Puget Sound Energy crews worked through the night checking for more natural gas leaks in the north Seattle neighborhood where a home exploded Monday and injured two residents. Spokesman Roger Thompson says crews walked and drove a 5-square mile area …
Federal accident investigators have released a 140-page report on a gas pipeline explosion that killed eight people and decimated a suburban neighborhood near San Francisco last year. The National Transportation Safety Board report posted online Monday pulls together information gathered …
A fire and explosion at an Iowa City, Iowa apartment has caused damage to several businesses. A statement from the Iowa City fire department says the fire was reported just after 2 a.m. Saturday by the resident of the second-story …
An explosion in the early hours of Wednesday morning damaged Amsterdam’s court complex and a government minister swiftly condemned the blast as an attack on the Dutch justice system. Police were investigating the cause of the 2:30 a.m. (0030 GMT) …
The federal workplace safety agency has recommended $917,000 in fines for a Massachusetts adhesives manufacturer after an explosion there injured four workers. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Tuesday announced it had cited Bostik Inc. for what it alleged …
The French nuclear safety body says one person died and another was seriously injured Monday in an explosion at the Marcoule nuclear site in southern France. The Nuclear Safety Authority said there have been no radiation leaks outside of the …
Survivors of last year’s devastating pipeline explosion in San Bruno gathered before the blast site Tuesday to advocate for a state bill that would strengthen oversight of natural gas lines and the companies that run them. Democratic State Assemblyman Jerry …
Fire officials say a suspected steam explosion in a factory furnace in Buffalo has injured four workers. The Buffalo News reports that all four were burned in the blast around 6:15 a.m. Tuesday in the Luvata Buffalo plant. It wasn’t …
Authorities won’t be able positively to identify the three workers killed in an oilfield explosion in eastern Wyoming until autopsies are performed on them, a company spokeswoman said Tuesday. The blast occurred Monday at an oil production site on a …
A federal safety panel on Tuesday is expected to reveal the results of a yearlong investigation into a natural gas pipeline explosion near San Francisco that killed eight people, incinerated a suburban neighborhood and prompted a national reevaluation of pipeline …