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There were seven detonations in total, the largest being the last. Two people were killed and hundreds injured. The largest explosion was estimated to be equivalent to 0.25 kilotons of TNT (1.0 TJ). [68] [69] The accident was caught on video by a broadcast engineer servicing a transmitter on Black Mountain, between Henderson and Las Vegas. [70]
The disaster was the largest man-made explosion of the time and caused extensive damage to Richmond, Dartmouth, and the Miꞌkmaq neighborhood of Tufts Cove. 4-6 December 1918 United States: Sayreville, New Jersey ~100 100+ T. A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant explosion – Munitions explosion at an ammunition plant in New Jersey
The explosion was reported around 8:48 a.m. PT Wednesday at the Santa Maria Courthouse in Santa Barbara County. ... A man allegedly threw an explosive device inside a California courthouse on ...
An "improvised explosive device” rocked the California courthouse where Michael Jackson was tried and acquitted nearly 20 years ago, authorities said. Residents near the court in Santa Maria ...
Don't act like you've seen bigger.
The N1 (rocket) article's lead claims "Due to the second launch attempt, the N-1 made the largest artificial non-nuclear explosion in history with about 14,000,000 pounds (nearly 7kt) of explosives" it's tagged "[citation needed]." The explosion was on the launch pad meaning the maximum amount of fuel would have been available.
Several people are hurt and the superior courthouse in Santa Maria, California, is closed following “a bomb explosion” Wednesday morning, officials say.
The blast was the largest human-made explosion at the time. [1] It released the equivalent energy of roughly 2.9 kilotons of TNT (12 TJ). [2] Mont-Blanc was under orders from the French government to carry her cargo from New York City via Halifax to Bordeaux, France.