BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese judge leading the investigation into last year’s massive blast at Beirut’s port on Thursday ordered the release of six people, including security officers, who had been...

SELIGMAN, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities are trying to identify human remains found after an explosion and fire at a ranch near Seligman last weekend.

SALEM, N.H. (AP) — A fire and explosion at the garage of a house displaced four people, but caused no injuries, authorities in Salem, New Hampshire, said.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — An upstate New York man has been charged with setting off explosives in another man's yard and sending letters to neighbors warning that he planned to continue doing...

BEIJING (AP) — Nine workers were killed in northern China during an operation to destroy expired mining explosives, while one miner died and seven others were reportedly trapped by an explosion in...

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a homeless camp caught fire underneath a bridge in Eugene early Wednesday, leading multiple propane tanks to explode and destroy the tents and possessions of...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities are trying to determine the cause of a house explosion in northeast Philadelphia that sent one man to a hospital and prompted treatment of another at the...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Multiple explosions and a fire in an underground concrete electrical vault rocked downtown Omaha and forced the evacuation of a nearby hotel, but no injuries were reported....

BALTIMORE (AP) — A man who was seriously injured in a natural gas explosion in Baltimore has filed a lawsuit against Baltimore Gas & Electric as well as the city.

ASBURY PARK, N.J. (AP) — Utility crews restored service after an underground electrical fire rocked the New Jersey shore city made famous by Bruce Springsteen's music.

SILVERTON, Ore. (AP) — A worker was killed in a fire at a seed cleaning facility Tuesday northeast of Salem in Silverton, authorities said.

CANNON FALLS, Minn. (AP) — A railcar carrying molasses exploded in Cannon Falls Tuesday morning, leaving a sticky mess, but causing no injuries, according to police.

HAVANA (AP) — What is believed to be a meteor lit the sky over eastern Cuba and caused an explosion, scientists on the island said Saturday. There were no reports of damage or injury.

BUTTE, Mont. (AP) — An explosion that killed a man and injured another at a Butte truck repair shop started when sparks from a welding tool ignited fumes from an oil storage tank, Butte-Silver Bow...

QUETTA, pakistan (AP) — A methane gas explosion caused a mine to collapse and kill seven coal miners in southwestern Pakistan, a mining official said Tuesday, the second such incident in the...

QUETTA, pakistan (AP) — A methane gas explosion caused a mine to collapse and kill seven coal miners in southwestern Pakistan, a mining official said Tuesday, the second such incident in the...

NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. (AP) — Massachusetts is asking residents and businesses in three communities affected by a series of natural gas explosions and fires in September 2018 how to spend some of...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Heat from a deadly gas pipeline explosion in Kentucky burned so hot it melted the siding on a home 1,100 feet (about 355 meters) away, according to a federal...

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A methane gas explosion killed six coal-miners overnight in southwestern Baluchistan province, near the Afghan border, Pakistani authorities said Friday.

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Nicaragua’s San Cristobal volcano erupted Tuesday, showering the northwestern city of Chinandega in ash.

Video from the scene showed dramatically reduced visibility...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Investigators arrested a man Monday who is suspected of causing an explosion that tore through a recreational vehicle in Northeast Portland, police said.

A propane leak apparently led to an explosion that destroyed a mobile home in the central Montana town of Ryegate, killing two people who owned a bar there, Golden Valley County officials...

KLEIN, Texas (AP) — Utility workers trying to repair a broken gas line north of Houston struck another one, causing an explosion that injured six of them, including one critically, authorities...

LONGVILLE, La. (AP) — One person was killed when an oil well exploded in southwest Louisiana over the weekend, authorities said.

Emergency crews were called to the scene of the explosion...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — An explosion in a Ukrainian hospital ward where COVID-19 patients are being treated has killed one person and injured another, authorities said Saturday.

MOSCOW (AP) — An explosion destroyed a café building and injured three people in a Russian city 400 kilometers (248 miles) east of Moscow, emergency officials said.

CAMERON, Texas (AP) — A tractor-trailer and a freight train collided Tuesday morning in central Texas, causing a large explosion and fire, authorities said.

LIBERTY, N.Y. (AP) — An expectant father was killed when a device he was building for a gender reveal party exploded, police in New York said Monday.

NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities said nine people were injured, two seriously, after an explosion Thursday at a three-story New York City residence that blew out windows and sent a door flying into...

DANA POINT, Calif. (AP) — A 25-foot (7.6-meter) powerboat sunk after it exploded and sparked a fire, damaging seven other boats at a Southern California marina, authorities said.

AMES, Okla. (AP) — There were no injuries when a natural gas pipeline exploded early Thursday in northwestern Oklahoma, authorities said.

CARROLL, Iowa (AP) — Fire officials are looking into what caused a fire and explosions at a western Iowa propane and fuel distribution business that rocked the area into the early-morning hours...