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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in World

China coal mine blast kills at least 90, more missing

BEIJING: A gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China has killed at least 90 people, state media reported on Saturday, the country's biggest mining disaster in 17 years. A total of 247 workers were underground at the time of the blast, which occurred at 7:29 pm (1129 GMT) on Friday at the Liushenyu coal mine in Shanxi province, according to state news agency Xinhua. Read More…

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Alina Hashmi Posted in World

Gas explosion kills four in Russia

Moscow: Russian emergency services said that at least four people were killed on Tuesday in a gas explosion. The explosion ripped through a five-floor building in the town of Yefremov south of Moscow. "Five people have been rescued so far, and according to preliminary information, two more remain under the rubble. Unfortunately, four people died," the emergency services said. Read More…

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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in Uncategorized

Gas explosion kills 12 in Lasbela

It is reported on Tuesday, a powerful gas explosion in Balochistan’s Lasbela district has killed at least 12 people and injured several others. According to police, the cylinder exploded while being refilled at a filling shop in the main Bela bazaar of Lasbela. The blast also damaged nearby buildings, shops and around two dozen motorbikes parked in the vicinity. Levies officials immediately rushed to the spot and shifted the injured to the hospital. Read More…

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Alina Hashmi Posted in Uncategorized

Massive destruction reported at Foodpanda office

According to the reports, a person was killed and five were hurt in a gas explosion at a Foodpanda office in Karachi’s Defence Housing Authority on Monday. The blast also caused substantive damage to five motorcycles and one car parked nearby. Senior Superintendent of Police (South) Asad Raza told that the incident occurred inside the kitchen of the office, located near Khayab-e-Jami in DHA Phase VII. Read More…

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Alina Hashmi Posted in World

Gas explosion in Abu Dhabi, no casualties reported

On Wednesday, a gas explosion in downtown Abu Dhabi incited a warning of a possible attack after a series of recent drone and missile raids by Yemeni rebels. The US embassy has issued a security alert after the blast in a building on Hamdan Street just after midnight sent a fireball into the sky and set off a blaze. The official news agency said that the emergency teams in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) capital “put out a fire caused by a gas cylinder explosion”. “The teams managed to control… Read More…

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Alina Hashmi Posted in World

3 casualties in a gas explosion in Sicily

Ravanusa: It was reported that 3 people succumbed to death and six were still missing after several residential buildings in the Sicilian town of Ravanusa collapsed in a gas explosion. Italian authorities said on Sunday that two apartment blocks in the town of 11,000 people were completely damaged and several other buildings had somewhat collapsed in the blast. Read More…

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