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  2. 500-gallon underground propane tank found at Virginia home ...

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    Loudoun County Fire and Rescue were called to the home in Sterling around 7:40 p.m. for a gas leak, Chief Keith Johnson said at a news conference. house explosion fire caution tape (NBC Washington)

  3. FBI is assisting investigation into Virginia home explosion ...

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    How the explosion unfolded. Officers first came to the home in Arlington’s Bluemont neighborhood shortly before 5 p.m. Monday due to a report of possible shots fired near the residence, police said.

  4. Police identify suspect in home that exploded near DC and are ...

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    Police identified the suspect inside an Arlington, Virginia, home that exploded Monday while police were executing a search warrant as resident James Yoo, 56, and said they are investigating ...

  5. List of boiler explosions - Wikipedia

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    Hinton, West Virginia: 3 [60] British Railways: 24 January 1962: Locomotive United Kingdom: Bletchley, England: 0: 2: New York Telephone Company building explosion: 3 October 1962: Stationary power United States: New York City, New York: 23: 94 [61] PNKA CC 5002 (Bendul Explosion) 11 April 1968 Locomotive Indonesia: Purwakarta, West Java: 6 1 ...

  6. List of accidents and disasters by death toll - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll.It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions, structural fires, flood disasters, coal mine disasters, and other notable accidents caused by negligence connected to improper architecture, planning, construction, design, and more.

  7. Boiler explosion - Wikipedia

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    Boiler explosions are common in sinking ships once the hot boiler touches cold sea water, as the sudden cooling of the hot metal causes it to crack; for instance, when the SS Benlomond was torpedoed by a U-boat, the torpedoes and resulting boiler explosion caused the ship to go down in two minutes, leaving Poon Lim as the only survivor in a ...

  8. An explosion leveled a home in Arlington, Virginia, as ... - AOL

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    A massive explosion at a duplex where police were investigating reports of shots fired shook a Washington, D.C, suburb Monday and destroyed the home. All officers escaped serious injury but it was ...

  9. Boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion - Wikipedia

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    A BLEVE–fireball at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery, as rendered by the CSB. A boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion (BLEVE, / ˈ b l ɛ v iː / BLEV-ee) is an explosion caused by the rupture of a vessel containing a pressurized liquid that is or has reached a temperature sufficiently higher than its boiling point at atmospheric pressure.