Chemical plant explodes near Boston
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A chemical plant outside Boston blew up Wednesday with a roar so thunderous that people thought it was an earthquake or a plane crash, destroying two dozen homes in the tightly packed neighborhood but causing only minor injuries.
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An explosion and massive fire in an industrial complex near downtown Kansas City, Missouri, forced some evacuations and closed nearby roads, local media reports said.
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Up to 17,000 people are told to leave their homes after a huge explosion at a chemical plant in North Carolina.
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An explosion that blew out a number of windows at a Boston-area laboratory specializing in stem-cell research was caused by a pipe bomb, local police said on Friday.
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An explosion has ripped through a section of a pipeline near the Baiji refinery in northern Iraq. Witnesses say the cause of the explosion was not immediately clear.
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Up to 100 people were injured in an explosion at a sugar refinery in the U.S. state of Georgia, the Savannah-Chatham police department 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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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - An explosion rocked a chemical plant in an industrial section of Kansas City and sent a towering cloud of black smoke over the skyline Wednesday. There were no immediate reports of any injuries.
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Explosions that killed five employees at a central Illinois chemical plant in 2004 were caused by a worker mistakenly opening a valve on a high-temperature processing unit, a federal agency said Tuesday.  The U.S.
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A steam pipe exploded near Grand Central Terminal in Midtown Manhattan. More than 20 people were injured, two critically.
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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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DANVERS, Massachusetts  - Huge explosions at a chemical plant rocked a suburb north of Boston early on Wednesday, sparking a massive fire that injured 10 people and damaged nearly 100 homes and buildings, authorities said.
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Explosions and fire at a hazardous waste management facility prompted town officials to evacuate about 5,000 residents living within a mile of the plant as a precautionary measure early Friday.
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A steam pipe exploded in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday, creating a roar and a huge plume of smoke and sending pedestrians fleeing from the area in scenes reminiscent of the September 11 attacks.
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A massive explosion that destroyed two buildings in an industrial complex near downtown Milwaukee left one person missing and injured 25 on Wednesday, officials said.
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TACOMA, Wash. - A chlorine leak at a waterfront chemical plant injured 12 people who inhaled fumes, and prompted authorities to evacuate the area overnight.  Workers were filling a 1,000-gallon tank with the chemical at Pioneer Americas Inc.
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EAU CLAIRE, Wis. - Explosions sent fireballs hundreds of feet into the air as flames gutted an industrial chemical recycling plant Friday morning.