NY building collapses after apparent gas explosion
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A four-story building collapsed in   Manhattan on Monday morning after an apparent gas explosion,   causing at least eight injuries, a frantic rescue operation and   sending smoke billowing into the air.
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The state Capitol building and the nearby Montana Historical Society building were evacuated Wednesday morning because of an apparent natural gas leak.
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An 83-year-old steam pipe exploded underground in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday, shaking buildings, creating a towering geyser of debris and sending people fleeing in scenes reminiscent of the September 11 attacks.
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An explosion apparently caused by a  faulty gas canister in a shop sparked brief alarm in central  Jerusalem on Thursday, but none was hurt, police said.
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A building in central London partially collapsed Tuesday, injuring at least one person, emergency services said, but the cause of the incident was not immediately clear.
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An explosion injures several people in a building in Barcelona.
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Chemical vapor that accumulated inside a paint and ink factory fueled the huge explosion that leveled the building and damaging dozens of surrounding homes last fall, according to a preliminary conclusion by federal investigators.
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MULHOUSE, France: A gas explosion tore through a five-storey apartment building, killing 17 people and injuring another 15 in eastern France, authorities said yesterday.
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A powerful explosion tore through a building in inner-city Sydney on Monday, injuring two men and forcing the evacuation of 1,000 others, Australian officials said.
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Sections of a 32-story landmark office building on Madrid's skyline collapsed Sunday morning hours after a fire raged through the upper floors.
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An explosion leveled a house under construction and a vacant building next door early Friday, killing one worker and injuring four others.
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A fresh explosion rocked a day-old fire  at a natural gas storage facility near Houston, sending a giant  fireball high into the sky and prompting the evacuation of  local residents, the facility operator said on Friday.
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An explosion early Thursday at an underground gas storage facility forced dozens of residents from their homes, authorities said.
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MULHOUSE, France  - A gas explosion tore through a five-storey apartment building, killing 15 people and injuring another 14 in eastern France, authorities said Monday.
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A GAS explosion has ripped through a residential building, killing 14 people and injuring 28 others in eastern Algeria. The blast destroyed two floors of a five-storey building in a poor neighbourhood in the
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New York City's bustling Pennsylvania Station was shut down and briefly evacuated just before the evening rush today, as firefighters coped with blazes that broke out in a transformer beneath the East River and on tracks near a terminal entrance, the authorities said. Tens of thousands of commuters were left scrambling to find a way home.
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A full-scale emergency is declared over at the scene of a ruptured gas pipeline in Belfast.