An illustration from The Salt Lake Tribune, May 4, 1900. Image via Utah Digital Newspapers, the University of Utah Thursday ...

The cargo ship Grandcamp, a former American Liberty ship ... from its slip and lofted inland by a tidal wave caused by the explosion. A 2-ton anchor, which hung from the bow of the ship, was ...

On the morning of April 16, 1947, the deadliest industrial accident in U.S. history occurred in Texas City when a small fire in the holds of the French-registered ship Grandcamp led to a massive ...

Two unidentified workers clear debris from the New London School explosion in a photo taken after the deadly blast by American-Statesman photographer Neal Douglass in 1937.

Close-up of two unidentified workers clearing debris from the New London School explosion in a photo taken by American-Statesman photographer Neal Douglass in 1937.

An explosion in a residential complex in northern China injured 17 people on Wednesday, state media said, a day after a restaurant fire killed almost two dozen people in the country. On Tuesday ...

The number of people killed in an explosion at Iran's biggest container port has risen to 65, with over 1,200 injured, according to state media. The blast, at the Shahid Rajaei container hub near ...

The death toll from a massive explosion at a port in southern Iran has risen to 40, with more than 900 people injured, the country’s state-run IRNA news agency reported Sunday. Officials ...

The death toll from a massive explosion at an Iranian port climbed to 40 on Sunday, while the cause of the explosion remained shrouded in confusion. A jarring blast rippled through the Shahid ...