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WATCH: Explosion rocks petrol station north of Bucharest

Firefighters and onlookers take cover after two explosions destroy an unlicensed petrol station north of the Romanian capital.

27/08/2023

Austria

Four employees sentenced over deadly 2017 gas explosion in Austria

The court found that the workers had "failed to comply with their safety obligations".

18/05/2022

France

Three people found dead after building collapse in southern France

The three-story building came crashing down at Sanary-sur-Mer near Toulon.

07/12/2021

Russia

Gas explosion at residential building in central Russia injures six

The blast destroyed several apartments on the upper floors of a five-story building in Naberezhnye Chelny.

25/10/2021

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Three killed and dozens injured in northern China gas explosion

A gas explosion in a restaurant ripped through a busy street in a major Chinese city, killing at least three people and injuring dozens.

21/10/2021

Russia

Seven people killed in gas explosion at apartment building near Moscow

A gas explosion in an apartment building outside Moscow on Wednesday killed at least seven people and injured at least seventeen others.

08/09/2021

United Kingdom

One child dies in suspected gas explosion in England

British police have declared the explosion a major incident. Four people were also injured in the blast, two seriously.

16/05/2021

Economy

Gas prices drop after Austrian plant reopens

13/12/2017

Austria

Europe's gas prices soar as Austria blast adds to supply fears

Italy declares a state of emergency for energy amid concern in Europe that winter gas supplies may be disrupted.

12/12/2017

Iran

Over 400 taken to hospital after a chlorine gas leakage in Iran

More than 400 people have been taken to hospital in Iran with respiratory problems after a chlorine gas leakage in Dezful city.

13/08/2017

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

United Kingdom

One dead as decommissioned UK power station collapses

One person has been killed with three missing after a building collapsed at Didcot A Power Station in Oxfordshire, UK.

23/02/2016

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

USA

Natural gas leak prompts California emergency

California governor Jerry Brown has declared an emergency after natural gas storage facility suffered a blow out.

07/01/2016

USA

California gas leak sparks protests as concerns mount

Methane gas billowing into the sky from the hills above Los Angeles has been captured by an infrared camera to record images which are invisible to

24/12/2015

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Homes flattened in Volgograd gas blast

A gas explosion rips through an apartment block in the Russian city of Volgograd, injuring at least eight occupants. Ten people, including three

21/12/2015

India

Bhopal survivors still demanding justice on 30th anniversary of gas leak tragedy

Thirty years after the world's worst industrial disaster, survivors of the Bhopal gas leak have taken to the streets of the Indian city to demand justice.

03/12/2014