http://www.mail.com/subjects/8168-explosions.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/8168-explosions.html http://www.mail.com/news/us/1759254-feds-to-probe-why-alarms-failed-wva-explosion.html SISSONVILLE, W.Va. (AP) — Federal investigators are looking into why no alarms sounded as a massive natural gas explosion sent flames as high as hilltops, engulfing homes and a large section of an interstate for more than an hour. Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board will visit Columbia Gas Transmission's Charleston control room thi... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 02:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1759254-feds-to-probe-why-alarms-failed-wva-explosion.html 2012-12-13T02:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1742586-chain-blast-feared-clean-up-la-site.html DOYLINE, La. (AP) — Authorities are slowly moving some of the 6 million pounds of explosives improperly stored at a munitions recycling facility because they feared a chain reaction blast could have spread through corridors packed with explosive materials, the sheriff of the threatened area said Tuesday. A voluntary evacuation order for Doyline, a town of... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 23:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1742586-chain-blast-feared-clean-up-la-site.html 2012-12-04T23:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1738824-vietnam-war-era-mortar-shell-blast-kills-4-kids.html HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A mortar shell left from the Vietnam War has exploded in a southern village, killing four children and seriously injuring five other people. Hieu Nghia village official Le Van Giang says three children aged 4 to 11 died at the scene Sunday afternoon and a 6-year-old boy died at the hospital. The blast seriously injured two other chil... Mon, 03 Dec 2012 00:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1738824-vietnam-war-era-mortar-shell-blast-kills-4-kids.html 2012-12-03T00:59:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1728458-charged-exec-cooperating-wva-mine-blast-probe.html MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Federal prosecutors investigating the West Virginia mine explosion that killed 29 men widened their net Wednesday, filing criminal charges against a longtime Massey Energy executive who worked closely with former CEO Don Blankenship — a move signaling where their sights may be ultimately set. The cooperation of David Craig Hughart... Wed, 28 Nov 2012 23:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1728458-charged-exec-cooperating-wva-mine-blast-probe.html 2012-11-28T23:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1722534-utility-worker-pierced-pipe-mass-gas-blast.html SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A natural gas explosion that injured 18 people and damaged 42 buildings in Springfield's entertainment district was blamed Sunday on a utility worker who accidentally punctured a high-pressure pipeline while looking for a leak. State Fire Marshal Stephen Coan said the Friday night blast in one of New England's largest cities was ... Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1722534-utility-worker-pierced-pipe-mass-gas-blast.html 2012-11-26T00:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1720962-mass-natural-gas-explosion-damaged-42-buildings.html SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Preliminary investigations show more than 40 buildings were damaged in a natural gas explosion in Massachusetts that injured 18 people, building inspectors said Saturday. A strip club was flattened and a day care center was heavily damaged in the massive blast Friday night in Springfield, one of New England's biggest cities. Inve... Sun, 25 Nov 2012 00:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1720962-mass-natural-gas-explosion-damaged-42-buildings.html 2012-11-25T00:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1721044-18-chinese-miners-die-coal-gas-explosion.html BEIJING (AP) — A coal mine accident in China's southwest killed 18 workers and trapped five more on Saturday, the official Xinhua News Agency said. There were 28 workers working in the state-owned Xiangshui coalmine in Guizhou province when the coal-and-gas explosion happened about 11 a.m., and five of those were rescued, Xinhua said. No other details wer... Sat, 24 Nov 2012 10:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1721044-18-chinese-miners-die-coal-gas-explosion.html 2012-11-24T10:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1720630-gas-blast-levels-mass-strip-club-18-people-hurt.html SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A natural gas explosion in one of New England's biggest cities on Friday leveled a strip club with a boom heard for miles and heavily damaged a dozen other buildings but didn't kill anyone, authorities said. Firefighters, police officers and gas company workers in the area because of an earlier gas leak and odor report were among... Sat, 24 Nov 2012 02:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1720630-gas-blast-levels-mass-strip-club-18-people-hurt.html 2012-11-24T02:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1714790-prosecutor-arrests-deadly-indy-blast.html INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Investigators said Tuesday that no arrests have been made in connection with an Indianapolis house explosion that killed two people and destroyed at least five homes, but that authorities were still serving search warrants and questioning people. Prosecutor Terry Curry told The Indianapolis Star on Tuesday that search warrants had been... Wed, 21 Nov 2012 00:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1714790-prosecutor-arrests-deadly-indy-blast.html 2012-11-21T00:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1713464-indiana-explosion-investigated-homicide.html INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The house explosion that killed two people and destroyed several homes in an Indianapolis neighborhood is now being investigated as a homicide, authorities said, though no suspects have been named. Indianapolis Homeland Security Director Gary Coons announced the criminal investigation Monday evening, shortly after a funeral was held fo... Tue, 20 Nov 2012 13:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1713464-indiana-explosion-investigated-homicide.html 2012-11-20T13:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1712302-2-workers-shoulder-blame-2010-bp-oil-disaster.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The manslaughter charges brought against two relatively low-ranking BP rig workers in the deadly Gulf of Mexico disaster may be as far as federal prosecutors are willing to go. Or maybe they intend to use the two men to work their way up the corporate ladder. The Justice Department has said only that its criminal investigation is still ... Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1712302-2-workers-shoulder-blame-2010-bp-oil-disaster.html 2012-11-19T22:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1711998-hundreds-attend-funeral-indy-blast-victims.html INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Hundreds of people turned out Monday for the funerals of a couple killed in an Indianapolis explosion — a teacher remembered for knitting gifts for her students and her electronics expert husband who was a gardener and nature lover. There's no way to understand the deaths of 34-year-old John Dion Longworth and 36-year-old Jennifer Long... Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1711998-hundreds-attend-funeral-indy-blast-victims.html 2012-11-19T20:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1709020-co-worker-oil-rig-fire-gulf.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The owner of an oil platform that caught fire after an explosion in the Gulf of Mexico last week said Sunday that it has expanded its search for a missing worker, and doctors said one of four men burned in the blaze is improving and is now in fair condition. Two remained in critical condition and one in serious condition, doctors said. ... Sun, 18 Nov 2012 23:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1709020-co-worker-oil-rig-fire-gulf.html 2012-11-18T23:59:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1708626-correction-gulf-rig-fire-story.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — In a story Nov. 17 about an oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico, The Associated Press erroneously described the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement. It is a federal agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior, not a state agency. A corrected version of the story is below: Coast Guard: Body found near burned Gulf oil... Sun, 18 Nov 2012 16:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1708626-correction-gulf-rig-fire-story.html 2012-11-18T16:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1709240-explosion-bus-kenya-capital-kills-5.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An explosion on a bus in Kenya's capital killed at least five people and wounded 29 on Sunday, a police official and the Red Cross said. Nairobi police chief Moses Ombati said there would likely be more casualties after the explosion on a 25-seater public transportation vehicle. "There are more casualties coming in but what I can con... Sun, 18 Nov 2012 14:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1709240-explosion-bus-kenya-capital-kills-5.html 2012-11-18T14:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1706746-missing-cat-6-days-indianapolis-blast.html INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A missing family cat has been rescued from the ruins of a home near the center of the deadly Indianapolis house explosion. Fire Capt. Rita Burris says the black cat named Gidget had been missing since the fiery blast late Saturday night. A federal investigator found Gidget on Friday hiding behind a couch in the home of her owners, Glen... Fri, 16 Nov 2012 22:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1706746-missing-cat-6-days-indianapolis-blast.html 2012-11-16T22:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1704984-defense-lawyers-bp-rig-workers-scapegoats.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — While BP has resolved a sweeping criminal probe of its role in the massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, two company employees charged in the deaths of 11 rig workers claim the Justice Department is trying to make them scapegoats for the disaster. Attorneys for the highest-ranking BP employees aboard the Deepwater Horizon during... Fri, 16 Nov 2012 09:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1704984-defense-lawyers-bp-rig-workers-scapegoats.html 2012-11-16T09:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1702968-residents-blast-shaken-subdivision-want-answers.html INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — When a house two blocks away exploded with a deafening boom, the staggering force knocked Billie Chipman to the floor. The freckled 16-year-old hasn't slept since. "I was walking to the couch and I fell," she said Thursday. As clocks and pictures rained down off the walls late Saturday, "I put a blanket over my face and screamed." The ... Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1702968-residents-blast-shaken-subdivision-want-answers.html 2012-11-15T22:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1699092-experts-analysis-indiana-blast-take-time.html INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Investigators looking for the cause of a deadly Indianapolis house explosion got more support for their theory that natural gas was a factor Wednesday when an attorney for the owner of a home at the core of the blast said his client's 12-year-old daughter had smelled a strange odor off and on for weeks. Still, finding the actual cause ... Wed, 14 Nov 2012 21:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1699092-experts-analysis-indiana-blast-take-time.html 2012-11-14T21:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1696640-investigators-appliances-ind-blast.html INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Investigators in the Indianapolis explosion that killed two people and decimated a neighborhood believe natural gas was involved and are focusing on appliances as they search for a cause, a city official said Tuesday. Indianapolis Homeland Security Director Gary Coons made the announcement after the National Transportation Safety Board... Wed, 14 Nov 2012 02:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1696640-investigators-appliances-ind-blast.html 2012-11-14T02:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1694270-indiana-blast-investigation-focuses-natural-gas.html INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The search for what caused a massive, deadly explosion that rocked an Indianapolis neighborhood turned to natural gas Monday, with officials checking gas lines and a homeowner saying a problem furnace could be to blame. The National Transportation Safety Board sent investigators to check gas main and other lines serving the neighborhoo... Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1694270-indiana-blast-investigation-focuses-natural-gas.html 2012-11-12T23:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1692784-deadly-blast-devastates-indianapolis-neighborhood.html INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Splintered beams and boards on a piece of charred earth were all that remained Sunday where at least two Indianapolis homes were leveled in a blast that killed two people and rendered homes for blocks uninhabitable. A backhoe raked through the rubble in the middle-class subdivision as clusters of firefighters and rescue workers weary f... Mon, 12 Nov 2012 01:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1692784-deadly-blast-devastates-indianapolis-neighborhood.html 2012-11-12T01:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1681400-authorities-1-dead-3-injured-nc-hospital-fire.html DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Preliminary information indicates a fire at a North Carolina hospital that killed a patient and injured three workers occurred during a defibrillation, authorities said, citing a procedure typically used to deliver an electric shock to the heart. Spokesman Jim Jones of the state Department of Health and Human Services said the early in... Wed, 07 Nov 2012 00:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1681400-authorities-1-dead-3-injured-nc-hospital-fire.html 2012-11-07T00:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1678234-methane-warnings-ignored-nz-mine-disaster.html WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A New Zealand coal mining company ignored 21 warnings that methane gas had accumulated to explosive levels before an underground explosion killed 29 workers two years ago, an investigation concluded. The official report released Monday after 11 weeks of hearings on the disaster found broad safety problems in New Zealand work... Mon, 05 Nov 2012 05:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1678234-methane-warnings-ignored-nz-mine-disaster.html 2012-11-05T05:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1676898-leftover-land-mine-explodes-kills-6-iran.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian semi-official news agency reports an explosion from a land mine left over from the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s has killed six people and injured one. The Sunday report by Mehr says the explosion happened on Saturday, during a minesweeping operation near the town of Marivan, some 300 miles (490 kilometers) southwest of Tehran.... Sun, 04 Nov 2012 09:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1676898-leftover-land-mine-explodes-kills-6-iran.html 2012-11-04T09:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1670282-fuel-tanker-explosion-kills-22-saudi-capital.html RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — A fuel truck exploded after hitting portions of a bridge Thursday in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, engulfing buildings and cars in flames and killing at least 22 people and injuring more than 110, witnesses and officials said. The death toll was a significant increase in the number of reported casualties than in the first hours af... Thu, 01 Nov 2012 10:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1670282-fuel-tanker-explosion-kills-22-saudi-capital.html 2012-11-01T10:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1667422-nyc-utility-prepped-big-storm-bigger.html NEW YORK (AP) — They planned big for Superstorm Sandy, but not big enough. Consolidated Edison figured any surge would not surpass the 11-foot record set nearly two centuries ago. Or the design limit of 12.5 feet for a key substation in lower Manhattan. But the wall of seawater reached 14 feet. The surge that swamped... Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1667422-nyc-utility-prepped-big-storm-bigger.html 2012-10-31T16:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1647242-south-africa-police-blast-kills-3-prisoners.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A blast outside a prison in central Johannesburg Monday killed three prisoners and seriously wounded four others, a police official said. Prisoners trying to escape from custody detonated an explosive device as a van traveling from court approached the Johannesburg Prison Monday afternoon, South African Police Brig. Neville Malila told... Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1647242-south-africa-police-blast-kills-3-prisoners.html 2012-10-22T15:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1642548-jordan-police-ceiling-collapsed-amman-mall.html AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — A ceiling collapsed at a mall in the Jordanian capital Friday, prompting a false alarm about an explosion as a panicked crowd ran from the area, police said. Two police officials said five shoppers were slightly wounded when the false ceiling under construction at Amman's City Mall collapsed during peak evening hours. "Initially, scar... Fri, 19 Oct 2012 16:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1642548-jordan-police-ceiling-collapsed-amman-mall.html 2012-10-19T16:09:00Z