. © Agence France-Presse
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Sixth apparent explosion in Texas: authorities
CHICAGO, United States (AFP) — A sixth explosion was reported in the city of Austin, Texas late Tuesday, following a series of blasts that have so far killed two people, authorities said. Emergency officials said they were responding to a reported blast in the southern part of the state capital city. A man in his thirties was taken to hospital “with potentially serious, not expected to be life-threatening, injuries,” Austin’s medical services agency said on Twitter. […]
UK police charge three men over deadly explosion
LONDRES, United Kingdom (AFP) — Three men were charged on Saturday over a fatal explosion in central England which left five people dead and demolished a building, police said. The suspects were charged with arson with intent to endanger life and five counts of manslaughter, Leicestershire Police said in a statement. The blast on February 25 in the city of Leicester destroyed a supermarket and a two-storey flat above it. The force of the explosion […]
4 injured after explosion, building collapse in UK’s Leicester
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — British police responded to a “major incident” that critically injured at least four people on Sunday in Leicester, a central English city, after an explosion and building collapse, according to local authorities. “There has been a major incident…” local police wrote on Twitter. “All emergency services are currently dealing with this.” It advised people to avoid the area and added that local roads had been closed. The Fire and Rescue […]
Explosion rips through Mississauga mall; several injured
By Rey Mangahas Eagle News Service An explosion ripped through a mall in Ontario, Canada on Sunday, sending three to the hospital and prompting authorities to evacuate residents in the area due to safety concerns The massive blast in the mall on Hurontario St. in Mississauga took place at 7:30 a.m., and blew windows on other buildings that ended up collapsing. A family of three, including a child, was rescued from the roof of a […]
Mayon volcano sends out another 5-km high ash cloud as explosions continue
(Eagle News) – More ash explosions were seen this morning, January 23, in Mayon Volcano as volcanologists warned of continuous explosions after it raised the volcano’s alert level to number 4, meaning hazardous eruption is imminent. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said that as of 8:54 a.m. Tuesday, another phreatomagmatic eruption occurred in Mt. Mayon sensing an ash column five kilometers high. This was similar to yesterday’s 5-km high ash cloud […]
8,000 more families to evacuate as Phivolcs says “hazardous eruption imminent” for Mayon; Legazpi airport shut down
(Eagle News) — More families near Mayon Volcano are being facilitated for evacuation after the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology raised the alert level 4 warning on the volcano, meaning “hazardous eruption is imminent.” Some 7,000 to 8,000 families are targeted for evacuation after the Phivolcs warning that Monday’s latest explosions which sent ash columns several kilometers up the volcano, would endanger those living up to eight kilometers from Mayon’s radius. The Civil […]
Explosion risk for oil tanker ablaze off China: authorities
BEIJING, China (AFP) — An Iranian oil tanker ablaze off the Chinese coast is at risk of exploding or sinking, authorities said Monday, as they reported there was no sign of survivors 36 hours after the vessel erupted in flames. A huge fire was still raging around the stricken ship, which had been carrying 136,000 tons of light oil, with fierce heat and thick black smoke billowing from the vessel and the surrounding sea. Rescuers […]
Explosion at Syria jihadist base kills 23: monitor
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — An explosion at a base for Asian jihadists in northwestern Syria’s Idlib city on Sunday killed 23 people including seven civilians, a monitor said. Extremist groups fighting in Syria count thousands of Asians among their ranks, including many from central Asian states and members of the Muslim Uighur ethnic minority of China’s Xinjiang province. “A large explosion on Sunday evening hit the base of the Ajnad al-Qawqaz faction in Idlib,” said […]
8 killed in mortar blast in Zamboanga del Norte
A farmer and seven other people were killed in Zamboanga del Norte after a mortar shell he had found at work exploded, police said Thursday. The incident that took place on Wednesday at a rubber plantation in the fourth-class municipality of Sirawai also saw five others wounded. Those killed and injured were relatives and neighbors of rubber tapper Marcelo Antogan, 21, who was also killed himself. It was Antogan who brought home the shell without […]
UPDATED: At least two killed in blast in China port city: official
BEIJING, China (AFP) — At least two people were killed and two more seriously injured in a massive blast in China’s eastern port city of Ningbo on Sunday, local official said. The city government said on an official social media account that the explosion had occurred in a “vacant lot” but it did not provide more details. It added that an unidentified number of people were being treated.
India power plant explosion toll rises to 26
LUCKNOW, India (AFP) — The death toll from an explosion at a coal-fired power plant in northern India has risen to 26, the government said Thursday, as 10 more people died of their injuries. Several more victims are being treated for critical injuries sustained Wednesday when a boiler pipe burst at a plant run by India’s largest state-owned power utility in Uttar Pradesh state. A list prepared by the state government showed 26 people had died, though […]
