Authorities say they’ve dropped charges filed against a man accused of causing a gasoline leak that sparked explosions in an upstate New York village’s sewer system last month. Washington County prosecutors tell local media that there’s insufficient evidence to convict …
Authorities say four men have been injured in an explosion at a business in south Edmond, Okla. Edmond firefighter Kelly Lewis told reporters at the scene that one suffered third-degree burns and the others suffered first-degree burns in the blast …
A wood processing company says a fire at a plant in northwest Alabama damaged eight big-rig trucks. Great Southern Wood Preserving says the blaze at its plant in Tuscumbia damaged tractors owned and operated by Greenbush Logistics, Inc. Muscle Shoals …
Four people were injured Wednesday in western Kentucky, where an explosion occurred inside a plastics factory, officials said. The accident happened shortly before 2 p.m. CST at Polymer Partners in Henderson. Two people suffered serious burns and were flown to …
Fire officials in Williston say a recreational vehicle exploded in front of a convenience store Sunday night, injuring at least one person and igniting a fire yards away from the store’s gasoline pumps. Williston Fire Chief Alan Hanson tells the …
A fire that burned a gas station near Denali National Park was apparently started by an explosion inside the convenience store, Alaska State Troopers said. Trooper Sgt. Mike Roberts told the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner the cause of the explosion has …
One person has died and several others have been injured in an explosion at a bank in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. A city fire and rescue official says the explosion occurred early Thursday evening outside a branch of …
A San Antonio refinery caught fire for the second time in two years Wednesday after authorities said an apparent jet diesel fuel leak triggered a small explosion. San Antonio Fire Department spokeswoman Melissa Sparks said no injuries were reported. She …
An explosion aboard a 26-foot power boat in an Orange County harbor left eight of the nine people aboard injured. Huntington Beach Fire Capt. Bob Culhane tells the Orange County Register the boat was just a few minutes into a …
A federal investigation into flash fires that killed five people this year at a Gallatin metal powders plant found that multiple reports of earlier small fires did not spur the Hoeganaes Corp. to try to mitigate the hazard. It also …