List of explosions

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This is a list of accidental explosions and facts about each one, grouped by the time of their occurrence. It does not include explosions caused by terrorist attacks or arson, as well as intentional explosions for civil or military purposes. It may still include entries for which the cause is unclear or still under investigation. For a list based on power or death toll see largest artificial non-nuclear explosions or the explosions section of list of accidents and disasters by death toll. This list also contains notable explosions that would not qualify for the articles mentioned above and is more detailed, especially for the latest centuries.

Prior to 2000

Date Country Location Dead Injured Details
11 March 1597  Kingdom of Ireland Dublin 126–200 Hundreds Dublin gunpowder explosion – 140 barrels of gunpowder, needed by the English army then fighting the Nine Years' War (1593–1603), exploded on the quays of Dublin and on Winetavern Street, destroying many buildings.
30 May 1626 China (Ming dynasty) Beijing 20,000 Unknown Wanggongchang Explosion – A Shenjiying armory of gunpowder and ammunition exploded during the late reign of the Tianqi Emperor.
12 September 1634 Sovereign Military Order of Malta Malta Valletta 22 Unknown 1634 Valletta explosion – A gunpowder factory blew up, damaging several buildings including a church and a college.[1]
12 October 1654  Dutch Republic Delft 100+ Thousands Delft Explosion [nl] – A gunpowder magazine blew up, destroying a large part of the city.
18 August 1769  Republic of Venice Brescia c. 400–3,000 (reports vary) 800+ Brescia explosion – A gunpowder store blew up after being hit by lightning, destroying a large part of the city.
31 August 1794  France Paris 1000+ 700+ A gunpowder store blew up in Grenelle.[citation needed]
18 July 1806 United Kingdom Malta Birgu c. 150–240 c. 100 1806 Birgu polverista explosion – A gunpowder magazine blew up, destroying part of the city's fortifications and many buildings.[2]
12 January 1807  Netherlands Leiden 151 Unknown Leiden gunpowder disaster – A ship carrying black powder for the Dutch Army during the War of the Fourth Coalition exploded.
3 November 1810  United Kingdom Cork 22 40+ Cork gunpowder explosion
28 February 1844  United States Potomac River 6 16–20 USS Princeton Disaster of 1843 – A gun on board USS Princeton exploded during a demonstration. The disaster endangered U.S. President John Tyler and killed several members of his Cabinet.
23 October 1844  United States near New Albany, Indiana 56–100+ Unknown Lucy Walker steamboat disaster – The Lucy Walker blew up in a boiler explosion on the Ohio River. The incident led to the U.S. federal government establishing steamboat safety regulations, including the Steamboat Inspection Service.
14 July 1847  United Kingdom Faversham, England 18 Unknown Faversham guncotton explosion – A guncotton factory in Faversham, one of the British Empire's primary munitions centers exploded.
6 October 1854  United Kingdom Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead, England c. 53 (in fire and explosion) c. 400–500 (in fire and explosion) Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead – During a large fire, a bonded warehouse used to store combustibles such as sulphur and nitrate of soda exploded, killing onlookers and destroying the neighborhood.
17 July 1856  United States Whitemarsh Township 59–67 c. 100 Great Train Wreck of 1856 – Two steam trains traveling on the North Pennsylvania Railroad collide head-on, causing the deadliest railroad crash at that time.
17 September 1862  United States Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 78 Unknown Allegheny Arsenal explosion – A Union Army ordnance depot exploded, causing the largest civilian casualty of the American Civil War.
27 April 1865  United States near Memphis, Tennessee 1,198 c. 760 Sultana steamboat disaster – An overloaded side-wheel steamboat carrying Union soldiers from Confederate prison camps burned down and sank in the Mississippi River after its four boilers exploded. The Sultana disaster remains the worst maritime disaster in American history.
25 May 1865  United States Mobile, Alabama c. 300 Unknown Mobile magazine explosion – A former Confederate Army ordnance depot exploded.
12 December 1866  United Kingdom Stairfoot, England 361 Unknown Oaks explosion – A colliery in South Yorkshire suffered a series of explosions, causing one of the worst mining disasters in British history.
9 July 1872  United Kingdom Glasgow, Scotland 18 16+ Tradeston Flour Mills explosion – A mill owned by Matthew Muir & Sons company suffered a dust explosion.
13 May 1873  Canada Westville, Nova Scotia 70 Unknown Drummond Mine explosion – Canada's largest colliery exploded after a coal fire grew out of control.
10 October 1874  United Kingdom Regent's Park, London, England 4 Unknown Regent's Park explosion – The barge Tilbury, carrying both petroleum and gunpowder, exploded, killing its crew and causing extensive damage.[3]
4 September 1885  Canada Douro, Ontario 2 0 1885 Dynamite explosion – A wagon load of dynamite exploded during transport.
3 May 1887  Canada Nanaimo, British Columbia 150 Unknown 1887 Nanaimo mine explosion – A coal mine exploded in an explosives accident and killed 150 miners, including 53 Chinese Canadian laborers.
15 July 1890  United States Kings Mills, Ohio 11 About 100 1890 Kings Mills powder explosion – Freight cars on the Little Miami Railroad collided with cars containing gunpowder and cartridges from the King Powder Company and the Peters Cartridge Company.[4]
26 August 1892  United Kingdom Aberkenfig, Wales 112 Unknown Parc Slip Colliery explosion – A coal mine operated by John Brogden and Sons exploded.
16 February 1896  South African Republic Braamfontein 70–75 200+ Braamfontein Explosion – A freight train loaded with dynamite explodes in a railway siding in a Johannesburg suburb.
30 April 1896  United Kingdom Micklefield, England 63 Unknown Peckfield Colliery disaster
30 January 1900  United States near Trenton, Michigan 1 2 Sibley Quarry explosion
1 May 1900  United States Scofield, Utah 200–246 Unknown Scofield Mine disaster – A coal mine was destroyed in a dust explosion, killing 200 workers from either the explosion or from asphyxiation after being trapped in the mine.
10 March 1906  France Courrières 1,099 Unknown Courrières mine disaster – A coal dust explosion caused the worst mining disaster in Europe and led to a national outcry in France.
21 December 1910 United Kingdom Westhoughton, England 344 Unknown Pretoria Pit disaster - Underground explosion occurred at the Hulton Colliery Bank Pit No. 3, known as the Pretoria Pit, then in the historic county of Lancashire. A total of 344 men and boys lost their lives.
7 March 1913  United States Baltimore, Maryland 33 60 Alum Chine explosion – Dynamite exploded aboard the SS Alum Chine in Baltimore Harbor.
14 October 1913  United Kingdom Senghenydd, Wales 439 Unknown Senghenydd colliery disaster – A coal dust explosion occurred at a coal mine in the South Wales Coalfield.
15 December 1914  Japan Hōjō, Fukuoka, Kyushu 687 Unknown Hōjō Coal Mine Disaster – A Mitsubishi coal mine in the Chikuhō coalfield exploded, causing Japan's worst mining disaster.
2 April 1916  United Kingdom Faversham, England 115 Unknown Faversham Great Explosion – 200 tons of TNT manufactured by an Admiralty factory for use in World War I exploded.
6 December 1917  Canada Halifax, Nova Scotia 1,950 9,000 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.
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
14 January 1921  Germany Ludwigshafen 500–600 2,000 Oppau explosion – A tower silo loaded with 4,000 tons of ammonium nitrate and ammonium sulfate exploded at a BASF plant.
1 March 1924  United States Nixon, New Jersey 20 2 1924 Nixon Nitration Works disaster – An ammonium nitrate processing plant managed by Lewis Nixon exploded, destroying the town of Nixon.
10 March 1930  United Kingdom Allerton Bywater, Yorkshire, England 5 1 Allerton Bywater colliery explosion
18 March 1937  United States New London, Texas 295+ 300+ New London School explosion
26 April 1942 Taiwan China Benxihu Colliery, Liaoning Province 1,549 Unknown 1942 Benxihu Colliery disaster – Explosion at a coal mine in the Japanese-occupied colliery.[5]
11 April 1944  British India Bombay 800+ 3,000+ 1944 Bombay Explosion – A British Fort ship exploded in Bombay Harbour.
21 May 1944  United States Pearl Harbor, Hawaiʻi 163 396 West Loch disaster – Munitions on a landing ship in the West Loch of Pearl Harbor exploded, triggering a chain reaction that sank six vessels in total.
4 July 1944  Denmark Aarhus 39 250 1944 explosion in Aarhus
17 July 1944  United States Port Chicago, California 320 390+ Port Chicago disaster – Munitions intended for the Pacific Front of World War II exploded during loading on a ship at a U.S. Navy magazine, killing hundreds of workers and numerous African Americans. One month later the unsafe conditions that caused the disaster lead to a mutiny.
20 October 1944  United States Cleveland, Ohio 131 225 Cleveland East Ohio Gas explosion
27 November 1944  United Kingdom Staffordshire, England ~70 ~20 RAF Fauld explosion – An underground Royal Air Force ordnance depot exploded, causing the United Kingdom's largest ever explosion.
9 May 1945  United States Sunnyside, Utah 23 Unknown Gas explosion at the Sunnyside Fuel Company's #1 mine.
25 May 1945  United States Aberdeen, Maryland 12 ~50 1945 Edgewood Arsenal explosion
21 May 1945  Australia Wagga Wagga, New South Wales 26 unknown Kapooka Army Base soldiers received instructions for demolition work in a bunker which was 3 metres (9.8 ft) below the ground when an explosion took place, resulting in Australia's largest military funeral.
31 August 1945  Italy Ancona 100+ Unknown Train explosion. The cause of the event was unclear, but reports from the Liverpool Daily Post said that smoke was reported before the explosion.
14 September 1945  Canada Montreal, Quebec 11 42+ Explosion at a warehouse.
16 April 1947  United States Texas City, Texas 581 5,000+ Texas City disaster
18 August 1947  Spain Cádiz 147+ 5,000+ Cádiz Explosion
25 May 1950  United States Chicago 34 50 1950 Chicago streetcar crash
11 June 1955  France Le Mans 84 180 1955 Le Mans disaster
7 August 1956  Colombia Cali 1,300–4,000 4,000–12,000 Cali explosion
1 July 1959  Mexico Coatzacoalcos 12 100 Pipeline explosion.[6]
9 May 1960  China Datong, Shanxi province 684 Unknown Explosion at a coal mine.[5]
24 October 1960  Soviet Union Baikonur Cosmodrome 92–126 120 Nedelin catastrophe
31 October 1963  United States Indianapolis 81 400 1963 Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum gas explosion – Caused by a leak stemming from improperly stored liquefied petroleum gas tanks at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum.
1 March 1965  Canada LaSalle, Quebec 28 39 LaSalle Heights disaster
30 December 1970  United States Leslie County, Kentucky 39 Unknown Hurricane Creek mine disaster
21 October 1971  United Kingdom Clarkston, Scotland 22 100 Clarkston explosion
30 August 1972  Australia Taroom, Queensland 3 0 1972 Taroom explosion
10 February 1973  United States Staten Island, New York 40 0 1973 Staten Island gas explosion
28 April 1973  United States Roseville, California 0 48 1973 Roseville Yard Disaster
27 March 1974  Portuguese Mozambique Magude 70 200 Magude train disaster
1 June 1974  United Kingdom North Lincolnshire 28 36 Flixborough Disaster
1 February 1976  Poland Gdansk 17 11 Gas explosion caused the collapse of a 2-storey residential building.[7]
9 March 1976  United States Oven Fork, Kentucky 26 unknown Scotia Mine disaster[8]
11 November 1977  South Korea Iksan 59 1343 Iri station explosion
17 February 1978  France Paris 12 60 A gas leak in rue Raynouard caused 3 explosions in 40 minutes.
11 July 1978  Spain Alcanar 217 200+ Los Alfaques disaster
15 February 1979  Poland Warsaw 49 135 1979 Warsaw gas explosion
18 September 1980  United States Damascus, Arkansas 1 21 1980 Damascus Titan missile explosion
24 October 1980  Spain Ortuella 67 100+ An explosion alleged to have been caused by a welding accident at the Marcelino Ugalde School. Most of the dead were children.[9]
16 November 1980  Thailand Dusit District, Bangkok 60 400 A series of explosions at an army munitions depot.[10]
25 November 1980  Turkey Danaciobasi, Kırıkkale Province 105 unknown Explosion at an engagement party.[11]
9 December 1980  Poland Karlino 0 1 Karlino oil eruption
13 February 1981  United States Louisville, Kentucky 0 4 Louisville sewer explosions
27 May 1983  United States Benton, Tennessee 11 1 Benton fireworks disaster
23 May 1984  United Kingdom Lancashire 16 28 Abbeystead disaster
7 September 1984  Malta off Qala 7 1 C23 tragedy
19 November 1984  Mexico Mexico City 500–600 5,000–7,000 San Juanico disaster
28 January 1986  United States Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Florida 7 0 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
4 May 1988  United States Henderson 2 372 PEPCON disaster
4 June 1988  Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Arzamas 91 1,500 Arzamas train disaster
21 June 1988  United Kingdom Poole, Dorset 0 14 Poole explosion
6 July 1988  United Kingdom Aberdeen 167 Unknown Piper Alpha explosion
12 December 1988  Mexico La Merced, Mexico City 62+ 83+ Mexico City fireworks disaster
23 December 1988  United States Memphis, Tennessee. 9 10 Memphis tanker truck disaster
4 June 1989  Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Iglinsky District 575 800 Ufa train disaster
5 July 1990  United States Channelview, Texas 17 5 1990 ARCO explosion
22 April 1992  Mexico Guadalajara 252–1,000+ 500–1,500+ 1992 Guadalajara explosions
22 September 1993  United States Mobile, Alabama 47 103 Big Bayou Canot rail accident
1 August 1994  China Guangxi 77 230 1994 Kenpeng mine disaster
13 December 1994  United States Woodbury County 4 18 Port Neal fertilizer plant explosion
3 February 1995  Malta Cospicua 9 Unknown An explosion on the Libyan tanker Um El Faroud killed nine dockyard workers.[12]
17 April 1995  Poland Gdansk 22 12 Explosion that caused the collapse of the two lowest floors of a 10-story building.[13] [14]
3 November 1995  Argentina Río Tercero, Córdoba 7 365 Río Tercero explosion
21 November 1996  Puerto Rico Río Piedras, Puerto Rico 33 69 Humberto Vidal explosion
14 February 1998  Cameroon Yaoundé 200+ Unknown Yaoundé train explosion
18 October 1998  Nigeria Jesse, Nigeria 1,082 unknown 1998 Jesse pipeline explosion
25 September 1998  Australia Longford 2 8 Esso Longford gas explosion
23 June 1999  United States Pasadena 2 3 Phillips explosion of 1999[15]
23 June 1999  Nigeria Akute-Odo, Ogun State 15 unknown Pipeline explosion.[16]
9 August 1999  Canada Calgary 2 0 Hub Oil explosion
26 September 1999  Mexico Celaya 63 348 Celaya fireworks disaster
10 November 1999  Democratic Republic of the Congo Mbandaka Airport 6 Unknown An Antonov AN-12 plane owned by the Congolese military full of cluster bombs exploded on the ground at Mbandaka Airport, killing six.[17]

2000s

Date Country Location Dead Injured Details
7 February 2000  Nigeria Ogwe, Abia State 17 Unknown A pipeline explosion killed 17.[18]
11 March 2000  Ukraine Luhansk 81 8 Methane gas explosion at a coal mine.[19]
13 March 2000  China Pingxiang, Jiangxi Province 33 10 Explosion at a fireworks factory.[19]
20 March 2000  Nigeria Isioma, Abia State 50 Unknown Pipeline explosion.[18]
22 March 2000  Russia Leninsk-Kuznetsky, Kemerovo Oblast 12 unknown Gas explosion.[19]
14 April 2000  Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa 109 258 Ammunition explosion at N'djili Airport which also destroyed five aircraft.[20][19]
22 April 2000  China Shanxi 40 1 Gas explosion at Yongcai coal mine.[19]
13 May 2000  Netherlands Enschede 20+ 175+ Enschede fireworks disaster – Explosion at a fireworks warehouse.[21]
21 June 2000  Nigeria Okuedjeba, Warri 28 Unknown Pipeline explosion .[18]
12 July 2000  Nigeria Warri 300 Unknown Pipeline explosion caused by oil thieves.[18]
16 July 2000  Nigeria Ijalla, Warri 150 Unknown Pipeline explosion.[22]
23 July 2000  Nigeria Sapele, Delta 40 Unknown Pipeline explosion.[18]
24 July 2000  Nigeria Sapele, Delta State 15 Unknown Pipeline explosion.[18]
19 August 2000  United States Carlsbad, New Mexico 12 0 Pipeline explosion killed 12 campers and destroyed three vehicles, causing $998,296 in damages.[23]
5 November 2000  Nigeria Oyo State 100–200 Unknown Ibadan road tanker explosion
30 November 2000  Nigeria Lagos 60 Unknown Pipeline explosion caused by oil thieves.[18]
6 March 2001  China Fanglin, Jiangxi province 41–60 30 Fireworks explosion at a school kill that killed children and destroyed the building.[24]
6 May 2001  Ukraine Donetsk 10 26 Explosion at a coal mine.[25]
21 September 2001  France Toulouse 31 2500 Toulouse chemical factory explosion
23 September 2001  United States Brookwood, Alabama 13 0 13 miners were killed.[26]
5 November 2001  Nigeria Imo State 15 Unknown A pipeline leak caused an explosion.[18]
6 December 2001  Uganda Busesa, Iganga District 38 79 Oil tanker explosion.[27]
27 January 2002  Nigeria Lagos 1,100+ 5,000+ 2002 Lagos armoury explosion
29 January 2003  United States Kinston, North Carolina 6 36 West Pharmaceutical Services explosion
14 April 2003  Canada Toronto 7 4 2003 Etobicoke gas explosion
19 June 2003  Nigeria Abia state 105 unknown Pipeline explosion.[18]
20 January 2004  Algeria Skikda 27 74 An explosion at a LNG complex destroyed three trains.[28]
18 February 2004  Iran Nishapur 295 460 Nishapur train disaster
16 March 2004  Russia Arkhangelsk 58 17 2004 Arkhangelsk explosion
22 April 2004  North Korea Ryongchon County 54 1,249 Ryongchon disaster
11 May 2004  United Kingdom Glasgow 9 33 Stockline Plastics factory explosion
24 May 2004  Romania Mihăilești 18 13 Mihăilești explosion
30 July 2004  Belgium Ghislenghien 24 132 A high-pressure natural gas pipeline operated at a pressure of 70 bars (1,000 pounds per square inch) ruptured following recent third-party damage.[29]
3 November 2004  Denmark Seest 1 24 Seest fireworks disaster
24 February 2005  China Fuxin 214 Unknown 2005 Sunjiawan mine disaster
23 March 2005  United States Texas City, Texas 15 170 Texas City refinery explosion
2 October 2005  Tajikistan 21 Unknown A bus running on liquefied gas exploded when it collided with another bus.[30]
13 November 2005  China Jilin 6 Unknown 2005 Jilin chemical plant explosions
11 December 2005  United Kingdom Hemel Hempstead 0 43 Buncefield fire
8 February 2006  Russia Grozny 13 28 Chechnya Spetsnaz base explosion
12 May 2006  Nigeria Atlas Creek Island 150 Unknown 2006 Atlas Creek pipeline explosion
18 October 2006  Indonesia Sidoarjo, East Java 7 Unknown A pipeline exploded because of a mud volcano.[31]
6 December 2006  United States Milwaukee 3 47 2006 Falk Corporation explosion
26 December 2006  Nigeria Abule Egba 300–500 Unknown 2006 Abule Egba pipeline explosion
2 February 2007  Philippines Tigbao, Zamboanga del Sur 50+ Unknown A burning chemical truck exploded as a bus was passing beside it.[32]
22 March 2007  Mozambique Maputo 103 515 2007 Maputo arms depot explosion
1 May 2007  Spain Palencia 9 30 Explosion in a residential building[33] [34]
26 July 2007  Syria Al-Muslimiyah 15 50 July 2007 Syrian arms depot explosion
14 September 2007  Romania Zalău 2 15 Zalău explosion
13 October 2007  Ukraine Dnipro 9 21+ Building explosion.[35]
19 October 2007  Philippines Makati 11 129 2007 Glorietta explosion
20 December 2007  Sierra Leone Freetown 18 Unknown 2007 Freetown explosion
9 January 2008  Russia Kazan 10 4 2008 Kazan gas explosion
1 February 2008  Turkey Istanbul 22 100 Istanbul fireworks explosion
7 February 2008  United States Port Wentworth, Georgia 14 40 2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion
15 March 2008  Albania Gërdec 26 300 2008 Gërdec explosions
15 May 2008  Nigeria Lagos 39 Unknown 2008 Ijegun pipeline explosion
3 July 2008  Bulgaria Chelopechene, Sofia Province 0 3 2008 Chelopechene explosions
10 August 2008  Canada Toronto 2 0 Toronto propane explosion
26 August 2008  China Yizhou 20 60 2008 Guangxi chemical plant explosions
15 November 2008  Romania Petrila 13 13 Petrila Mine disaster
3 December 2008  Spain Barcelona 6 42 Gas explosion in a social housing building at a shantytown.[36]
24 December 2008  Ukraine Yevpatoria 27 5 2008 Yevpatoria gas explosion
30 May 2009  China Chongqing 30 59 2009 Chongqing mine blast
10 August 2009  Slovakia Trenčín Region 20 9 2009 Handlová mine blast
23 October 2009  Puerto Rico Bayamón 0 3 2009 Cataño oil refinery fire
1 November 2009  Benin Porga 60+ Unknown A tanker truck overturned and exploded while residents were siphoning its fuel.[citation needed]
21 November 2009  China Hegang 108 29 2009 Heilongjiang mine explosion
2 December 2009  Ukraine Kyiv 1 0 Vladimir Likhonos, 25, a student of Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, was killed when his chewing gum exploded. He had a habit of dipping his chewing gum in citric acid to increase the gum's sour taste. On his work table police found about 100g of unidentified explosive powder which he used for chemistry studies. It resembled citric acid and it is thought he confused the two. The explosive was found to be four times stronger than TNT and the explosion was possibly triggered either by reacting with Likhonos' saliva or the pressure exerted by him chewing on the gum and explosive powder.[37][38][39]

2010s

Date Country Location Dead Injured Details
7 February 2010  United States Middletown, Connecticut 6 50 2010 Connecticut power plant explosion
2 April 2010  United States Anacortes, Washington 7 0 2010 Tesoro Anacortes Refinery disaster
5 April 2010  United States Raleigh County, West Virginia 20 0 Upper Big Branch Mine disaster
8 May 2010  Russia Mezhdurechensk, Kemerovo Oblast 91 99 Raspadskaya mine explosion
17 May 2010  Turkey Zonguldak Province 30 0 2010 Zonguldak mine disaster
2 July 2010  Democratic Republic of Congo South Kivu 230 196 2010 South Kivu fuel tank explosion
28 July 2010  China Nanjing 13 300 2010 Nanjing chemical plant explosion
9 September 2010  United States San Bruno, California 8 58 2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion
19 November 2010  New Zealand Westcoast 29 2 Pike River Mine disaster
1 December 2010  Nigeria Lagos State 20 Unknown Alakija tanker explosion
19 December 2010  Mexico San Martín Texmelucan 29 52 2010 Puebla oil pipeline explosion
9 February 2011  United States Allentown, Pennsylvania 5 Unknown A gas explosion leveled a house.[40]
16 February 2011  Tanzania Dar es Salaam 20-32 300 2011 Dar es Salaam explosions
11 July 2011  Cyprus Zygi 13 62 Evangelos Florakis Naval Base explosion
29 July 2011  Ukraine Luhansk 26 2 Suhodolskaya-Vostochnaya explosion
12 September 2011  Kenya Nairobi 100 116 2011 Nairobi pipeline fire
12 November 2011  Iran Bid Kaneh 17 Unknown Bid Kaneh explosion
10 February 2012  United States Ocala, Florida 2 (a woman and a horse) 1 Erica Marshall, a 28-year-old British veterinarian, died when the horse she was treating in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber kicked the wall, released a spark from its horseshoes, and triggered an explosion. The horse was also killed by the explosion. Another worker, Sorcha Moneley, was seriously injured.[41][42]
27 February 2012  Russia Astrakhan 10 12 2012 Astrakhan gas explosion
4 March 2012  Republic of the Congo Brazzaville 300+ 2,500+ Brazzaville arms dump blasts
12 July 2012  Nigeria Okobie 121 75 Okobie road tanker explosion
12 July 2012  China Yan'an 36 3 Shaanxi bus–tanker crash
27 August 2012  India Chala 20 21 Chala LPG tanker disaster
5 September 2012  Turkey Afyonkarahisar 25 7 2012 Afyonkarahisar arsenal explosion
5 September 2012  India Sivakasi 40 70 Sivakasi factory explosion
18 September 2012  Mexico Reynosa 30 46 Pipeline explosion.[43]
1 November 2012  Saudi Arabia Riyadh 26 135 2012 Riyadh truck crash
31 January 2013  Mexico Mexico City 37 126 Torre Ejecutiva Pemex explosion
17 April 2013  United States West 15 160 / 200 West Fertilizer Company explosion
29 April 2013  Czech Republic Prague 0 43 2013 Prague explosion
7 May 2013  Mexico Ecatepec de Morelos 27 36 2013 Ecatepec de Morelos gas tanker explosion
25 May 2013  Pakistan Punjab 18 7 2013 Pakistan gas bus explosion
31 May 2013  Philippines Taguig 3 5 2013 Serendra explosion
13 June 2013  United States Geismar, Louisiana 2 114 Williams Olefins Plant explosion
6 July 2013  Canada Lac-Mégantic 47 1[44] Lac-Mégantic rail disaster
6 August 2013  Argentina Rosario 22 60 2013 Rosario gas explosion
22 November 2013  China Qingdao 62 Unknown 2013 Qingdao oil pipeline explosion
10 December 2013  Egypt Gharbia Governorate 13 6 Kafr Elle Zayat fuel truck explosion
9 January 2014  Japan Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture 5 17 Mitsubishi Materials chemical plant explosion[45]
7 January 2014  Nigeria Apapa 15 Unknown Kirikiri tanker explosion
27 February 2014  Qatar Doha 12 30+ Suspected gas explosion at a Turkish restaurant.[46]
12 March 2014  United States New York City 8 70 2014 East Harlem gas explosion
13 May 2014  Turkey Soma 301 80 Soma mine disaster
27 June 2014  India Nagaram 22 30 2014 GAIL pipeline explosion
28 June 2014  India Alang, Gujarat 5 6 Explosion at a ship breaking yard.[47]
31 July 2014  Taiwan Kaohsiung 32 321 2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions
2 August 2014  China Kunshan 146 114 2014 Kunshan explosion
31 August 2014  France Rosny-sous-Bois 6 0 Explosion in an apartment building.[48]
1 October 2014  Bulgaria Gorni Lom 15 3 2014 Gorni Lom explosions
22 November 2014  Malaysia Sarawak 4 30 2014 Selantik coal mine explosion
4 March 2015  Ukraine Donetsk 34 14 2015 Zasyadko mine disaster
26 March 2015  United States New York City 2 19 2015 East Village gas explosion
4 June 2015  Ghana Accra 256 Unknown 2015 Accra explosion
27 June 2015  Taiwan New Taipei City 15 497 Formosa Fun Coast explosion
3 July 2015  South Korea Ulsan 6 0 Explosion at a chemical plant.[49]
24 July 2015  Italy Modugno 7 Unknown A large explosion which triggered other explosions and a fire at a fireworks factory.[50]
12 August 2015  China Tianjin 173 801 2015 Tianjin explosions – Occurred at a hazardous goods warehouse operated by Ruihai Logistics.[51]
25 August 2015  Afghanistan Herat 11 18 Gas explosion.[52]
31 August 2015  China Dongying, Shandong province 13 25 A chemical plant owned by the Shandong Binyuan Chemical Company exploded.[53]
12 September 2015  India Petlawad 105 150 Petlawad explosion
13 September 2015  Pakistan Multan 11 79 [54]
15 January 2016  China Tongxu County, Henan Province 10 7 An illegal fireworks plant exploded.[55]
16 January 2016  Italy Arnasco 5 1 Suspected gas explosion.[56]
25 February 2016  Russia Vorkuta 36 9 Vorkuta mine disaster
10 April 2016  India Paravur 111 350+ Puttingal temple fire
20 April 2016  Mexico Coatzacoalcos 24 136 Explosion at the major Clorados 3 petrochemical plant of Petroquimica Mexicana de Vinilo.[57]
4 May 2016  Ukraine ( Luhansk People's Republic) Luhansk 10 4 Coal mine explosion.[58]
28 June 2016  Canada Mississauga 2 13 A huge explosion completely destroyed a house and damaged 24 others. Thousands of residents were evacuated.[59][60] Police later concluded the incident was a double suicide.[61]
11 August 2016  United States Silver Spring, Maryland 7 68 Gas explosion at the Flower Branch Apartments.[62] The blast displaced more than 90 residents.[63][64] The NTSB found that the blast was caused by failure of an indoor mercury service regulator with an unconnected vent line that allowed natural gas into the meter room where it accumulated and ignited from an unknown ignition source.[62]
11 August 2016  China Dangyang, Hubei Province 22 4 2016 Dangyang explosion – Explosion caused by a high-pressure steam pipe at a power plant.[65]
10 September 2016  Bangladesh Tongi 25 70 A boiler exploded, causing a fire in a factory.[66]
11 September 2016  Benin Tori 8 0 [67]
1 November 2016  Pakistan Gadani, Balochistan Province 14 59 Gas cylinder explosion aboard an oil tanker that caused a major fire at a ship-breaking yard.[68][69]
17 November 2016  Mozambique Caphiridzange, Tete Province 80 Unknown Caphiridzange explosion – Fuel tanker explosion.[70]
10 December 2016  Bulgaria Hitrino 7 29 Hitrino train derailment – Explosion caused by the derailment of a train carrying propane and butane.[71]
11 December 2016  Kenya Nakuru County 43 50+ 2016 Naivasha Traffic Fireball – An oil tanker exploded on a main highway near Naivasha.[72]
20 December 2016  Mexico Tultepec 42 84 2016 San Pablito Market fireworks explosion – Explosion at a fireworks market.[73]
23 February 2017  Pakistan Lahore 10 31 2017 Lahore explosion[74]
5 June 2017  China Linyi, Shandong 8 9 An explosion at a chemical plant.[75]
25 June 2017  China Dafang County 12 12 Qishanyan Tunnel explosion
25 June 2017  Pakistan Bahawalpur 219 34 2017 Bahawalpur explosion
1 September 2017  United States Crosby, Texas 0 Unknown 2017 Arkema plant explosion
26 September 2017  Ukraine Kalynivka 0 Unknown 2017 Kalynivka ammunition depot explosion
7 October 2017  Ghana Accra 7+ 192+ Atomic Junction Gas Explosion
26 October 2017  Indonesia Tangerang 49 46 Tangerang fireworks disaster
1 November 2017  India Unchahar 38 90+ NTPC power plant explosion
20 November 2017  United States New Windsor, New York 1 100+ Explosion from hexamethyldisiloxane reaction subsequently ignited at the New Windsor Verla International Cosmetics plant, a manufacturing plant specializing in nail polish. [76]
25 February 2018  United Kingdom Leicester 5 5 2018 Leicester explosion
22 March 2018  Czech Republic Kralupy nad Vltavou 6 2 Explosion at a chemical factory.[77]
27 June 2018  Nigeria Lagos–Ibadan Expressway 12+ Unknown Otedola bridge fire accident – Explosion after an oil tanker fell on a bridge, burning 55 cars.
6 August 2018  Italy Bologna 2 145 '2018 Borgo Panigale explosion – An LPG tanker exploded on the A14 motorway after colliding with a car carrier and another semi-trailer truck near Bologna Airport, causing a section of the motorway to collapse.[78][79]
3 September 2018  South Africa Cape Town 8 0 Explosion at a Rheinmetall munition depot.[80]
10 September 2018  Nigeria Lafia 35 100+ A gas depot exploded.[81]
13 September 2018  United States Merrimack Valley, Massachusetts 1 25+ Merrimack Valley gas explosions
6 October 2018  Democratic Republic of the Congo Kongo Central 39–50 100+ Mbuba road tanker explosion
13 October 2018  Nigeria Aba 30 Unknown Pipeline explosion. Oil thieves were suspected be the cause.[82]
16 November 2018  Zimbabwe Beitbridge 42 20 Explosion of a gas cylinder on a bus.[83]
5 December 2018  Dominican Republic Santo Domingo 8 103 A fire and explosion at a factory owned by Polyplas destroyed a warehouse and multiple houses and vehicles around it.[84][85]
31 December 2018  Russia Magnitogorsk 39 17 2018 Magnitogorsk building collapse
12 January 2019  France Paris 4 47 2019 Paris explosion
18 January 2019  Mexico Hidalgo 135 52 2019 Tlahuelilpan pipeline explosion
21 January 2019  Pakistan Hub, Balochistan 26 16 2019 Hub accident
20 February 2019  Bangladesh Dhaka 80 50+ February 2019 Dhaka fire
27 February 2019  Egypt Cairo 25 50 Ramses Station rail disaster
21 March 2019  China Yancheng 78 617 2019 Xiangshui chemical plant explosion
10 April 2019  United States Durham, North Carolina 2 25 2019 Durham gas explosion
25 April 2019  Ukraine ( Luhansk People's Republic) Lutuhyne 17–19 Unknown An explosion ripped through a mine owned by 'Skhidcarbon', located in separatist-controlled territory.[86][87]
22 June 2019  Nigeria Oyigbo 12 Unknown Pipeline explosion.[88]
2 July 2019  Nigeria Benue State 50+ 101 A fuel tanker exploded after overturning.[89]
10 August 2019  Tanzania Morogoro 89 55 Morogoro tanker explosion
4 September 2019  India Gurdaspur 23 13 Explosion at a fireworks factory.[90]
20 November 2019  Italy Messina, Sicily 5 2 An explosion occurred at a fireworks factory due to an interaction between welding equipment and gunpowder.[91]
3 December 2019  Sudan Khartoum 23 45 A tanker exploded at a factory.[92]
4 December 2019  Poland Szczyrk 8 0 An explosion caused the collapse of a building.[93]
5 December 2019  Nigeria Lagos 7 Unknown An explosion caused by oil thieves.[94]
6 December 2019  Slovakia Prešov 7 Unknown Gas explosion at an apartment.[95]

2020s

Date Country Location Dead Injured Details
14 January 2020  Spain Tarragona 3 7 Chemical Industries of Ethylene Oxide explosion – Two explosions and a fire in a petrochemical complex.[96]
23 January 2020  Peru Villa El Salvador 34 28 2020 Villa El Salvador explosion – A fuel truck transporting liquefied petroleum gas exploded, affecting at least 20 homes.
24 January 2020  United States Houston 2 18 2020 Houston explosion – A manufacturing plant explosion scattered rubble and debris for a half-mile.[97]
15 March 2020  Nigeria Lagos 23 Unknown Abule-Ado explosion – A gas pipeline exploded after being hit by truck, destroying over 100 homes and dozens of vehicles.[98][99]
29 April 2020  South Korea Icheon 38 10+ 2020 Icheon fire – Warehouse explosion.[100]
3 June 2020  India Gujarat 10 77 2020 Dahej chemical plant explosion
8 June 2020  Nigeria Niger Delta 7 Unknown An explosion at an oil facility of the state-run NNCP company.[101]
14 June 2020  China Wenling 19 170+ A fuel tanker crashed and exploded. Several buildings were severely damaged.[102]
21 June 2020  Ukraine Kyiv 5 5 Gas explosion in a residential building.[103] The explosion was caused by negligence during verification of gas counters.[104]
30 June 2020  Iran Tehran 19 6+ 2020 Iran explosions – A gas explosion severely damaged the Sina At'har health center.[105]
6 July 2020  Colombia Pueblo Viejo 7 50 A gas truck exploded after it overturned.[106]
30 July 2020  Japan Kōriyama, Fukushima Prefecture 1 19 Kōriyama explosion[107]
3 August 2020  North Korea Hyesan 15 Unknown A gas explosion burned several homes and caused at least 10 other explosions.[108]
4 August 2020  Lebanon Beirut 218 7,500 2020 Beirut explosion – An explosion damaged the port of Beirut, causing $15+ billion in damages. 300,000 people were also displaced.[109][110]
4 August 2020  China Xiantao, Hubei province 6 4 Explosion at an organic silicon workshop.[111]
10 August 2020  Russia Volgograd 0 13 2020 Volgograd explosion – Explosion at a gas station caused by a fire.[112]
21 August 2020  United States Corpus Christi, Texas 5 5 A propane pipeline explosion in the Port of Corpus Christi sank a dredging vessel killing five of its crew.[113][114]
4 September 2020  Bangladesh Fatullah, Narayanganj district 31 40 2020 Narayanganj explosion – An explosion at a mosque due to leakage of a Titas Gas pipeline killed worshipers, including a child.[115]
23 September 2020  Nigeria Kogi State 28+ Unknown Explosion of an oil tanker that also set two motorcycles, five cars, and three tricycles on fire.[116]
28 September 2020  China Tianmen 5 1 Explosion during the testing of new equipment at a chemical plant in Yuekou Industrial park.[117]
8 October 2020  Nigeria Lagos 8 Unknown An explosion at a gas station burned down 25 homes and 16 shops.[118]
11 October 2020  Iran Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province 5 9 Gas explosion.[119]
12 October 2020  Nigeria Oriade 9 Unknown A tanker fell over and exploded along the Ilesa-Akure highway.[120]
21 October 2020  Pakistan Karachi 5+ 27 Explosion at an apartment building.[121]
4 November 2020  India Ahmedabad 12 9 2020 Ahmedabad chemical factory blast
16 November 2020  Mexico Nayarit 14 0 Gas pipeline explosion on a busy highway.[122] The explosion occurred when a car collided with the gas-pipe.[123]
19 November 2020  India West Bengal 5 4 Explosion at a recycling plant.[124]
3 December 2020  United Kingdom Bristol 4 1 Avonmouth explosion – Explosion at a silo holding treated biosolids at a wastewater treatment plant.[125]
19 December 2020  Turkey Gaziantep 12 50 Gaziantep hospital fire – An oxygen ventilator exploded in an intensive care unit of the private Sanko University Hospital.[126][127][128]
23 December 2020  Pakistan New Karachi Town 10 28 A boiler exploded in an ice factory. The explosion destroyed the factory and severely damaged two nearby factories.[129][130]
23 December 2020  Nigeria Jebba 16 Unknown A fuel tanker exploded after hitting a building. The explosion destroyed 30 homes.[131]
2 January 2021  Afghanistan Kabul 5 Unknown A gas cylinder exploded near a bakery.[132]
10 January 2021  China Qixia 10 11 Qixia gold mine accident – A gold mine exploded and collapsed.[133]
20 January 2021  Spain Madrid 4 10 2021 Madrid explosion – A gas explosion severely damaged a building.[134]
21 January 2021  India Shivamogga 8 Unknown 2021 Shivamogga explosion – A truck loaded with blasting gelatin exploded.[135]
27 January 2021  Cameroon Dschang 53 29 Dschang bus-truck crash – A bus collided with a truck carrying fuel causing an explosion.[136]
12 February 2021  India Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu 19 30 Explosion at a fireworks factory.[137]
13 February 2021  Afghanistan Herat Province 40 17 An explosion of oil tankers at the Islam-Qala customs post that damaged or destroyed more than 500 oil tankers.[138][139][140]
13 February 2021  Afghanistan Balkh Province 30 Unknown An explosion occurred at a Taliban bomb-making class. Thirty militants (including six foreigners) were killed, and an unknown number were injured.[141]
23 February 2021  India Chikkaballapur, Karnataka 6 Unknown A truck loaded with blasting gelatin exploded.[142]
24 February 2021  Afghanistan Uruzgan Province 10 0 An explosion of a minivan's engine caused a fire.[143]
7 March 2021  Equatorial Guinea Bata 107+ 615+ 2021 Bata explosions – Four explosions at a military base.[144]
12 March 2021  Pakistan Marwar, Balochistan 6 2 Natural gas explosion in a coal mine.[145]
14 March 2021  Tunisia Gabès 6 1 Tanker explosion at an asphalt plant.[146]
28 March 2021  Indonesia Indramayu, West Java 1 20 2021 Balongan refinery explosion – The Pertamina-owned Balongan oil refinery (RU VI) suffered a large explosion and caught fire.[147][148]
7 April 2021  China Chuzhou, Anhui 6 5 Flash explosion at a power plant.[149]
9 April 2021  China Hebei province 10 Unknown, 7 trapped Mining accident.[150]
19 April 2021  Nigeria Agatu, Benue State 12 Unknown A gas tanker truck leaked and exploded, destroying shops and homes.[151][152]
24 April 2021  Iraq Baghdad 82 110 Baghdad hospital fire – An oxygen tank at Ibn al-Khatib hospital exploded, starting a fire.
2 May 2021  Afghanistan Kabul 7 14 Dozens of oil tankers caught on fire then exploded.[153]
13 June 2021  China Checheng Road Subdistrict 25 138 2021 Shiyan pipeline explosion – A gas pipeline blew up underneath a vegetable market.
14 June 2021  United States Rockton, Illinois 0 2 2021 Rockton explosion – A massive chemical explosion was reported at the Chemtool chemical plant caused by a scissor lift accident (a replacement of insulation on an elevated heat transfer piping network) which ended up striking a piece of piping with sufficient mechanical force causing the release of mineral oil. At least 70 people were evacuated safely. A mandatory evacuation was later ordered, while witnesses from 75 miles away saw smoke across portions of northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin.[154]
19 June 2021  United States Fort Deposit, Alabama 10 Unknown A van collided with a S.U.V. causing the van to explode, setting fire to other cars.[155] This incident occurred due to Tropical Storm Claudette.
27 June 2021  Bangladesh Maghbazar, Dhaka 11 100+ 2021 Moghbazar explosion – Gas explosion at a three-story building.[156]
17 July 2021  Kenya between Kisumu and Busia 13 24 A tanker truck exploded after hitting another car.[157]
27 July 2021  Germany Leverkusen 7 31 2021 Leverkusen explosion – An explosion occurred at Chempark, an industrial park for chemical factories, sending a pall of smoke over the city.[158]
2 August 2021  Democratic Republic of the Congo Kibuba 33 Unknown A bus crashed with a tank truck, causing an explosion.[159]
13 August 2021  Russia Voronezh 2 22 Voronezh Bus Explosion.[160][161]
14 August 2021  Lebanon Akkar District 28 70 2021 Akkar explosion – Fuel tanker explosion.[162]
23 August 2021  Kazakhstan Jambyl Region 13 98 Explosion at a military base.[163]
25 August 2021  Colombia Boyacá Department 12 1 Dust explosion at a mine.[164]
8 September 2021  Russia Noginsk 7 19 Apartment explosion.[165][166]
20 September 2021  Canada Beauceville, Quebec 6 5 Explosion at a lumber plant.[167][168]
22 October 2021  Russia Lesnoy, Shilovsky, Ryazan Oblast 17 0 Explosion at a gunpowder factory.[169][170]
25 October 2021  Nigeria Yenagoa, Nigeria 25+ Unknown Explosion at an illegal refinery.[171]
6 November 2021  Sierra Leone Freetown 151 304 Freetown fuel tanker explosion[172]
7 November 2021  Kazakhstan Abay District, Karaganda Region 6 2 Methane gas explosion at a mine.[173]
18 November 2021  Nigeria Ogere Remo 5 Unknown A petrol tanker exploded along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.[174]
25 November 2021  Russia Kemerovo Oblast, Russia 51 76 Listvyazhnaya mine disaster – Coal mine explosion.[175]
11 December 2021  Italy Ravanusa, Sicily 9 2 2021 Ravanusa explosion – 100 were displaced due to a gas explosion in an apartment.[176][177][178]
14 December 2021  Haiti Cap-Haïtien 90+ Unknown Cap-Haïtien fuel tanker explosion – Fuel tanker explosion.[179][180]
18 December 2021  Pakistan Karachi 14 Unknown Explosion at a bank suspected to have been caused by a gas leak in a sewer.[181]
26 December 2021  India Muzaffarpur 6 6 Factory boiler explosion.[182]
7 January 2022  China Chongqing, Yuzhong District 16 10 Chongqing explosion – Gas explosion in a housing block which contained a canteen.[183][184]
13 January 2022  Canada Southern Ottawa, Ontario 6 2 Explosion and fire on Block 1900, Merivale Road, at Eastway Tank, Pump and Meter Ltd.[185][186]
20 January 2022  Ghana Apeatse 13 59 2022 Bogoso explosion – A truck carrying mining explosives collided with a motorcycle destroying much of the village.[187]
14 February 2022  France Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque 8 30 Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque explosion – a multi-family residential building was destroyed in an explosion.[188][189][190]
21 February 2022  Burkina Faso Gbomblora 59 100 Gbomblora explosion – Chemical explosion at a gold mine.[191]
20 April 2022  Poland Pawłowice, Silesia 16 30 Mining disaster in the Pniówek mine
23 April 2022  Poland Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Silesia 10 3+ Mining Disaster in the Zofiówka mine
22 April 2022  Nigeria Imo State/Rivers State 100+ Unknown 2022 Imo-Rivers explosion – An explosion occurred at an illegal bunkering site.[192]
6 May 2022  Cuba Havana 32 64 Hotel Saratoga explosion – Explosion on the first few floors of the Hotel Saratoga, caused by a suspected gas leak.[193]
17 May 2022  Nigeria Kano 9 1+ Gas explosion caused by welding.[194]
26 May 2022  United States Pottstown, Pennsylvania 5 2 House explosion.[195]
4 June 2022  Bangladesh Sitakunda, Chittagong 49 ~450 2022 Sitakunda fire – Fire and subsequent explosions at a container depot.
4 June 2022  India Hapur, Uttar Pradesh 13 20 Hapur chemical plant explosion: A major explosion and fire occurred at a chemical plant.[196]
14 August 2022  Armenia Yerevan 16 61 2022 Yerevan explosion – A massive explosion ripped through a fireworks warehouse in a shopping mall.[197][198][199]
7 October 2022  Ireland Creeslough, County Donegal 10 8 Creeslough explosion – Explosion at a petrol station.[200][201]
9 December 2022  Indonesia Sawahlunto, West Sumatra 10 4 Explosion at a coal mine.[202]
10 December 2022  Jersey St Helier 10 2 2022 St Helier explosion – Suspected gas explosion in a block of flats that led to the building's collapse.[203]
16 December 2022  Germany Berlin 0 2 AquaDom explosion – A 14 m (46 ft) tall aquarium containing 1 million litres of water in the Radisson Blu Hotel exploded, injuring two people and throwing huge amounts of water and hundreds of tropical fish into the hotel and nearby Karl-Liebknecht-Straße.[204]
24 December 2022  South Africa Boksburg 26[205] 22 Boksburg explosion
20 February 2023  United States Bedford, Ohio 1 13 2023 Bedford explosion
4 March 2023  Bangladesh Sitakunda, Chittagong 7 17 A fire at an oxygen plant led to an explosion.[206]
7 March 2023  Bangladesh Gulistan, Dhaka 24 140 2023 Dhaka Siddique Bazar explosion
14 March 2023  Colombia Sutatausa, Cundinamarca Department 21 Coal mine explosion.[207]
24 March 2023  United States West Reading, Pennsylvania 7 10 2023 Pennsylvania chocolate factory explosion
10 April 2023  United States Dimmitt, Texas 0 1 2023 Texas dairy farm explosion: More than 18,000 cows died in an explosion at the South Fork Dairy.[208]
24 April 2023  Pakistan Kabal Tehsil, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 17 50+ 2023 Kabal explosions: Explosions occurred in a Counter Terrorism Department building due to a fire in the basement, where explosives were being kept.[209]
21 June 2023  China Yinchuan 31 7 2023 Yinchuan gas explosion: Gas explosion at a barbecue restaurant.[210]
30 July 2023  Thailand Mu No, Narathiwat Province 12 121 Explosion at a fireworks warehouse believed to have been caused by a welding error.[211]
12 August 2023  United States Plum, Pennsylvania 6 60 House explosion that destroyed three structures while damaging multiple others.[212]
14 August 2023  Dominican Republic San Cristóbal 32 59 Explosion at a commercial district that destroyed four buildings and damaged nine others.[213]
15 August 2023  Russia Makhachkala, Dagestan 35 115 2023 Makhachkala gas station explosion: A petrol station exploded following a fire that started at an opposite car park.[214]
23 September 2023  Benin Seme-Podji 35 12+ A warehouse for smuggled fuel from Nigeria caught fire and exploded.[215]
23 September 2023  Nagorno-Karabakh Berkadzor 170 290+ Nagorno-Karabakh fuel depot explosion: A fuel storage facility exploded while refugees from the 2023 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes were lining up to obtain fuel for their vehicles to use in fleeing to Armenia.[216][217]
28 September 2023  Uzbekistan Tashkent 1 162 Tashkent explosion: A warehouse near the airport in the Sergeli district exploded.[218]
2 October 2023  Nigeria Emohua, Rivers State 18-37 25 An illegal homemade refinery ignited a nearby oil reservoir.[219]
30 November 2023  Russia Rostov Oblast 12 8 Accidental explosion possibly caused by a misfire of a RPG-7 grenade launcher at the Kuzmin military training ground just after their lunch break.[220]
18 December 2023  Guinea Kaloum, Conakry 24 454 Conakry oil depot explosion: Explosion at an oil terminal.[221]
24 December 2023  Indonesia Morowali Regency, Central Sulawesi 18 44 Explosion at the furnace of a nickel processing plant inside the Morowali Industrial Park.[222]
26 December 2023  Liberia Totota 40 83 A fuel truck crashed and exploded while residents were collecting spilled fuel.[223]
17 January 2024  Thailand Sala Khao, Suphan Buri province 23 0 Explosion at a fireworks factory.[224][225]
6 February 2024  India Bairagarh, Madhya Pradesh 11 100+ Explosion at a fireworks factory.[226]
17 February 2024  India Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu 10 7 2024 Virudhunagar explosions: Explosion at a fireworks factory.[227]
11 March 2024  China Anhui 7 24 Explosion at the Xieqiao coal mine.[228]
13 March 2024  China Yanjiao, Hebei 7 27 Explosion at a fried chicken shop.[229]
27 April 2024  Cambodia Kampong Speu province 20 Several Ammunition exploded at a military base.[230]
23 May 2024  Tanzania Morogoro Region 11 2 Explosion at the Mtibwa Sugar Factory caused by an electrical fault at a steam pipe.[231]
23 May 2024  India Dombivli, Maharashtra 10 64 2024 Thane explosion: Explosion of four boilers caused a fire in a chemical factory.[232]
28 May 2024  United States Youngstown, Ohio 1 7+ Realty Building explosion: A suspected gas explosion mostly destroyed the first floor of the Realty Tower, causing it to later be demolished.[233]
18 June 2024  Chad N'Djamena 9 46+ N'Djamena ammunition depot explosions: A fire caused several explosions in a military ammunition depot.[234]
29 June 2024  Philippines Zamboanga City 5 38 Explosion at a firecracker warehouse.[235]
30 June 2024  Turkey İzmir 5 63 Explosion of a propane tank inside a restaurant.[236]
23 July 2024  Mexico Tequila, Jalisco 6 2 Explosion inside a tequila factory owned by Jose Cuervo.[237]
1 August 2024  Russia Nizhny Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast 10 15 A gas explosion caused an apartment block to collapse.[238]
21 August 2024  India Anakapalli district, Andhra Pradesh 18 37 Atchutapuram pharmaceutical factory explosion: Explosion at a pharmaceutical factory.[239]
30 August 2024  Australia Bororen, Queensland 0 0 2024 Bruce Highway explosion
8 September 2024  Nigeria Agaie, Niger State 52 Unknown Explosion caused by a collision between a fuel truck and a truck carrying cattle that also affected two other vehicles.[240]
14 September 2024  Haiti Miragoane 26 40 A fuel truck overturned before exploding as bystanders tried to collect gasoline.[241]
27 September 2024  Russia Makhachkala, Dagestan 13 23 A petrol station exploded.[242]
12 October 2024  Russia Grozny, Chechnya 4 5 A petrol station exploded.[243]
15 October 2024  Nigeria Majiya, Jigawa State 170+ 100+ 2024 Majiya fuel tanker explosion: An overturned fuel truck exploded while bystanders were trying to collect its cargo.[244]
22 October 2024  Uganda Kigogwa 11 Unknown An overturned fuel truck exploded while bystanders were trying to collect its cargo. Four buildings were also destroyed.[245]
30 October 2024  Mexico Xaloztoc, Tlaxcala State 12 1 Explosion and fire caused by molten steel interacting with water at a steel factory.[246]
31 October 2024  Russia Cherkessk, Karachay-Cherkessia 5 4 Gas explosion at a residential building.[247]
12 November 2024  United States Louisville, Kentucky 2 12 Louisville factory explosion: Explosion caused by hazardous materials in a commercial workplace building.[248][249]
4 December 2024  Vietnam Đồng Nai province 12 A lighting strike triggered the detonators that were being transported by a group of soldiers.[250]
7 December 2024  Netherlands The Hague 6 5 An explosion destroyed an apartment block.[251][252]
9 December 2024  Italy Calenzano, Tuscany 4 14 An explosion at an Eni fuel depot caused an office building to collapse.[253]
24 December 2024  Turkey Karesi, Balıkesir 11 7 Explosion at a factory producing explosives.[254]
1 January 2025  United States Honolulu 3 26 A cake bomb exploded.[255]
11 January 2025  Yemen Az Zahir District, Al Bayda Governorate 15 67 Explosion at a petrol station.[256]
12 January 2025  Czech Republic Most 6 8 Explosion at a restaurant.[257]

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