Explosion

A mammoth explosion rocked the Chinese city of Tianjin on Wednesday.

WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut woman is recovering from fractured ribs suffered during an unexplained explosion on a Rhode Island beach over the weekend.

LOXAHATCHEE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a South Florida man who didn't want a bank to sell his foreclosed home tried to blow it up using a bowling ball as an explosive.

A Delaware County teen is being treated for burns after crashing a minivan into a 1,000 gallon propane tank behind the American Legion in Delhi shortly before 8:30 p.m. May 13. Police say 19 year old Joseph Mueller was taken to Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse with serious injuries after initially being taken to O’Connor Hospital in Delhi following the explosion and fire...

NEW YORK (AP) — Emergency workers are painstakingly looking for signs of two missing people in the rubble of three New York City apartment buildings leveled in an apparent gas explosion, though authorities acknowledge the chances of finding them are slim.

Four people were critically injured and one person is still missing in a seven-alarm apartment fire in New York City that ultimately resulted in the building's collapse, Foxnews.com reports.

WHITING, Ind. (AP) — A fire broke out after an explosion at a BP refinery in Whiting, Indiana, which rattled nearby homes.

A mattress is to thank for saving the life of a 4-month-old girl found in the rubble of her Victoria, Texas, home after an explosion on Wednesday morning, officials say.

A report of a shooting was just the beginning of a crazy story that unfolded Monday in Brentwood, New Hampshire.

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — A county spokeswoman says two people were killed in a gas explosion at the jail in Pensacola, Florida, and more than 100 others were injured.