NOT INCLUDING THE TERRORIST ACTIVITIES AROUND THE GLOBE, yesterday was an active day in the “explosion” category. We’ve combined several of them here.
Explosion Demolishes Boston-area Home
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Monday morning around 11:00 am, a pair of explosions literally demolished a house in Easton, Massachusetts. The house was occupied by some college students and several of them were there when it blew. Six people were taken to area hospitals, two with serious injuries. Some were pulled out of the wreckage by neighbors as the house was burning. Early indications point to a probable gas explosion.
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(left) The home was completely destroyed.
(right) Investigators looking at gas co. trenchwork
Boston Herald images
The Boston Herald has the story HERE and HERE.
Channel 25 has a VIDEO.
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Truck Explodes in Mexico Killing 4 Medics
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In Coahuila, Mexico a truck hauling mining explosives collided with another vehicle on the road. The collision caused a fire which spread to the trailer carrying the ammonium nitrate/fuel oil mixture and after 30 minutes it detonated. It killed at least 37 people nearby and injured more than 150.
Early reports say that there were four ambulance medics on the scene treating the injured. The blast left a crater in the road 10 ft. by 60 ft.
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Reuters images
The Los Angeles Times has an early STORY.
STATter911 is staying on top of it with the LATEST.
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Evacuations Follow Plant Explosion in Tennessee
The Associated Press reports from Camden, Tennessee:
A magnesium recycling plant caught fire and exploded in this west Tennessee town, and authorities evacuated nearby homes as a precaution, officials said. No injuries were reported.
Several explosions were reported at the Magpro plant, said John Smoot, director of the Benton County Emergency Management Agency. About 30 people work at the plant. About 25 people were evacuated within a mile of the plant in Camden, about 70 miles west of Nashville, Smoot said.
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Firefighters allowed the fire to burn itself out and then covered it with ash and sand. The evacuation order was lifted early this morning.
Nashville channel 5 has four VIDEOS.
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Yacht Blows Up Just Minutes After School Group Debarks
In Vancouver, B.C. a private two-masted yacht blew up and sank in the harbor 25 minutes after a group of 52 schoolgirls finished a cruise.
The 62-foot schooner was moored at a passenger ferry dock on Newcastle Island when the explosion blew the top off the rear cabin and punched a hole in the hull alongside the engine room.
Canada.com has the full STORY.
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