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Canada: Rooftop Fire Breaks Out in Downtown Toronto After Possible Propane Explosion 5

Firefighters extinguished a fire on the roof of a building under construction on Richmond Street in downtown Toronto on Friday, March 27, after a possible explosion involving propane cylinders. No injuries were reported, though road closures remained in place in the area.

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Canada: Rooftop Fire Breaks Out in Downtown Toronto After Possible Propane Explosion 3

Firefighters extinguished a fire on the roof of a building under construction on Richmond Street in downtown Toronto on Friday, March 27, after a possible explosion involving propane cylinders. No injuries were reported, though road closures remained in place in the area.

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Canada: Rooftop Fire Breaks Out in Downtown Toronto After Possible Propane Explosion 4

Firefighters extinguished a fire on the roof of a building under construction on Richmond Street in downtown Toronto on Friday, March 27, after a possible explosion involving propane cylinders. No injuries were reported, though road closures remained in place in the area.

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Canada: Rooftop Fire Breaks Out in Downtown Toronto After Possible Propane Explosion

Firefighters extinguished a fire on the roof of a building under construction on Richmond Street in downtown Toronto on Friday, March 27, after a possible explosion involving propane cylinders. No injuries were reported, though road closures remained in place in the area.

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Canada: Rooftop Fire Breaks Out in Downtown Toronto After Possible Propane Explosion 2

Firefighters extinguished a fire on the roof of a building under construction on Richmond Street in downtown Toronto on Friday, March 27, after a possible explosion involving propane cylinders. No injuries were reported, though road closures remained in place in the area.

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Car Explosion Incident - Moscow

This photo taken on Dec. 22, 2025 shows the car explosion site on Yasenevaya Street in southern Moscow, Russia. Russian Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov was killed in a car explosion in Moscow on Monday, the Russian Investigative Committee said. According to the committee, an explosive device was planted under a car and detonated on Yasenevaya Street in southern Moscow on Monday morning. Sarvarov, head of the Operational Training Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces' General Staff, died from injuries. An investigation has been launched into the murder, with authorities examining multiple possible motives, including alleged involvement by Ukrainian special services, it said. Photo by Hao Jianwei/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Car Explosion Incident - Moscow

This photo taken on Dec. 22, 2025 shows the car explosion site on Yasenevaya Street in southern Moscow, Russia. Russian Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov was killed in a car explosion in Moscow on Monday, the Russian Investigative Committee said. According to the committee, an explosive device was planted under a car and detonated on Yasenevaya Street in southern Moscow on Monday morning. Sarvarov, head of the Operational Training Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces' General Staff, died from injuries. An investigation has been launched into the murder, with authorities examining multiple possible motives, including alleged involvement by Ukrainian special services, it said. Photo by Hao Jianwei/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Car Explosion Incident - Moscow

This photo taken on Dec. 22, 2025 shows the car explosion site on Yasenevaya Street in southern Moscow, Russia. Russian Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov was killed in a car explosion in Moscow on Monday, the Russian Investigative Committee said. According to the committee, an explosive device was planted under a car and detonated on Yasenevaya Street in southern Moscow on Monday morning. Sarvarov, head of the Operational Training Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces' General Staff, died from injuries. An investigation has been launched into the murder, with authorities examining multiple possible motives, including alleged involvement by Ukrainian special services, it said. Photo by Hao Jianwei/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Car Explosion Incident - Moscow

This photo taken on Dec. 22, 2025 shows the car explosion site on Yasenevaya Street in southern Moscow, Russia. Russian Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov was killed in a car explosion in Moscow on Monday, the Russian Investigative Committee said. According to the committee, an explosive device was planted under a car and detonated on Yasenevaya Street in southern Moscow on Monday morning. Sarvarov, head of the Operational Training Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces' General Staff, died from injuries. An investigation has been launched into the murder, with authorities examining multiple possible motives, including alleged involvement by Ukrainian special services, it said. Photo by Hao Jianwei/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Car Explosion Incident - Moscow

This photo taken on Dec. 22, 2025 shows the car explosion site on Yasenevaya Street in southern Moscow, Russia. Russian Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov was killed in a car explosion in Moscow on Monday, the Russian Investigative Committee said. According to the committee, an explosive device was planted under a car and detonated on Yasenevaya Street in southern Moscow on Monday morning. Sarvarov, head of the Operational Training Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces' General Staff, died from injuries. An investigation has been launched into the murder, with authorities examining multiple possible motives, including alleged involvement by Ukrainian special services, it said. Photo by Hao Jianwei/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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US: Possible Transformer Explosion Amid Severe Weather in Texas

Severe storms rolled into Texas and Oklahoma late Monday night (March 3) and into Tuesday morning (March 4), bringing strong winds, hail, and possible tornadoes. This video, filmed in Sherman (Greyson County, Texas), captures strong winds, rain, and a transformer blowing up at the end.

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China: Mother Protects Her Kids From Leaking Gas Cylinder In Hengshui, Hebei

On April 3, 2023, a mother and her two children found themselves in a sudden perilous situation where a gas cylinder fell from a vendor's cart with the valve open outside a fruit shop in Hengshui, Hebei. The security camera footage shows the mother swiftly pulling her children into the shop for safety as the gas gushes out of the cylinder. Fortunately, the gas tank was taken by a police officer and the possible explosion was prevented.

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Questions swirl around U.S. hazmat train derailment

STORY: Questions swirl around U.S. hazmat train derailment DATELINE: Feb. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:04 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP(English)XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of the derailed train in East Palestine, Ohio STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent "The hazardous material train derailment that occurred in the northeastern U.S. state of Ohio on Feb. 3 is continuing to raise questions and fuel public distrust of U.S. authorities. Fears of a possible explosion prompted the evacuation of hundreds of residents and a so-called controlled release and burning of the chemicals on Feb. 6, releasing toxic and potentially deadly fumes into the air. Ohio Governor Mike DeWine said he was informed that the train was not considered a 'high hazardous material train,' and therefore, Ohio was not notified in advance that it was passing through. Mary Mertz, director of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, said that the department has observ

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Concern grows over U.S. handling of toxic chemicals after Ohio train derailment

STORY: Concern grows over U.S. handling of toxic chemicals after Ohio train derailment DATELINE: Feb. 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:34 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of the derailed train in East Palestine, Ohio STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent "Concern is growing over the handling of toxic chemicals by U.S. authorities after a freight train derailed in the village of East Palestine, Ohio, earlier this month. There were a total of 20 hazardous material cars in the train consist, 10 of which derailed, according to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). After hundreds of residents evacuated their homes, the emergency crew conducted a controlled release of the chemicals on Feb. 6 to avert a possible explosion. However, the operations were said to have discharged toxic and potentially deadly fumes into the air. Five of derailed hazmat cars carried vinyl chloride. Vinyl chloride exposure is associa

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Man hurt in explosion of possible dud shell in Okinawa

ITOMAN, Japan - Dirt lies scattered in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 14 on the spot where a construction worker was seriously injured in the detonation of a possible unexploded shell dropped during World War II. Police said the worker was injured while excavating ground with a loading shovel to lay water pipes at a depth of 1 meter.

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Heat-proof rescue vehicle unloaded on volcanic Miyakejima

MIYAKEJIMA, Japan - A heat-proof rescue vehicle of the Tokyo Fire Department rolls out of the landing ship tank Satsuma on June 27 on the volcanic island of Miyakejima, some 180 kilometers south of Tokyo. Volcanic activity has intensified with a series of quakes since June 26 on the island. A magma eruption in shallow waters is seen as an indicator of a possible large-scale explosion there.

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Cuba assesses environmental impact of fuel farm fire

STORY: Cuba assesses environmental impact of fuel farm fire DATELINE: Aug. 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:27 LOCATION: Havana CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the fuel farm explosion 2. various of Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel meeting the people 3. various of the injured STORYLINE: Cuban scientists and experts are studying the environmental impact of the fire at a fuel storage facility in Matanzas Province, according to the country's scientific authority. With vital measures being carried out in Matanzas, different work teams are monitoring air quality in the provinces of Mayabeque and Havana, Minister of Science, Technology and Environment Elba Rosa Perez said on Monday. "The main task is to take care of people's health and minimize the impact as much as possible," the official told Cuban state television. The fire in Cuba's largest fuel storage facility, some 100 km east of the capital Havana, was triggered by a lightning strike on one of the tanks on Friday. Oscar Garcia, the minist

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3 killed, 28 injured in explosion in SW Pakistan

STORY: 3 killed, 28 injured in explosion in SW Pakistan DATELINE: March 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:25 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various shots of the site STORYLINE: At least three people were killed and 28 others injured when a bomb went off in Sibi district of Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province on Tuesday, hospital and police sources said. The incident happened on a road near a busy market of the district when some unknown militants blew up roadside-planted explosives and fled the scene, police told media. The injured have been shifted to Civil Hospital Sibi for medical treatment. Several of them are in critical condition. A heavy contingent of police reached the blast site following the incident, and cordoned off the area for investigations. No group or individual has claimed the blast. Chief Minister of Balochistan Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo condemned the attack and directed the hospital administration to provide the best possible medical treatment to the inj

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Toyota suspends operation at 9 factories

Photo taken Feb. 1, 2016, shows Toyota Motor Corp.'s factory in the central Japan city of Toyota, at which operations were partly suspended on June 1, 2016, together with eight other factories, due to possible parts shortages following an explosion at a brake parts supplier on May 30. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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M4.9 tremor, possible explosion, detected in N. Korea

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga holds a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 6, 2016, about a report that an earthquake suspected to be an explosion occurred in North Korea. Suga said Tokyo is checking whether Pyongyang conducted nuclear test. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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M4.9 tremor, possible explosion, detected in N. Korea

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 6, 2016, in the wake of a report that an earthquake suspected to be an explosion occurred in North Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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M4.9 tremor, possible explosion, detected in N. Korea

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (C) arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 6, 2016, in the wake of a report that an earthquake suspected to be an explosion occurred in North Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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M4.9 tremor, possible explosion, detected in N. Korea

Undated file photo shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un giving a nationally televised 2016 New Year's address. It was reported on Jan. 6 that an earthquake suspected to be an explosion occurred in North Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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M4.9 tremor, possible explosion, detected in N. Korea

A man in Seoul watches a flash news bulletin on Jan. 6, 2016, after it was reported that an earthquake suspected to be an explosion occurred in North Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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M4.9 tremor, possible explosion, detected in N. Korea

An armed police officer stands guard in front of the North Korean Embassy in Beijing on Jan. 6, 2016, when it was reported that an earthquake suspected to be an underground explosion occurred in North Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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M4.9 tremor, possible explosion, detected in N. Korea

Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 6, 2016, in the wake of a report that an earthquake suspected to be an explosion occurred in North Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Man hurt in explosion of possible dud shell in Okinawa

ITOMAN, Japan - Dirt lies scattered in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 14 on the spot where a construction worker was seriously injured in the detonation of a possible unexploded shell dropped during World War II. Police said the worker was injured while excavating ground with a loading shovel to lay water pipes at a depth of 1 meter. (Kyodo)

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Preparations underway for Chernobyl nuclear plant shutdown

CHERNOBYL, Ukraine - Victor Konstantin Tolstonogov, head of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, site of the worst-ever nuclear power plant accident in 1986, says in Chernobyl, Ukraine, on Nov. 17, that preparations for the complete shutdown of the plant's last reactor on December 15 are underway. 'There is no problem for the time being as we are taking care of it appropriately,' he says in an interview with Kyodo News, referring to the possible collapse of the concrete concealment of the No. 4 reactor, center of the tragic explosion.

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Heat-proof rescue vehicle unloaded on volcanic Miyakejima

MIYAKEJIMA, Japan - A heat-proof rescue vehicle of the Tokyo Fire Department rolls out of the landing ship tank Satsuma on June 27 on the volcanic island of Miyakejima, some 180 kilometers south of Tokyo. Volcanic activity has intensified with a series of quakes since June 26 on the island. A magma eruption in shallow waters is seen as an indicator of a possible large-scale explosion there.