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An explosion at an illegal oil refinery in southern Nigeria last week killed 110 people, Nigeria’s Vanguard newspaper reported on Wednesday.

The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) — the formal name for Boko Haram — on Saturday claimed responsibility for two separate attacks in recent days, the Guardian reported: a bombing in the northeastern Nigerian state of Tabara and a fatal police station

New explosions rocked a coal mine in southern Poland Thursday, injuring 10 rescuers who were preparing to search for seven missing people.

A manhole explosion in Times Square caused panic Sunday evening, sending hoards of people running in fear through the Manhattan streets.

A fiery explosion lit up the skyline over the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah on Friday morning, clearly visible from the F1 racing track where the Saudi Arabia Grand Prix began on Sunday.

A laboratory at the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics exploded on Sunday, killing two and injuring nine. The explosion, Chinese state media noted, was the second of its kind at a research institute this year.

Juan Guillermo Zuluaga, the governor of central Colombia’s Meta region, told reporters on Tuesday he survived two attempts on his life — the first by a sniper and the second via explosive device — within a 24-hour period from Sunday to Monday, Voice of America (VOA) reported.

A Pakistani journalist was killed on Sunday in Balochistan province after a bomb exploded on or near his moving vehicle as he traveled to the nearby city of Karachi, Pakistan’s Dawn newspaper reported Monday.

A home exploded in Rahway, New Jersey, on Thursday at approximately 5:44 a.m. on River Road, according to ABC 7.

Pentagon press secretary John Kirby confirmed Thursday an explosion at the Kabul Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan resulted in several U.S. and civilian casualties.

The people of Lebanon noted with dismay on Tuesday that the first anniversary of the huge and deadly Port of Beirut explosion has arrived without any real progress in the much-touted probe to determine who was responsible.

Rescue teams in Germany continued searching for missing workers at an industrial park where an explosion killed at least two people.

An underground explosion on a Queens sidewalk sent flames into the air and injured a man standing nearby, according to video footage from NBC New York.

Community members in Whiteville, North Carolina, are showing support for a woman named Tabitha Ezzell and her son Ryder, who was burned in an accidental explosion.

Dozens of firefighters tackled a blaze at a London station Monday, which seems to have taken hold in tunnels next to a major redevelopment. 

The death toll from a gas explosion near a residential community in central China’s Shiyan city on Sunday rose to 25 on Monday as Chinese government authorities continued efforts to rescue and treat survivors of the blast and determine its cause.

Neighbors in Rogers, Arkansas, rushed to help save a woman’s life when her house exploded on Saturday evening.

Robert and Amber Everson were holding an event for their community when the food truck they owned exploded. That same community gave back by raising money for their medical expenses.

A powerful explosion rocked a residential building in Höganäs, Skåne County, in the early hours of Tuesday, smashing 60 windows and causing damage to 40 apartments.

A California neighborhood was shaken by an explosion of what seems to be a homeowner’s stockpile of fireworks Tuesday afternoon.

A string of huge explosions ripped through a military base in the Equatorial Guinea city of Bata on Monday, killing up to 20 people and causing over 600 injuries. According to President Teodoro Obiang, the explosions were caused by “negligent handling of dynamite.”

A train in Texas caused an explosion Tuesday morning after it collided with an 18-wheeler, sending balls of black smoke and flames up into the air.

At least 30 Taliban members died after an explosive device detonated during a bomb-making tutorial in Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province over the weekend, the Defense Post reported on Tuesday.

A man died following an explosion that occurred at a baby shower in Michigan over the weekend, according to Gaines Township authorities.

Authorities are investigating two explosions and looking for a driver who allegedly tossed an explosive from a truck on Sunday in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania.

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents are reportedly asking whether Anthony Quinn Warner, a person of interest in the Nashville explosion, was paranoid about 5G technology.

Authorities have a person or persons of interest in connection to the Christmas Day explosion that rocked the city, CBS News reported on Saturday.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has designated the airspace above Nashville, Tennessee, as “National Defense Airspace” following a mysterious explosion that occurred downtown on Christmas morning.

Nashville Mayor John Cooper issued a “state of civil emergency” following an explosion that occurred downtown on Christmas Day, imposing a curfew that will not be lifted until Sunday.

Six Nashville police officers have been recognized by the department for evacuating people and saving lives before Friday’s explosion in downtown Nashville.

An Indiana police officer received the Medal of Honor for helping to save a child and a woman from a collapsed home that exploded.

A West Virginia chemical plant explosion injured four people, prompting officials to issue a shelter-in-place order.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – An explosion damaged a Polish supermarket in a Dutch town near Amsterdam early Wednesday morning, the third such blast in two days. Police said the explosion happened at a store in the town of Beverwijk,

A large explosion at a wastewater treatment facility near the southwest England city of Bristol resulted in “multiple casualties”.

Emergency personnel are responding to what has been described as a “major explosion” in Baltimore, with “multiple people” reportedly trapped, including children.

A woman being filmed in her wedding dress on Tuesday was knocked to the ground by a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, but she survived.

A titanic explosion shook the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Tuesday, shaking buildings and sending a huge cloud of smoke over the middle of the city.

Tehran police have arrested one person in connection with an explosion at a medical clinic that killed at least 19 people, Radio Farda reported Tuesday.

A brave Oklahoma boy saved his two cousins and is suffering from multiple burns after the boat they were on exploded.

The death toll rose to 17 on Monday in the aftermath of Sunday’s explosion at a gas processing plant in Lagos, Nigeria. According to emergency services, the explosion caused a fire to break out in a suburb of Lagos, the commercial capital of Nigeria, resulting in further damage.