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  Virginia explosion: Several firefighters killed as house explodes due to gas leak I Horrific VIDEO

  World | February 17, 2024 10:48 IST

  Virginia explosion: Plumes of smoke and flames rose from the scene of the explosion in Sterling as firefighters battled the blaze. Debris could be seen spread over the area.

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  Kenya: Three killed, almost 300 injured after massive gas explosion in Nairobi | WATCH

  World | February 02, 2024 17:29 IST

  The deaths of an adult and a minor were confirmed in Nairobi on Friday morning, and the toll is expected to rise further, according to authorities. Eyewitnesses described chaotic scenes as multiple explosions caused people to flee, while the casue of the fire at the industrial building was unknown.

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  China: 10 killed, six missing after coal mine accident in Henan province

  World | January 13, 2024 14:51 IST

  The accident, a likely coal and gas explosion described as an "outburst", happened around 2:55 pm on Friday in Pingdingshan. A total of 425 people were working underground when the accident took place, and 380 of them have been lifted out of the mine.

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  Russia: Massive explosion at gas station in Dagestan kills at least 35 people, hurts 80

  World | August 15, 2023 17:42 IST

  According to reports, the fire started at an auto repair shop on the roadside of a highway in Dagestani capital and then spread to a nearby gas station.

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  Pakistan: 7 killed as 3-storey building collapses due to gas cylinder explosion in Jhelum

  World | July 10, 2023 11:17 IST

  The incident follows another gas explosion in a vehicle in Pakistan's Sargodha district on Saturday, which claimed the lives of seven people, including children.

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  China: Cooking gas explosion kills 31 people at barbecue restaurant in Yinchuan city

  World | June 22, 2023 11:25 IST

  China gas explosion: Authorities in northwestern China say 31 people have been killed and seven injured in a massive gas explosion at a barbecue restaurant in the city of Yinchuan.

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  Pakistan: At least 14 killed in a gas explosion in sewer in Karachi

  World | December 18, 2021 19:32 IST

  Police spokesman Sohail Jokhio said the blast was apparently caused when something ignited gas that had accumulated in the sewer beneath a bank building in the Shershah neighbourhood of the port city of Karachi.

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  More than 40 dead after gasoline truck explodes in Haiti

  World | December 14, 2021 19:01 IST

  The blast occurred late Monday in the city of Cap-Haitien, Prime Minister Ariel Henry said, adding that he was devastated.

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  Mexico City: 1 dead, 12 injured in gas explosion

  World | November 14, 2021 8:16 IST

  Rescue personnel working with trained dogs found the body in the rubble. The explosion essentially destroyed the two-story, brick-and-concrete structure.

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  Gas explosion in Chinese apartment building kills 8

  India | September 11, 2021 12:47 IST

  5 others were hospitalized with injuries after predawn fire in the coastal city of Dalian.

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  1 dead, 7 hospitalised after gas explosion levels Baltimore homes

  World | August 11, 2020 7:57 IST

  Seven people were hospitalized, while a woman was pronounced dead at the scene, the department said on its Twitter page. Rescuers were painstakingly going through the rubble by hand, prepared to work into the night.

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  15 people killed in coal mine blast in China

  World | November 19, 2019 10:56 IST

  Authorities said that 15 people were killed in the blast. "Eleven miners managed to escape," the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

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  Six injured, over 100 evacuated as 'Armaggeddon'-like gas explosions erupt in Boston

  World | September 14, 2018 7:49 IST

  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.

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  Over 200 killed in Ghana gas station explosion

  World | June 05, 2015 9:55 IST

  Accra:Over 200 people were killed in an explosion at a gas station in Ghana's capital Accra, even as torrential rains lashed the West African nation, the interior ministry said.The Goil Filling Station at Nkrumah Circle

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  7 Dead In Gas Explosion At Restaurant In NW China

  World | November 14, 2011 11:41 IST

  Beijing, Nov 14: An explosion in a restaurant killed at least seven people Monday and injured another 31 in a city in northwestern China, state media said.The explosion happened at the start of the morning

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  29 Killed In China Coal Mine Gas Explosion

  World | October 30, 2011 13:48 IST

  Beijing, Oct 30: A gas explosion rocked a state-owned coal mine in central China's Hunan province, killing 29 workers in the latest in a slew of such accidents in the country.A total of 35 miners