On Jan. 2, 2006, 12 men were killed in a methane gas explosion in a coal mine in West Virginia's Upshur County.

There are many mine disasters that have occurred in the Mountain State throughout the years. One such disaster is the Sago ...

A suspected methane gas explosion outside a supermarket in Chon Buri killed one welding worker and injured two others, including a customer.

Gas explosions remain a critical area of investigation, combining fundamental combustion science with significant industrial and environmental safety implications. These events arise from the rapid ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A methane leak into two underground vaults caused a small explosion and closed a section of Wilshire Boulevard Sunday. Several people called 911 and reported seeing several ...

Crews not expected to reach blast area where miners trapped for 24 hours. MONTCOAL, W.Va., April 6, 2010— -- A miner who survived the massive West Virginia mine explosion said he had to struggle ...

Eight workers evacuated, but contact with two was lost. After seven hours, teams found the missing miners dead.

Thirteen miners died in a pair of explosions at the Jim Walter Resources Mine No. 5 on September 23, 2001. The initial explosion was caused by a roof fall that ignited methane gas, with a second, ...

Two miners have died due to a methane leak at a Polish mine where a gas explosion killed 14 in 2022, the mine's operator said on Tuesday.

On December 17, 2025, in Tongren, Guizhou, a boy's innocent fireworks prank turned dangerous when methane gas in a sewer ignited, causing a powerful explosion that launched a manhole cover into the ...

The main channel used by cargo ships to enter and exit the Port of Baltimore reopened Tuesday afternoon after being closed for about 20 hours as the Coast Guard sought to probe the cause of a Monday ...