Cause of Los Angeles-area refinery fire under investigation
CARSON, Calif. (AP) — The cause of an explosion and fire at a Southern California refinery was under investigation Wedne...
Utility to pay $53M for blasts that damaged homes, killed 1
BOSTON (AP) — A utility company will pay the largest criminal fine ever imposed for breaking a federal pipeline safety l...
Houston blast prompts safety debate in city with no zoning
HOUSTON — Houston’s lack of zoning restrictions has left many residents with neighbors they don't want: petrochemical facilities and businesses that h...
Houston mayor, others help residents after deadly blast
HOUSTON — Houston’s mayor and others say they will work to provide assistance to residents whose homes were damaged after a massive explosion at a war...
2 killed, 20 injured when warehouse explosion shakes Houston
HOUSTON — A massive explosion Friday leveled a warehouse in Houston, killing two workers, damaging nearby buildings and homes and rousing frightened r...
No criminal charges to be filed in deadly propane blast
AUGUSTA, Maine — A Maine company that severed an underground propane line that caused a deadly propane explosion was cited for violating the state's D...
Spain: Chemical plant explosion kills 1, injures at least 9
MADRID — A massive explosion at a petrochemical plant in northeastern Spain on Tuesday killed one person and injured at least nine others, three serio...
US experts concerned about Iran’s handling of crash probe
U.S. and Canadian accident investigators are uncertain how much access they will get to evidence that could prove whether Iran shot down a Ukrainian p...
More than dozen hurt in blast at Beechcraft plant in Kansas
WICHITA, Kan. — More than a dozen people were injured Friday when a nitrogen line ruptured at the Beechcraft aircraft manufacturing facility in Wichit...
Gas explosion in Slovakia tower block kills 5, injures 40
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — A gas explosion in an apartment building in eastern Slovakia killed at least five people and injured more than 40 Friday. Firef...
Voluntary evacuation order lifted for Texas coastal city
PORT NECHES, Texas — Officials in the Texas coastal city of Port Neches lifted a voluntary evacuation order Thursday that was issued overnight because...
Fire continues at Texas plant; 50K under evacuation order
PORT NECHES, Texas — More than 50,000 people in East Texas remained under a mandatory evacuation order Thursday as a fire continued to burn at a chemi...