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• Nitric acid explosion prompts evacuation of University of Alberta building

  Classes at the University of Alberta's Electrical and Computer Engineering Research Facility were briefly interrupted as the building was evacuated after a nitric acid explosion on Wednesday afternoon.

  Canada

  Jan 24, 2018
  
• Hamilton Road home explosion deemed suspicious, while fire marshal finishes probe

  A three-day probe by Clive Hubbard, an investigator with the Office of the Ontario Marshal's office wrapped up Thursday.

  Crime

  Dec 7, 2017
  
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• Officials investigate explosion that destroyed a home in the Village of Bath

  The Office of the Fire Marshal and Emergency Management has been called in to investigate an early morning blast at a home on Somerset Avenue in the Village of Bath. The explosion happened just after 4 a.m. Tuesday.

  Investigations

  Nov 7, 2017
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• One dead after explosion at Ukraine ammunition depot forces evacuation of 20,000 people

  Ukrainian officials say around 20,000 people have been evacuated in the Kharkiv region near the border with Russia after a massive fire at a military ammunition depot.

  Mar 24, 2017
• Explosion, fire engulf Ohio mall after construction crew pierces gas line

  A massive explosion rocked a Columbus, Ohio strip mall on Wednesday, after construction workers struck a high-pressure gas line causing a leak.

  World

  Dec 22, 2016
• Caught on camera: Smoking manhole cover explodes as Florida firefighters investigate blaze

  St. Petersburg, Florida firefighters are lucky to have escaped serious injury on Tuesday after a manhole that was billowing smoke suddenly blew up.

  World

  May 25, 2016
• 8 injured in dramatic fireworks explosion in Poland

  Police in western Poland say that eight people, including one German, have been injured in an explosion of fireworks at a market on the border with Germany.

  World

  Mar 29, 2016
• ‘It blew my leg off’: Georgia man injured after shooting lawnmower packed with explosives

  Cell phone video shows Pressley coming within 43 feet of the lawnmower, just before a bullet pierces the machine causing a massive explosion.

  World

  Mar 25, 2016
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• Caught on camera: 2 workers severely burned in marijuana dispensary explosion

  The New Mexico Environment Department has released security footage of a terrifying explosion at a licensed medical marijuana dispensary that left two workers with severe burns.

  World

  Mar 16, 2016
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• Caught on camera: Bomb blast kills 15 Pakistani officials in bus explosion

  A bomb ripped through a bus carrying Pakistani government employees in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Wednesday, killing 15 people, police said.

  Crime

  Mar 16, 2016