The bar's 52-year-old owner was also quoted as telling the police, "I thought I could smell something like gas or sewage in the smoking area, and when I used a lighter to light a cigarette there was ...

Dutch authorities said on Sunday they believed an explosion and inferno that caused an apartment block to collapse killing at least five people was a criminal act. Rescue workers were combing through ...

An explosion and fire in a multi-tenant building in Tokyo’s Shinbashi district on July 3 caused serious burns to the faces of two restaurant workers and minor injuries to two passers-by. The fire ...