Abuja: As many as 200 villagers trying to scoop up fuel from an overturned tanker were killed in southern Nigeria on Thursday, when the petrol carrying vehicle exploded in a horrific inferno. The incident occurred in a village of the southern Rivers state where people had rushed to collect petrol that had spilled from a tanker that had overturned. Eyewitnesses said the fuel-laden tanker skidded off the road, spilling its...
12:28 AM, Jul 13, 2012
Karnal: A gas tanker in Karnal exploded on Friday morning causing a huge fire at a gas bottling plant. The police suspect the incident took place while illegal pilferage of LPG was on. A probe has begun, while 15 fire tenders are trying to douse the flames. No casualty or injury has been reported so far. No casualties were reported even as villagers raised questions over there being no casualty....
10:20 AM, Jun 01, 2012
Allahabad: An explosion took place at a slum cluster in Allahabad on Wednesday afternoon, killing at least five people and injuring over 15 others. Around six people are said to be seriously injured in the blast which took place in the Kareli slums. According to reports, most of the deceased are children. An eyewitness said that several children were playing near a garbage dump when the blast took place. He...
04:49 PM, May 23, 2012
Kabul: Militants launched a series of coordinated attacks in the Afghan capital on Sunday, with blasts and gunfire rocking three neighbourhoods that are home to Afghan government buildings, Western embassies and NATO bases. Latest reports: Attacks were retaliation for Quran burnings, US marine urination video and Kandahar shooting massacre, said Taliban spokesman. The Afghan Taliban issued a new statement which said that the group attacked President Hamid Karzai's presidential palace...
03:25 PM, Apr 15, 2012
Abuja: At least 50 people were feared killed in two car bomb explosions near a church during Easter on Sunday services in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna, eye-witnesses and emergency services said. Shehu Sani, the President of Civil Rights Congress based in Kaduna, said two explosions took place at the Assemblies of God's Church near the centre of the city with a large Christian population and known as a...
09:04 PM, Apr 08, 2012
Brazzaville: Around 200 people were killed on Sunday when an arms dump exploded in Brazzaville, capital of the Congo Republic, a senior official in the presidency said, citing hospital sources. Hundreds more were injured by the blasts which rocked the riverside capital of the oil-producing nation early in the day, flattening houses near the scene and sending a plume of smoke high above the city. "According to sources at the...
08:55 PM, Mar 04, 2012
Bangkok: An Iranian on Tuesday set off three blasts in Bangkok, blowing off his own legs while one of his compatriots was arrested when he attempted to flee to Malaysia, a day after Israeli embassy cars were targeted in Indian and Georgian capitals. Four locals, including a woman, were also injured in the blasts that occurred outside a school on Soi Sukhumvit 71 Road that branches off a busy multi-lane...
08:01 AM, Feb 15, 2012
Bangkok: Two explosions boomed through a busy neighborhood in the Thai capital Tuesday, police said, but it was not immediately clear what caused the blasts or whether there were any fatalities. A picture posted on Twitter purportedly showed a wounded man laying on a sidewalk strewn with broken glass outside a Thai school, his legs apparently ripped off in one of the explosions. Several Thai television stations reported the wounded...
03:15 PM, Feb 14, 2012
New Delhi: In the wake of an explosion in a car belonging to the Israeli embassy here, External Affairs Minister SM Krishna on Monday spoke to his Israeli counterpart and told him that a probe had begun and the law of the land will take its course. He also assured Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman that he would keep him posted on the progress in the probe. "I have just...
07:52 PM, Feb 13, 2012
Lahore: A three-storey factory collapsed on Monday in the Pakistani city of Lahore after a gas explosion, killing at least five people and trapping dozens, emergency officials said. "The factory has completely collapsed and two houses next to it as well," an emergency official at the site told Reuters by telephone, adding that narrow streets was preventing heavy rescue machinery from reaching the area. Karamat Ali, a spokesman for the...
10:17 AM, Feb 07, 2012
Lahore: One person was feared killed and dozens were trapped in rubble after a building collapsed in this eastern Pakistani city on Monday following a gas explosion. Officials said the blast at the three-storey building was caused by a gas leak. Two houses next to the building were badly damaged by the explosion. Rescue workers were trying to dig out people buried in the debris. The building housed a factory,...
01:03 PM, Feb 06, 2012
Imphal: Suspected militants exploded a powerful bomb amid tight security in the capital complex in Imphal on the Republic Day on Thursday, but no casualty was reported. The bomb went off at about 9 am near Shamashakhi School area, police said. The militants also exploded two powerful bombs in Kakwa area in Imphal West district on Wednesday night, but none was injured. ...
11:07 AM, Jan 26, 2012
Yangon: A fire followed by several explosions engulfed many state warehouses and neighbouring homes, killing at least 16 people and injuring 108 in Myanmar's main city of Yangon on Thursday. The blasts occurred as firefighters were putting out the fire that had started in a state-owned warehouse before spreading to other warehouses and nearby homes and buildings before dawn. The Yangon General Hospital's emergency ward was in commotion as dozens...
09:22 AM, Dec 29, 2011
Islamabad: Eight persons were injured when a blast caused by a leaking gas cylinder ripped through a hospital in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Wednesday, police said. The explosion occurred on the second floor of the hospital at Sheikhabad area of Peshawar on Wednesday evening. Several nearby shops caught fire after the blast. The injured persons were taken to Lady Reading Hospital. The fire service later extinguished the...
12:31 AM, Dec 22, 2011
New Delhi: A boiler explosion at a garment factory in Bangladesh left 2 people dead and over 50 others injured. The explosion sparked fears of a fire which triggered a stampede in the the 7 storeyed building in Dhaka. Thousands of workers rushed out of the seven-storey building after rumours of a fire spread inside the factory. As they scrambled out of the building, many were trampled underfoot. The injured...
07:39 AM, Dec 04, 2011
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04:00 PM, Nov 07, 2011
Beijing: At least seven people were killed, about 200 others injured and several buildings destroyed when two explosives-laden vehicles detonated in southwest China on Tuesday, local officials said. "Seven people have been confirmed dead and about 200 others injured in an explosion that occurred near a gas station in Guizhou Province today," they said. About 200 people were rushed to a local hospital, 20 of whom are in critical condition,...
01:21 AM, Nov 02, 2011
Beijing: At least 28 people were killed and one got trapped after a gas explosion rocked a state-owned coal mine in central China's Hunan province. A total of 35 miners were working in the Xialiuchong Coal Mine in Hengyang city when the mishap happened around 6 pm last evening. Six have been rescued and sent to hospital for treatment, according to authorities. Some 40 rescuers were searching the remaining one...
11:00 AM, Oct 30, 2011
Los Angeles: One stuntman was killed and another one seriously injured in an explosion the set of action film 'The Expendables 2' in Bulgaria, the movie's production company said on Friday. The stuntmen were part of a team that was filming scenes on Thursday at Lake Ognyanovo, a reservoir in Southwest Bulgaria, for the movie that stars Bruce Willis, John Travolta and Arnold Schwarzenegger, among a cast of high-profile Hollywood...
01:32 PM, Oct 29, 2011
Lakhimpur: Two persons were injured on Friday when a hand-made bomb buried in the compound of a house exploded at Sarmoti in upper Assam's Lakhimpur district. The bomb was found abandoned by a little boy about three days ago and brought it home where the adults kept it inside an underground dustbin, the police said. The bomb went off under pressure around 7.30 am causing minor injuries on two tenants...
09:39 AM, Oct 14, 2011
