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Three Chinese nationals, including two women, were among four people killed on Tuesday when a powerful blast ripped through a van inside the premises of the University of Karachi. BLA has claimed responsibility. Woman pictured below was the suicide bomber.
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2015, Tianjin, China. Improper storage of chemicals, if I recall. Almost 200 dead. Many other videos exist, including at least one collage video showing all of them with proper timing. There's at least one subreddit dedicated to it for those who wanna dig deeper.
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Supposedly they put a firework down there but i can't actually see where they do it so Imma stick with this title for now
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A pair of explosions erupted in Beirut, Lebanon creating a wave of destruction that claimed more than 150 lives and injured thousands more. The explosion was caused when dozens of bags of fireworks being kept in a factory that was housing 2,400 tons of ammonium nitrate accidentally ignited. The seismic impact of the blast was recorded hundreds of kilometres away. It levelled dozens of buildings, stretching from Beirut’s industrial waterfront to residential neighbourhoods and popular tourist districts.
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Amman (AFP) –
Ten people were killed and more than 200 injured Monday in a toxic gas explosion in Jordan's Aqaba port, authorities said.
Footage on state TV showed a large cylinder plunging from a crane on a moored vessel, causing a violent release of a yellow gas.
The force of the blast sent a truck rolling down the harbourside, while port workers could be seen running for their lives.
The death toll rose to 10, government spokesman Faisal al-Shaboul told AFP, revising an initial toll of five killed.
Civil defence spokesman Amer al-Sartawy earlier reported that 234 people were injured after the tank filled with toxic gas fell.
"Specialists and the hazardous substances team in the civil defence are dealing" with the incident, Sartawy added.
The injured were transported to two state hospitals, one private facility and a field hospital.
Aqaba health director Jamal Obeidat said that hospitals were full in the area and "cannot receive more cases".
13 reported deaths now.
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A container of dry nitrocellulose started a fire eventually causing a stockpile of ammonium nitrate to explode.
Ammonium nitrate is an oxidiser similar to those used in explosives it provides oxygen so the chemical reaction is much faster and more energetic.