An official said the sparklers were attached to bottles of champagne held too close to the ceiling. Forty people died and more than 100 were injured. Many of the victims were teenagers. Ségolène Le ...

Around 40 people are dead and around 115 others were severely injured after a fire broke out during a New Year’s Eve celebration at a bar in a Swiss Alps resort, authorities said Thursday. Calling it ...

Families of teenagers still missing after a deadly blaze that killed 40 at a Swiss ski resort have issued an urgent appeal for information. Several families say they have not heard anything about ...

Scientists are uncovering new clues that a cosmic explosion may have rocked Earth at the end of the last ice age. At major Clovis-era sites, researchers found shocked quartz—evidence of intense heat ...

Just after 2 a.m. on July 30, 1916, a freight car loaded with TNT exploded at a munitions depot on Black Tom Island in New York Harbor. The blast registered as a 5.5 magnitude earthquake and was felt ...

A firsthand account of an explosion along the Venezuelan coast on Dec. 18 is raising questions about who may have been responsible for the attack and whether it was connected to the U.S.’ escalating ...

A firsthand account of an explosion along the Venezuelan coast on Dec. 18 is raising questions about who may have been responsible for the attack and whether it was connected to the U.S.’s escalating ...

BRISTOL, Pa. (WPVI) -- A 71-year-old woman who is blind is recovering from severe injuries after an explosion last week at Bristol Health and Rehab Center that killed two people and injured 20 others.

An explosion in Castaic resulted in a shelter-in-place order being issued for several neighborhoods on Saturday. At 4:17 p.m. Saturday, emergency responders received reports of a possible gas leak on ...

Authorities were responding Saturday to reports of a gas line explosion near the 5 Freeway in Castaic. LA County firefighters were called around 4:17 p.m. to the area of Ridge Route Road and Pine ...

An 86-year-old woman died in a house explosion in Cass County on Saturday. Members of the Destruction Drill team wait for their turn to perform during Christmas in the Village at 24th & Lake in Omaha, ...

(Elmwood) -- Cass County, Nebraska authorities are investigating a deadly house explosion that occurred Saturday. In a release early Saturday afternoon, the Cass County Sheriff's Office says deputies ...