The Texas fertilizer disaster turned a routine fire call into one of the deadliest industrial explosions in U.S. history. A massive blast at a local plant killed 15 people, including 12 first ...

A five-year wait for answers on what caused a fatal explosion at a water treatment plant is "too long", an expert has said. Families have had to "unfairly" wait for half a decade to learn what caused ...

In many ways, Edward Burkhardt is in the middle of a train company CEO's worst nightmare: one of his trains, carrying 72 cars of crude oil, went out of control and exploded in a small Quebec border ...

HERRIMAN — Herriman dodged a lot of disaster from a massive fire and explosion over the weekend, according to new details. An SUV slammed into a shopping center, triggering a gas leak, and the ...

On the evening of August 4, 2020, a massive explosion rocked the Port of Beirut in Lebanon. The explosion happened as hundreds of cameras were already pointed at a burning warehouse, in which more ...

An explosion in a coal mine in eastern Iran killed at least 34 workers and injured 17 others, officials said Sunday, marking one of the worst mining disasters in the country's history as others ...

Two disasters defined Soviet space tragedy. The N1 rocket created history's largest non-nuclear explosion while the Nedelin ...

Manmade or technological disasters are unpredictable, can spread across geographical boundaries, may be unpreventable, and may have limited physical damage but long-term effects. Some disasters in ...

A set of explosions and a fire at a Chinese poultry factory killed at least 119 workers on Monday, amid reports that poor building conditions contributed to the high death toll. Local officials say ...