Explosion

Push to make BP pay for explosion

Posted by SoxFirst

The proposed $50 million penalty for BP for its negligence that led to the 2005 Texas City refinery explosion that killed 15 workers is letting the British-based petroleum giant off lightly, according to court filings.

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New York City: steam pipe blast kills 1, injures dozens

Posted by Sandyenglish

In what many in the heart of midtown Manhattan initially mistook for a replay of the September 11 terrorist attacks, an aging steam pipe exploded Wednesday, sending a geyser of mud and debris and billowing clouds of steam rising over New York City’s skyscrapers.

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Chemical Plant Explodes Near Boston

Posted by Jeff from New York Times

The explosion hit just before 3 a.m. and could be felt miles from the CAI Inc. plant, about 20 miles north of Boston. About 300 people were in the surrounding neighborhood at the time, but police who went door-to-door throughout the area found fewer than a dozen had been injured, and none was in serious condition, Tutko said

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Witnesses report explosion north of London

Posted by Jeff from Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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