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Pages in category "Explosions in the United States" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. ... Blue Rhino propane plant explosion; C. 2010 ...
United States: Texas City, Texas: 581 5,000+ Texas City disaster: 18 August 1947 Spain: Cádiz: 147+ 5,000+ Cádiz Explosion: 25 May 1950 United States: Chicago: 34 50 1950 Chicago streetcar crash: 11 June 1955 France: Le Mans: 84 180 1955 Le Mans disaster: 7 August 1956 Colombia: Cali: 1,300–4,000 4,000–12,000 Cali explosion: 29 March 1956 USA
The 1947 Texas City disaster was an industrial accident that occurred on April 16, 1947, in the port of Texas City, Texas, United States, located in Galveston Bay. It was the deadliest industrial accident in U.S. history and one of history's largest non-nuclear explosions .
1946 Greenville propane explosion; 1956 Bush Terminal explosion; 1984 Romeoville petroleum refinery disaster; 1990 ARCO explosion; 1990 Interstate 75 fog disaster; 2010 Tesoro Anacortes Refinery disaster; 2018 Husky Energy Refinery explosion; 2019 Philadelphia refinery explosion; 2023 LaSalle chemical plant fire; 2023 Texas dairy farm explosion
STORY: A large portion of the structure was destroyed before dawn on Wednesday when "unknown individuals detonated an explosive device," the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) said on its ...
A massive explosion engulfed a home and rocked a neighborhood in Arlington, Virginia, as police were investigating a man who fired a flare gun dozens of times from inside Monday night, police said.
On November 29, 1988, an explosion occurred at a construction site in Kansas City, Missouri, United States, killing six firefighters. The cause of the explosion was attributed to arson, and five suspects were sentenced to life imprisonment in connection with the event in 1997. However, their guilt has been the subject of dispute.
Authorities believe an explosion that rocked the downtown Nashville area early on Christmas Day was a deliberate act, according to Metro Nashville Police Department. Police spokesman Don Aaron ...