# Explosion

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# Close Call

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

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

21.1k

Jun 21st 2015, 3:37 PM

# Fireball

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

Three people were critically injured.

10.9k

Jun 12th 2015, 6:50 PM

# Emergency

Chile volcano erupts for first time in decades

The volcano has not erupted in 43 years.

14.2k

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.

31.7k

Mar 27th 2015, 12:01 PM

# smash

Pint explodes in Drogheda pub for no apparent reason

We blame ghosts.

33.0k

Mar 25th 2015, 12:39 PM

# Explosion

A pint spontaneously combusted in a Drogheda pub and completely dumbfounded everyone

SPOOKY.

5.5k

Mar 25th 2015, 7:30 AM

# blown apart

Dashboard cam captures gas explosion in suburban street

Fifteen people were injured in the blast.

14.1k

Feb 25th 2015, 12:50 PM

# Explosion

Blast at California refinery injures four people

The facility’s flare system was triggered to burn off fuel that could add to the fire.

10.6k

Feb 18th 2015, 9:51 PM

# Leitrim

'Crude' viable bomb made safe by army in Drumshanbo

The device was found by gardaí on approach into the town.

13.4k

Feb 12th 2015, 10:32 PM

# Explosion

Toxic orange cloud covers towns near Barcelona after chemical blast

Thousands of people were forced to stay indoors until the cloud had dissipated.

15.7k

Feb 12th 2015, 9:45 PM

# Australia

Irish man killed in Perth supermarket explosion

Another man was killed in the blast and two others were badly burned.

100k

Feb 4th 2015, 12:25 PM

# Mexico

Two babies and a nurse killed after gas truck blows up outside children's hospital

There were at least nine more babies on the injured list.

13.3k

Jan 30th 2015, 8:10 AM

# NAACP

Explosion outside black rights headquarters was deliberate says FBI

The FBI says an IED was placed outside with a gas can that failed to ignite.

6.0k

Jan 7th 2015, 3:41 PM

# RUN

Watch: You probably don't want to be this close to an exploding fireworks factory

One person was reportedly injured in the blast

9.4k

Jan 5th 2015, 11:25 AM

# Explosive

Viable bomb found in Offaly house made safe

The explosive device was found in a private residence in the rural Fivealley area, near Birr.

9.2k

Dec 2nd 2014, 9:37 AM

# North Yorkshire

Motorway closed after explosion heard close to UK military base

There are no reports of any injuries.

14.8k

Nov 29th 2014, 12:16 PM

# Long Lane

Gardaí release man held over Dublin 'fireball' explosion

The man, aged in his 20s, was arrested in the city yesterday morning.

10.1k

Oct 15th 2014, 9:28 AM

# Louth

Teenage girls hospitalised with burns after aerosol can explosion

The girls aged between 12-14 have been transferred from hospital in Drogheda to Dublin.

39.8k

Aug 3rd 2014, 8:25 PM

# kaboom

Watch: Manhole cover explodes on busy Dublin street close to Leinster House

Eyewitnesses said thick, green, foul-smelling smoke was seen pouring from the grate.

46.4k

Jul 25th 2014, 12:46 PM

# whoa

Watch this guy's incredible near-miss with a stray rock from an explosion

OMIGOD.

3.8k

Jun 30th 2014, 11:44 AM

# danger

Viable explosive device made safe in Carrickmines

A number of nearby houses were evacuated in the area.

12.1k

Jun 28th 2014, 2:09 PM

# Blast

Explosion at crowded shopping centre kills 21 in Nigerian capital

Another 17 people were injured in the blast.

9.4k

Jun 25th 2014, 10:11 PM

# atm robbery

"Gas ignition" being used so that ATMs can be stolen

The PSNI said three similar incidents occurred over the past month – including one this morning.

19.1k

Jun 25th 2014, 6:43 PM

# Chernobyl Children International

Children from Chernobyl to arrive in Ireland today for rest and recuperation

The children travel to Ireland every year to stay with Irish families during the summer months.

9.7k

Jun 22nd 2014, 7:00 AM

# army bomb experts

Pipe bomb explodes outside house in Down

No one is believed to have been injured during the incident.

3.6k

Jun 17th 2014, 11:39 AM

# Explosion

Bord Gáis investigates what caused the explosion at this Dublin house

A man was seriously injured in the explosion on Sullivan Street in Dublin 7.

18.0k

Jun 2nd 2014, 7:19 AM

# Explosion

Gas explosion blasts through Dublin house

A man was rescued from the house and taken to hospital with severe burn injuries.

43.1k

Jun 1st 2014, 8:03 PM

# Attack

Device explodes in lobby of Derry hotel which hosted PSNI event

Nobody was injured in the attack but the Everglades hotel front was badly damaged.

9.4k

May 30th 2014, 7:26 AM

# Explosion

Over 200 dead in Turkey mine blast with hundreds more trapped underground

787 people were inside the coal mine in Soma, some 250 kilometers south of Istanbul, at the time of the accident.

5.1k

May 14th 2014, 6:53 AM

# Gas Explosion

More than 100 injured in Florida jail explosion

The injured were brought to hospital and the uninjured were brought to nearby jails.

6.9k

May 1st 2014, 10:18 AM

# Chernobyl Anniversary

28 years on and the struggle continues for those affected by the world's biggest nuclear disaster

The increasingly volatile situation in strife-torn Ukraine is raising new fears for Chernobyl.

9.6k

Apr 26th 2014, 9:00 AM

# Explosion

Grenade made safe in Galway dates from the War of Independence

The grenade was found during building works in the area.

8.5k

Apr 26th 2014, 8:41 AM

# Greece

Booby-trapped car explodes outside bank in Athens

The explosion came as Greece prepared to return to bond markets. No one was injured in the incident.

5.3k

Apr 10th 2014, 9:34 AM

# Long Road

Gardaí appeal for sightings of bleeding man after last night's explosion in Dublin

It’s believed the man got a taxi after the explosion.

22.4k

Mar 31st 2014, 6:13 PM

Evening Wrap

The 5 at 5 Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…

8.2k

Mar 31st 2014, 4:44 PM

# Long Lane

Video: Dublin street closed after car explosion

Long Lane in Dublin 8 has been closed after the explosion last night.

31.2k

Mar 31st 2014, 7:58 AM

# Explosion

Pipe bomb explodes in Dublin garden of elderly woman

Gardaí said nobody was injured in the explosion.

18.5k

Mar 27th 2014, 11:08 AM

# Security Alert

No injuries as car bomb explodes in Derry estate

The PSNI say that that the explosion took place at Carrickreagh Gardens at about 10.4o pm last night.

4.9k

Mar 27th 2014, 8:10 AM

# danger

Irish neighbourhoods 'at risk of Harlem style gas explosion'

A contractors association warned against the dangers of illegal gas work in homes.

13.4k

Mar 16th 2014, 8:00 AM

# Belfast

Four police officers and three children caught up in explosion

The police officers in the car escaped injury, but the family were said to have been very shaken by the ordeal.

10.6k

Mar 15th 2014, 1:38 PM