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Authorities are investigating reports of an explosion in Salisbury, New Hampshire, on Thursday afternoon. Police said they found fragments of a “pipe bomb” style device and remnants of explosive incendiary matter when they arrived at the scene. The explosion reportedly occurred around 1:36 p.m. There was no property damage and no one was injured as a result of the explosion,…

After a package exploded at a Northeastern University building Tuesday, Boston police, the FBI, Mayor Michelle Wu and others gave updates on the investigation.

One person was taken to the hospital Tuesday evening after a package delivered to a building at Northeastern University exploded when it was opened, school officials confirmed. A second package was also found and rendered safe by the bomb squad, Boston police confirmed at a news conference Tuesday night. Northeastern University said the package was delivered to Holmes Hall on…

The house that was gutted by a fire and explosion in southern New Hampshire earlier this week was the home of two teachers, according to the Nashua Teachers’ Union. The teachers’ union told NBC10 Boston that it’s holding a donation drive and collection, and has already raised over $10,000 for John and Laura Finocchiaro. The two teachers are husband and…

A fire and explosion at a home in southern New Hampshire are under investigation, fire officials said Wednesday. The state fire marshal characterized it as a house explosion. The incident unfolded on Gilson Road in Brookline, New Hampshire. Footage from the scene showed smoke rising from a completely gutted building. No one was home or near when the blast went…

An elderly patient was killed and a paramedic injured Wednesday night after an ambulance combusted in Kailua, Hawaii.

At least three people were killed and 39 houses damaged after a house in Evansville, Indiana, exploded on Wednesday. The cause of the blast is under investigation.

OSHA continues to investigate the cause of an underground transformer explosion steps from the state capitol Tuesday night that injured two utility workers.

Boston fire briefly shut down Congress Street around 4:30 a.m. Tuesday after smoke came billowing out of a manhole cover at the corner of Quaker Lane. Firefighters said they found arcing underground and elevated carbon monoxide levels inside 15 Congress St. They used fans to help ventilate the building. No one was injured, and the road was reopened around 6:30…

The number of people who died as a result of a house explosion in Pottstown, Pennsylvania grew to five Friday afternoon, authorities said.

Authorities believe a gas leak led to an explosion Friday morning that killed at least 43 people at an under-renovation hotel in Havana, Cuba.

A fire that swept through a log cabin in Montville, Maine, killed three people and wiped out the home and a garage, officials said. The cause of the fire late Wednesday afternoon on Darci Lane appears to be a stove gas leak, said Shannon Moss, Maine Department of Public Safety. Moss said two victims were located outside the residence near…

An underground fuel tank at a gas station in Maine exploded on Monday morning, authorities said. The explosion occurred around 10:45 a.m. at the Quick Stop just off Interstate 295 in Richmond. It occurred just after a car had driven over the underground fuel tank. No injuries have been reported, and there is no damage to the business or any…

At least 10 people were taken to hospitals, some critically injured, after an explosion and a fire erupted at apartments in Silver Spring, Maryland, Thursday morning, consuming homes in a fireball and collapsing a building, officials said.

Two people were taken to the hospital after an explosion at a garage in Lewiston, Maine Friday.

A man was killed Friday morning in an explosion at his home in Franklin, New Hampshire. The office of New Hampshire Fire Marshal Sean Toomey said the blast happened on New Hampton Road. Authorities responded just before 11:30 a.m. to find a male dead inside. The victim was identified Saturday as 44-year-old Nathaniel Krauz. An autopsy conducted Saturday determined his…

On Saturday, the first day of 2022, a new law goes into effect in Maine that lawmakers hope will protect people from tragedy and destruction. The state will require fuel gas detectors in certain buildings more than two years on from a deadly explosion in Farmington, Maine, that claimed the life of a firefighter, injured more than six other people…

A Russian court has ordered five people to remain in pre-trial detention for two months pending an investigation into a devastating blast in a coal mine in Siberia that resulted in dozens of deaths.

A woman who survived an explosion that made international headlines is now issuing an impassioned plea to people everywhere to donate blood — a gift she said saved her life. “All that I could do was desperately fight to stay alive,” Stefanie Schaffer said of the moments following an explosion that nearly killed her. Schaffer is the Vermont dancer who…