Explosion rocks chemical factory
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More than 10 fire engines are attending a fire at an old chemical factory in Ayrshire, Scotland.
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An explosion at a South African gas plant has killed five workers and injured at least 100 others. A spokesman for the Sasol energy company says the blast occurred Wednesday at its ethylene plant in the northeastern town of Secunda, Mpumalanga.
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A gas explosion in a coal mine in  China's northeastern rust-belt province of Liaoning killed at  least 203 workers in the worst disaster in 15 years to hit the  world's most dangerous mining industry.
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A huge explosion at a fireworks factory in central Thailand on Sunday killed eight workers and injured three others, police said. About 20 workers were at the factory in Ayuthaya province
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Explosions and fires at a chemical plant Wednesday killed four people, injured at least 14 and sent debris flying several stories into the air, fire officials and witnesses said.
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India News &gt; New Delhi, Sep 30 : Ten people were killed and three injured Thursday in an explosion in a steel manufacturing factory near the Indian capital, police said.
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Several people were seriously injured after a blaze broke out at a fireworks factory near Ringmer, southeast England, creating a plume of smoke visible for several miles.
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A chlorine explosion at a water treatment plant injured four people Friday and heavily damaged the facility, authorities said.
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Firefighters were still at the scene of a chemicals factory blaze this morning.   The fire broke out at around 12.15pm yesterday when an explosion was reported to have taken place at Aztec Chemicals in Crewe, Cheshire. A 200-metre exclusion zone was set up around the premises.
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An explosion rocked an Army ammunition plant Wednesday, causing at least one serious injury, authorities 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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An explosion at a fireworks factory in central Thailand kills at least 14 people and injures several others.
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A huge explosion at a chemical plant rocked a suburb about 20 miles north of Boston early on Wednesday, sparking a massive fire that damaged about 30 homes and injured 10 people, local media reported.
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An explosion and fire Monday at a chemical distribution facility northeast of Des Moines sent plumes of thick smoke into the sky and burned out of control for several hours after it ignited.
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A fire broke out at Jebel Ali port in the United Arab Emirates on Monday, triggering explosions at a depot storing chemicals, a Dubai civil defence official said.
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A gas explosion ripped through a coal  mine in China's northeastern rust-belt province of Liaoning,  killing at least 203 workers in the worst disaster in 15 years  to hit the world's most dangerous mining industry.
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An explosion has torn through part of a giant South African fuel and chemicals plant, killing five workers and injuring more than 100, the company that owns the plant says.