MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — A massive fireworks explosion during a procession at a Mexican church killed eight people Tuesday and left some 50 wounded, authorities said. Two children aged 11 and 12 were among those killed in the accident, which occurred around dawn at the San Jose parish atrium in Tequisquiapan, some 145 kilometers (90 miles) northwest of Mexico City. Parishioners had donated the fireworks for a festival, but “something went wrong and they […]
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Two dead, 10 hurt in petrol station blast near Rome
ROME, Italy (AFP) — Two people were killed and at least 10 injured in an explosion at a petrol station northeast of Rome on Wednesday, firefighters and police said. The blast occurred when a tanker truck carrying flammable liquid was refuelling at the petrol station on the Salaria highway 30 kilometers (18 miles) outside the capital, according to Italian media. “A firefighter died, as did a civilian,” the firefighters tweeted. Antonio Mannoni, head of police […]
Worker killed, 10 hurt in Bosnia refinery blast
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (AFP) — An explosion at a Russian-owned oil refinery in Bosnia killed one worker and injured 10 more, police and hospital spokesmen said Wednesday. Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik visited Bosnia’s sole oil refinery in the northern town of Brod and said the blast, which occurred late Tuesday and sparked a fire, was an “unfortunate accident.” He praised the refinery’s workers for having behaved in a “particularly responsible way.” “They closed […]
Workers injured in Bosnia oil refinery blast: report
SARAJEVO, Bosnia, and Herzegovina (AFP) — An explosion at a Russian-owned oil refinery in Bosnia slightly injured eight workers late Tuesday, local television reported citing officials. The blast at the plant in the northern town of Brod, on the border with Croatia, occurred around 9:30 pm (1930 GMT), RTRS television reported, citing the head of the municipality, Ilija Jovicic. The cause of the explosion at Bosnia’s sole oil refinery, which sparked a fire, was not […]
Explosion and fire at Canada’s largest oil refinery
MONTREAL, United States (AFP) — An explosion and fire ripped through Canada’s largest refinery Monday, injuring several workers in what its owner called a “major incident.” The blast was believed to be the result of a malfunction in the diesel refining section of the Irving Oil refinery in St John’s, New Brunswick, said company executive Kevin Scott. Officials said all the plant’s workers were accounted for after the fire, and four people received hospital treatment […]
Eight hurt in IED explosion in General Santos City
(Eagle News)—Eight people were hurt after an improvised explosive device exploded in General Santos on Sunday, Sept. 16. The victims in the blast at a pharmacy near Hadano Park in the National Highway, were identified as Marlon Orabia, 30; Jerry Guyos, 19; Felipa Regidor, 64; Lally Jean Alipio, 34; John Calang, 22; Claire Uozolam, 24; Joana Alipio,3; and Jeslly Yvonne Guyos. The police said based on witnesses, two men were behind the incident, which Philippine National […]
Fires, explosions erupt in multiple US towns near Boston
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Mass evacuations from US towns north of Boston were underway Thursday after dozens of fires and suspected gas explosions erupted, police said, leaving at least 10 residents injured, one critically. Massachusetts State Police said they had responded to 70 reports of fires, explosions and the smell of gas in a widespread zone encompassing the east coast towns of Lawrence, Andover and North Andover. “Gas lines are currently being […]
PNP: Communist groups may be behind explosions in Masbate, Sultan Kudarat
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police is looking at the possibility Communist groups were behind the recent explosions in Sultan Kudarat and in Masbate. In a press conference, PNP Spokesperson Senior Supt. Benigno Durana said this was based on evidence they found in the scenes. According to Durana, the orange PVC pipes found were the “preferred materials” of Communist groups in their attacks. Durana said also recovered were “scattered parts of the speedboats.” Earlier, […]
Blast rocks Masbate port; several boats damaged
(Eagle News)—–Several boats sustained damages after a blast ripped through Masbate early Sunday. The explosion took place near a Philippine Coast Guard station in Masbate Port at 12:30 a.m. Two aluminum boats were damaged and a newly procured rescue boat from the Philippine Army was destroyed, the PCG said. An investigation is ongoing.
At least one killed, several injured after second blast rocks Isulan, Sultan Kudarat
(Eagle News)–A second blast rocked Isulan in Sultan Kudarat on Sundy, Sept. 2, leaving at least one dead and several injured. Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde said the incident took place past 7 p.m., in Rrenz Internet Cafe at the corner of Valencia and Valdez Streets in Barangay Kalawag 2, based on a report to him. This was a short distance from where an improvised bomb under a motorcycle blew up on August 28, killing […]
Arroyo: I support martial law in Mindanao
(Eagle News)– Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Thursday, Aug. 30, expressed support for martial law in Mindanao, after the Palace floated the possibility of extending the same following the blast in Sultan Kudarat that killed at least three people. “I support martial law in Mindanao,” she said. She said she supports “what the President does because I’ve been President and I believe that he (President Rodrigo Duterte) doesn’t need a peanut gallery to tell him what […]
Another group eyed in Sultan Kudarat blast as death toll rises to 3
(Eagle News)—-Authorities are eyeing another group in the blast in Sultan Kudarat on Tuesday, Aug. 28, as the death toll rose to three. A report over dzbb said authorities were looking into the possibility one Abu Turaifie group, led by one Esmail Sheikh Abdulmalik alias Abu Turaifie, was behind the incident in Isulan that also injured over 30 others. The Philippine National Police said the group claimed to have ties with the Islamic State. Earlier, […]
