Refinery Explosion Rocks Texas
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A sheriff's dispatcher says an explosion rocked an oil refinery in western Texas
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A construction crew struck an underground petroleum pipeline Tuesday, sparking an explosion and fire that killed at least two people, burned several nearby buildings and shot flames high in the air.
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Lagos - An oil pipeline exploded near Nigeria&#39;s largest city as thieves tried to siphon oil from it, with up to 50 people perishing in the flames, police said on Friday.
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By Dave Skretta Associated Press  KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Several explosions engulfed a chemical plant in flames Wednesday, forcing a broad evacuation as the fire spewed a sticky substance that residents were warned not to touch.
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At least four people were killed and at least two critically injured Tuesday when an explosion leveled a gas station in this southern West Virginia city, officials said.
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A new explosion rocked an underground  natural gas storage site early Friday, sending a fireball into  the sky and prompting the evacuation of homes near the blaze,  which has raged since early Thursday.
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THOUSANDS of gallons of heavy-duty oil were pouring from a grounded cargo ship off the Alaska coast last night in a disaster that appears to have claimed six lives and threatens an environmental catastrophe.
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An explosion and fire at an Abbott Laboratories manufacturing site early Saturday sent three employees to the hospital, company and fire officials said.
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An explosion rocked an industrial complex near downtown Milwaukee Wednesday morning, injuring about 30 people and spewing debris into the sky, a fire official said.
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A thunderous explosion rocked an oil refinery Monday, injuring five people and shaking buildings miles away.
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Firefighters tackling a major blaze following an explosion at an Essex oil refinery say it is now under control.
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A giant explosion rocked an oil refinery 290 miles west of Dallas on Monday morning, injuring at least four workers, company and public officials said.
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An explosion shook a sugar refinery, starting a fire and injuring dozens of people, the authorities said.
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Federal safety investigators headed for  a Texas refinery on Saturday, a day after an explosion and fire  shut the plant operated by leading U.S. refiner Valero Energy  Corp., a government spokesman said.
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Dust that collected in a piece of safety equipment caused a small explosion at a sugar refinery weeks before the deadly blast that killed nine workers, a federal investigator said Sunday.
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Hurricane Humberto spared Houston but blasted the Texas-Louisiana border area on Thursday, killing one person, shutting down three refineries and cutting power to 100,000 customers.
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A bomb exploded under an oil pipeline and set it on fire Monday south of Baghdad, and Iraqi and U.S. forces were sent to secure the area, police said.