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Wilkerson regained awareness and heard Boudin nearby on the edge of what was now a crater in the basement; the two were able to link hands and escape just as a fire built up behind them. Just after they got out, the fire built up into another explosion, blowing out the wall of Hoffman's house and knocking his desk into the crater. [4]
Middletown police and fire officials are investigating an explosion and fire in the Snowball Gate section of Levittown on Saturday night that has left a family of five homeless.. The Bucks County ...
The Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation Natural Gas Pipeline Explosion and Fire occurred in Edison, New Jersey, on March 23, 1994, where a 36-inch (910 mm) diameter natural gas pipeline broke and exploded into flames next to the Durham Woods apartment complex along New Durham Road at its junction with Interstate 287. [1]
1634 Valletta explosion – A gunpowder factory blew up, damaging several buildings including a church and a college. [1] 12 October 1654 Dutch Republic: Delft: 100+ Thousands Delft Explosion – A gunpowder magazine blew up, destroying a large part of the city. 18 August 1769 Republic of Venice: Brescia: c. 400–3,000 (reports vary) 800+
The T. A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant explosion, sometimes called the Morgan Munitions Depot explosion or similar titles, began at 7:36 pm EDT on Friday, October 4, 1918, at a World War I ammunition plant in the Morgan area of Sayreville in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. The initial explosion, generally believed to be ...
The New Jersey Department of Transportation confirmed the sinkhole Thursday morning near the Wharton exit on Interstate 80 eastbound, which is about 40 miles west of New York City.
Trees crashed into some homes in Bergen County on Saturday afternoon after a fast-moving storm blew into the area, police confirmed. Trees fell onto homes in Maywood, Hackensack and Wyckoff ...
The explosion threw up flames that could be seen from 40 miles (64 km) away and scorched a 100-acre (0.40 km 2) area of farmland. A home about 800 yards away was shifted off of its foundation, and half a mile of railroad ties were set on fire. The girl killed was in her bed in a house 300 yards from the blast site.