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The Roseville Yard Disaster was an accidental explosion and fire that occurred on April 28, 1973, in the United States at a major Southern Pacific rail yard in the city of Roseville, California. [1] The shipment of munitions bound for the Vietnam War originated at the Hawthorne Naval Ammunition Depot in Hawthorne, Nevada. Explosions continued ...
A burnt out school bus is seen at the fire-damaged Aveson Charter School from the aftermath of the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California on Jan. 13, 2025. / Credit: FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images
Primary injuries are caused by blast overpressure waves, or shock waves. Total body disruption is the most severe and invariably fatal primary injury. [2] Primary injuries are especially likely when a person is close to an exploding munition, such as a land mine. [3]
Photos of the disaster, which will likely rank as the most destructive in L.A. history, capture the apocalyptic scale of destruction and heartbreak left in its wake.
N'Djamena ammunition depot explosions, In June 2024 an ammunition depot exploded in N'Djamena, the capital city of Chad, killing 9 people and injuring 46 others. [5] SS Richard Montgomery, explosive-filled Liberty ship wreck, off the UK's Kent coast (ongoing potential) 2024 Toropets depot explosions, following a Ukrainian drone strike.
See photos of the massive fires below: Water is dropped on the advancing Palisades Fire by helicopter in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on Jan. 7. Ethan Swope—AP
The 1995 San Diego tank rampage was the theft of an M60A3 tank by Shawn Timothy Nelson and his destruction of cars and utilities in suburban San Diego, California, United States. Nelson was a native Californian and United States Army veteran with unusual habits that drew the attention of his neighbors.
While firefighters and first responders continue to battle the blazes that erupted just two days ago — and as the ultimate scale of the destruction is still coming into focus — before-and ...