# Explosion

All time

# Fireworks

Central Park explosive device that "severely damaged" man's leg wasn't meant to hurt people - police

A homemade explosive device went off yesterday and left a man seriously injured.

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Jul 4th 2016, 9:29 AM

# China

Blast from homemade explosive injures four in Shanghai airport

The explosion sparked a major security alert at Pudong Airport.

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Jun 12th 2016, 12:07 PM

# lee road

Bomb disposal unit carry out controlled explosion on "viable" artillery shell in Cork

The type of shell was used in the War of Independence and WWI.

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May 27th 2016, 9:34 PM

# Cork

Three firefighters rushed to hospital after explosion in Macroom

The incident happened on farmland early this morning.

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May 8th 2016, 10:23 AM

# coatzacoalcos

Three workers injured in explosion at oil facility in Mexico

The evacuation of hundreds of people has taken place.

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Apr 20th 2016, 10:44 PM

# France

Five injured as suspected gas explosion rocks Paris residential neighbourhood

The explosion is believed to be related to a gas line rupturing.

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Apr 1st 2016, 11:54 AM

# Brussels

Man shot as Belgian police arrest three terror suspects

Video footage from the scene appeared to show a child with the man as he was dragged away by police.

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Mar 25th 2016, 8:43 PM

# Airport Attack

'We thought that was it': Cork woman gives eyewitness account of Brussels airport bombing

Niamh Jordan and her family were at the Ryanair check-in desk when the explosions went off.

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Mar 23rd 2016, 4:22 PM

AS IT HAPPENED

At least 34 dead as Islamic State claims attack on Brussels

A manhunt is on for at least one suspect.

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Mar 22nd 2016, 11:10 PM

# Turkey

At least 27 people killed by car bomb in Ankara

Turkey has been hit by a spate of deadly attacks since the middle of last year.

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Mar 13th 2016, 6:40 PM

# Armagh

'We're lucky no one was seriously injured': Houses evacuated after explosion

A person carrying a backpack planted the device.

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Mar 13th 2016, 6:25 PM

# Tragedy

Three people missing "highly unlikely to be alive" after UK power station explosion

Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service.

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Feb 24th 2016, 5:39 PM

# Oxfordshire

At least one death reported after 'massive' explosion at UK power station

The coal-fired power station was decommissioned in 2013. It is understood that several casualties are expected.

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Feb 23rd 2016, 5:47 PM

# Explosion

Home repossessions have gone through the roof in Ireland in the last year

Repossessions of residential properties in Ireland for the first nine months of 2015 were up a whopping 80% from all of 2014 put together.

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Feb 22nd 2016, 5:23 PM

# Yorkshire

Massive explosion completely destroys house

At least one person is dead.

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Feb 19th 2016, 10:26 AM

# Ankara

28 people killed, 61 wounded as Turkish president vows to retaliate over massive car bomb attack

Local reports said that the explosion in the Turkish capital Ankara took place near a military base.

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Feb 17th 2016, 8:22 PM

# Terror scare

Some people weren't too happy filmmakers were allowed blow up a bus in London today

The explosion sparked panic with some people saying they feared it was a terrorist attack.

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Feb 7th 2016, 3:21 PM

# Somalia

One passenger confirmed missing after blast rips hole in airplane

There are reports that a man was sucked out of the hole in the plane.

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Feb 4th 2016, 4:11 PM

# Somalia

Man 'sucked out of plane' after explosion

The pilot said he thought the blast was caused by a bomb.

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Feb 3rd 2016, 11:41 PM

# Istanbul

At least eight Germans among ten killed in Istanbul suicide blast

The attack has been blamed on the so-called Islamic State.

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Jan 12th 2016, 6:26 PM

# Terrorist Attack

Taliban suicide bomber kills 26 in Pakistan

The man crashed a motorcycle into the main gate of a government office.

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Dec 29th 2015, 4:29 PM

# Germany

Man dies after trying to blow up a condom machine

The 29-year-old man was hit by debris from the exploding machine after his home-made bomb detonated.

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Dec 28th 2015, 4:29 PM

# Nnewi

Over 100 killed after gas plant explodes in Nigeria

The fire raged for hours.

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Dec 25th 2015, 12:02 PM

# colectiv

Fire safety 'ignored' at Romanian nightclub where blaze killed 31 and injured almost 200

It has been described as “the worst tragedy of its kind” to hit Bucharest.

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Oct 31st 2015, 7:57 PM

# Sudan

Lit cigarette blamed for petrol tanker explosion that killed 85 people

The explosion happened in the South Sudanese city of Maridi.

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Sep 17th 2015, 2:03 PM

# terrrifying

Woman suffers burn injuries after toilet explodes

The explosion’s believed to have been caused by a build-up of methane.

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Sep 15th 2015, 4:22 PM

# islamic state

UN satellite images prove Palmyra temple was blown up

The 2,000-year-old temple was part of the remains of the ancient caravan city in central Syria.

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Sep 1st 2015, 7:56 AM

# Explosion

Another huge blast rocks chemical factory in China

No injuries have been reported as of yet.

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Aug 31st 2015, 8:47 PM

# Thailand

Bangkok bombing: 19 confirmed dead, 120 injured

Police confirm a bomb exploded in the downtown Chidlom district at about 7pm local time.

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Aug 17th 2015, 10:48 PM

# Tianjin

China blast: Terrifying footage of explosion emerges, but what do we know so far?

Questions over government transparency are also being asked.

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Aug 14th 2015, 1:11 PM

# Tianjin

Tianjin: Explosion death toll rises to 50 as devastation is revealed

The explosion unleashed a fireball that ripped through the night sky shattering glass up to three kilometres from the blast site.

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Aug 13th 2015, 11:04 PM

# China

At least 13 dead, hundreds injured as massive explosion rocks Chinese city

One hospital worker told the Beijing News that there were “too many new patients to count”.

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Aug 12th 2015, 11:15 PM

# Cheshire

Four people missing after three explosions rock flour mills

The building collapsed earlier this morning.

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Jul 17th 2015, 8:36 PM

# Taiwan

Horrifying footage shows fire ripping through crowd at water park, injuring 500 people

They were attending a ‘colour party’ and were covered in green and yellow powder which caught fire.

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Jun 28th 2015, 10:27 AM

# Terrorism

French gas factory attacker described as 'a wolf in sheep's clothing'

The French Prime Minister warned the country faces further attacks.

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Jun 27th 2015, 10:44 AM

# Cork

30 years ago, the Irish navy began the search and rescue in 'shark infested' waters for victims of Flight 182

All 329 passengers and crew were killed.

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Jun 23rd 2015, 1:55 PM

# Close Call

Lily Allen 'grateful to be alive' after gas explosion in Glastonbury caravan

She warned festival-goers to be careful with gas stoves.

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Jun 21st 2015, 3:37 PM

# Fireball

Watch: CCTV footage of gas explosion after car ploughs into Australian café

Three people were critically injured.

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Jun 12th 2015, 6:50 PM

# Emergency

Chile volcano erupts for first time in decades

The volcano has not erupted in 43 years.

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Apr 23rd 2015, 7:30 AM

# Ballinspittle

There's been an explosion at a café in Cork

A man and a woman have been hospitalised.

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Mar 27th 2015, 12:01 PM