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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 ...
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.
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]
An aerial view of utility vehicles parked near beachfront homes destroyed in the Palisades Fire as wildfires cause damage and loss through the L.A. region on Jan. 13, 2025 in Malibu, California.
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.
A man allegedly threw an explosive device inside a California courthouse on Wednesday, injuring five people, the same day he was set to be arraigned on firearms violations, authorities said. The ...
The explosives, which were found in a pair of coolers Jabbar left at the scene before the attack, were made with a “very rare explosive compound” which officials said has never been used ...
Halifax Explosion – The SS Mont-Blanc, a French cargo ship loaded with high explosives sailing between New York City and Bordeaux, exploded after colliding with the Norwegian ship SS Imo. 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.