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Couldnβt find this on the site, so here it is.
The commentary cracks me up more than anything.
Mega Explosion. HD+ At least 44 people are dead, among them 12 firefighters. Hospitals are dealing with an overwhelming influx of patients, as more than 500 people have been injured. Authorities say the explosions happened when a shipment of explosives being stored in a container detonated.
Edit: source @Sellmyemail
Final toll was 173 dead, 8 missing/presumed dead.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Tianjin_explosions
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The bodies of four adults and one young person were recovered following the blast a sixth adult died days later in the hospital.
The huge fireball was captured from a house across the road in the borough of Plum in western Pennsylvania.
In the video, the quiet residential street containing carefully mown lawns is suddenly filled with heat and debris.
One house was reduced to rubble while two others were engulfed in flames.
The bodies of four adults and a young person were recovered following the blast shortly before 10.30am local time on Saturday, Plum Borough Police Chief Lanny Conley said.
Three people were taken to hospital, one of whom was in a critical condition. The other two were discharged, local emergency services said.
Crews from at least 18 fire departments tackled the flames with the help of water tankers from Allegheny and Westmoreland counties.
Gas and electric services were closed off as a precaution.
The county fire marshal's office is investigating the cause of the explosion along with borough and county police
It will be a "slow and long process" including a lot of forensic testing and could last "months if not years", said Steve Imbarlina, deputy director of fire and emergency services for Allegheny County.
A sixth victim died days later at the hospital
Source:
https://news.sky.com/story/cctv-captures-moment-of-deadly-pennsylvania-house-explosion-12940195
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"At least one person was killed and four others were injured after an explosion occurred in an oil tanker at a dockyard on the Mae Klong river in Muang district, Thailand on Tuesday afternoon. According to Bangkong's post, the onlookers heard a loud explosion before the fire broke out. The explosion occurred in the βSmooth Sea 22β vessel which was stationed in the southwest region of the Bangkok capital.After the deadly blast on Thailand oil tanker ship, at least six workers are still missing. According to the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Provincial Office of the Samut Songkhram, most of the victims were welders from Myanmar. As per the reports, the ship was undergoing repairs when the blast broke out. While the cause of the operation is yet to be confirmed, the rescue operations are still underway.The tanker with a capacity of 6,500 deadweight tonnes was undergoing regular maintenance at Ruammitr Dockyard in tambon Laem Yai. The glass window panes of the neighbouring houses were shattered due to the impact of the blast. Governor Somnuk Promkaew said that about 10 workers were aboard the ship and 30 were on the bank of the dockyard. As per the reports, the dead manβs right leg was found about 500 meters from the tanker. Among the 4 injured, one was a Thai national while the other 3 were from Myanmar. The governor said that the tanker still had 25,00 liters of fuel oil and 20,000 liters of diesel onboard. The chief of the Department of Labour Protection and Welfare, Niyom Songkaew, said that the provincial labour protection office would question the employer and other people to determine whether there was any violation of the Occupational Health Safety Act."
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