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Russia

Watch: 'Miracle baby' pulled from rubble in Russia

Officials say the number of people known to have died after a building partially collapsed in Russia has risen to 21.

01/01/2019

Poland

Poland: 4 killed, 20 injured after blast causes building to collapse

The apartment building crumbled after what local media said was likely a gas explosion.

05/03/2018

World News

Belgium: building brought down by blast in Antwerp

A suspected gas explosion destroys one building and damages two others in the Belgian port city of Antwerp.

16/01/2018

Economy

Gas prices drop after Austrian plant reopens

13/12/2017

Austria

Baumgarten explosion: main gas lines re-open

13/12/2017

Economy

Austria gas plant explosion leads to price hikes

Parts of Europe see energy prices soar to unprecedented levels in the wake of a blast at the Baumgarten hub that killed one person.

12/12/2017

China

Gas explosion rips through China restaurant

An explosion on Friday at a busy restaurant in the Chinese city of Hanghzou killed two people and injured 55, according to local authorities.

21/07/2017

Ukraine

Gas explosion kills at least eight miners in western Ukraine

At least eight miners have been killed in a gas explosion in western Ukraine.

03/03/2017

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Widespread damage after train blast in Bulgaria

At least five people have died in northeastern Bulgaria following a gas explosion after a train derailed early on Saturday.

10/12/2016

Bulgaria

Inferno horror in Bulgaria as freight train derails

At least five people have been killed and 25 injured when a cargo train derailed and burst into flames in the northeast of the country

10/12/2016

Bulgaria

Four dead as Bulgaria train derails and explodes

At least four people have been killed and another 25 injured after a freight train derailed and exploded in northeastern Bulgaria.

10/12/2016

Spain

Dozens hurt in Spain gas explosion

More than 70 people were injured in a gas explosion on Saturday near the southern Spanish tourist hot-spot of Malaga.

01/10/2016

Italy

Gas leak blamed for deadly blast in Milan residential block

At least three people have been killed and nine others injured following a suspected gas explosion at a residential block in downtown Milan.

12/06/2016

Russia

Seven killed in Russian gas blast

A powerful gas explosion that destroyed an apartment block in Russia has left at least seven people dead including two children. Other people were

16/02/2016

Italy

Italy: five killed in suspected gas explosion

At least five people have been killed as the result of an explosion in north western Italy. The blast, believed to have been caused by a gas leak

16/01/2016

Nigeria

Nigeria gas factory blast kills 'tens of people' says Buhari

Up to a dozen people are feared to have been killed by an explosion at a gas plant in southern Nigeria. The blast happened on Christmas Eve when a

25/12/2015

Russia

Explosion devastates Russian apartment building

An explosion blamed on gas has devastated an apartment building in the southern Russian city of Volgograd. The blast, which occured around midday on

20/12/2015

India

Dozens killed in restaurant blast in central India

At least 85 people have been killed and around one hundred injured, after a cooking gas cylinder blew up in a crowded restaurant in central India

12/09/2015

India

India: At least 85 killed in Indian restaurant explosions

12/09/2015

Mexico

Babies found alive in rubble after deadly hospital blast

Two babies and a female nurse are now known to have died after a maternity hospital in Mexico was completely destroyed by a powerful gas explosion

30/01/2015