List of accidents and disasters by death toll
Explosions

List of accidents and disasters by death toll

Section Title: Explosions
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Deaths	Date	Incident

20,000	30 May 1626	Wanggongchang Explosion in Beijing, China in the Wanggongchang Gunpowder Factory destroys part of the city and kills 20,000 people.

3,000	18 August 1769	A lightning bolt caused the Brescia Explosion of a gunpowder depot in Brescia (Italy), destroying one-sixth of the city

3,000?	1 November 1948	Boiler and ammunition explosion aboard an unidentified merchant ship evacuating troops of the Republic of China Army from Yingkou, China for Taiwan in early November 1948.[disputed – discuss] Other sources suggest this figure is inaccurate.

1,950	6 December 1917	Halifax Explosion in Nova Scotia, Canada

1,500	8 June 1941	Ammunition plant with facilities explode at Smederevo, outskirt of Belgrade, Serbia.

256-1,500+	September 1732	Military warehouse explodes and kills up to two-thirds of the population of Campo Maior, district of Portalegre, Portugal.

1,300+	7 August 1956	Ammunition trucks explode near a railway station in Cali, Colombia.

1,200	16 October 1926	Explosion of ammunition on the Chinese troopship Kuang Yuang, near Kiukiang, China

1,121	8 June 1943	Japanese battleship Mutsu, at Hashirajima harbor, 1943 due to magazine explosion, ship sank on 9 June.

1,100	27 January 2002	Lagos Armoury Explosion, in Lagos, Nigeria; many deaths were from drowning during the resulting panic.

1,082	18 October 1998	Jesse pipeline explosion, near Lagos, Nigeria.

1,007	18 November 1918	Ammunition transporter explosion in Hamont, Belgium.

1,000+	31 August 1794	Explosion of a gunpowder factory in Grenelle, France.

843	9 July 1917	Propellant explosion of the British dreadnought battleship HMS Vanguard.

800	14 April 1944	Bombay Docks Explosion in Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India.

738	26 November 1914	British pre-dreadnought battleship HMS Bulwark destroyed due to a magazine explosion.

700	17 August 1989	Iraqi military plant with facilities explode at Al Hillah, Babil, Iraq.

621	27 February 1925	Explosion of a dynamite depot in Brazil.

600+	28 March 1943	Explosion of the Caterina Costa, at port of Naples; over 3000 were also injured.

590	3 November 1893	Explosion of the Cabo Machichaco, at the port of Santander, Cantabria, Spain, with over 2000 injured.

581	16 April 1947	Texas City disaster in the Port of Texas City; over 5,000 were also injured.

575	4 June 1989	Ufa train disaster in Ufa, Soviet Union.

565	21 September 1921	Oppau explosion at a BASF plant in Germany; possibly as many as 1,500 were killed

542	9 April 1945	SS Charles Henderson ammunition explosion at Bari, Italy; 1,800 injured

500+	19 November 1984	San Juanico Disaster, in Mexico City, Mexico

372	11 December 1944	Ammunition ship USS Mount Hood exploded at Seeadler Harbor, killing 372 and injuring 371

339	11 September 1905	Japanese battleship Mikasa explosion of magazine (artillery) while at port

322	17 July 1944	Port Chicago disaster at Port Chicago, California, United States

300 (estimate)	25 September 1911	An explosion occurred on the French battleship Liberté

296+	18 March 1937	New London School explosion at New London, Texas, United States

246+	4 March 2012	Brazzaville arms dump blasts at Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo

234	23 December 2003	PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, Chongqing, China

233	20 October 1916	Russian battleship Imperatritsa Mariya magazine explosion

230+	2 July 2010	South Kivu tank truck explosion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

220	11 December 1944	Gunpowder explosion on the train doing Japanese military and civilian transportation, Itoman, Okinawa, Japan.

219	25 June 2017	Bahawalpur explosion, an oil truck exploded in Bahawalpur, Pakistan.

217	11 July 1978	Los Alfaques disaster, in Sant Carles de la Ràpita, Spain

207	28 July 1948	1948 BASF tank car explosion, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany; 3,818 were also injured

206	22 April 1992	Gas explosions in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

200+	18 July 1806	Gunpowder magazine explosion, Birgu, Malta

200+	6 June 1991	Gotera ammunition dump explosion in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

200+	4 June 2015	Gas station explosion in Accra, Ghana

200	2 December 1984	Gas explosion in Tbilisi, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic

200	1 May 1900	Scofield Mine disaster in Scofield, Utah, United States, caused by a dust explosion

200	27 February 1908	Mina Rosita Vieja disaster, San Juan de Sabinas, Coahuila, Mexico

189	29 April 1942	Tessenderlo, Tessenderlo Chemie ammonium nitrate explosion, Belgium

181	12 August 2015	Series of explosions at a container storage station in the Port of Tianjin in Tianjin, China

180	26 August 1990	Tuzla, Dobrnja-Jug mine disaster, Bosnia and Herzegovina, then Yugoslavia

171	15 February 1991	A trailer truck carrying dynamite exploded after a crash at Thung Maphrao, Phang Nga, Thailand

166	28 November 2004	Chenjiashan, Tongchuan, Shaanxi, China

163	21 May 1944	West Loch Disaster, where the tank landing ship LST-353 exploded at West Loch, Hawaii, United States while handling ammunition

160	20 April 1944	Vågen explosion in Norway

159	26 September 2000	Muchonggou, Shuicheng, Guizhou, China

154	22 April 2004	Ryongchon disaster in North Korea

153	1 January 1982	Tacoa Disaster (Tacoa Power Plant, Arrecife, Venezuela)

151	12 January 1807	Gunpowder ship disaster in Leiden, the Netherlands

151	9 July 1930	Hausdorf, Germany (currently Jugów, Poland)

150	2 November 1773	Gunpowder explosion in Abbeville, France

150	18 August 1947	Spanish Naval torpedo and landmine factory exploded at Cadiz, Andalusia, Spain

150	28 March 2011	Jaʿār munitions factory explosion in Abyan Governorate, Yemen

147	12 November 1945	Gunpowder explosion at Soeda, Tagawa, Fukuoka, Japan. US Army 2nd lieutenant misconfigured disposal of ammunition of the surrendered army.

146	2 August 2014	2014 Kunshan explosion, a dust explosion in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China

140	31 January 2009	Sachangwan Molo tanker explosion in Kenya

139	10 April 1917	Munitions plant in Pennsylvania, United States

135	18 January 2019	A fuel pipeline exploded in Tlahuelilpan, Mexico.

134	1 July 1918	Chilwell Munitions factory explosion in Nottingham, England

130	20 October 1944	Cleveland East Ohio Gas explosion in Cleveland, Ohio, United States

126	11 March 1597	Dublin Gunpowder Disaster in Dublin, Ireland

125+	10 August 1945	Accidental explosion at disposal of ammunition, just at the time of Japanese soldiers and civilians withdrawal from Manchuria at that time, Mishan, Heilongjiang, China.

121	12 July 2012	Road tanker explosion in Okobie, Nigeria

118	12 March 1907	Explosion on the French battleship Iéna

117	22 March 2007	2007 Maputo arms depot explosion at Mozambican Armed Forces ammunition in Laulane, Mozambique.

117	3 June 2010	Electrical transformer explosion in Dhaka, Bangladesh

116	2 April 1916	Munitions factory, Faversham, Kent, England

115	23 April 1945	Explosion on the gunpowder ship Tamaemaru, which also engulfed a dock warehouse in Sakai, Tottori, Japan.

112	26 May 1942	A large naval mine of unknown origin drifted ashore and exploded when local residents tried to dispose of it, Monbetsu, Hokkaido, Japan.

110	12 March 1995	A tanker truck carrying petrol exploded at Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

107	21 September 1940	US military ammunition transport ship exploded docking in Iejima, Okinawa, Japan.

106+	10 April 2016	Kollam temple accident at Puttingal temple in Kollam

106	21 September 1940	Pinar de Antequera ammunition dump explosion in Valladolid, Spain

105	24 November 1980	24 liquefied petroleum gas storage units exploded at Danaciobasi, Kırıkkale, Turkey

103	26 May 1954	USS Bennington, off Quonset Point, Rhode Island, Catapult_Explosion

103	28 April 1995	Gas explosions by subway construction in Daegu, South Korea

102	13 June 1935	Munitions factory explosion in Reinsdorf, Germany

102	30 November 1942	Explosion of German tanker Altmark at Yokohama-bay, Japan killed Kriegsmarine soldiers, Chinese labors and Japanese.

100+	23 June 1958	Fireworks stand explosion in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

100	12 October 1654	Delft Explosion in the Netherlands

100	12 February 1693	Gunpowder explosion in Limerick, Ireland

100	21 June 1749	Gunpowder explosion in Wrocław, Poland

100	18 May 1918	Chemical plant in Oakdale, Pennsylvania, United States

100	4 October 1918	T. A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant explosion in Sayreville, New Jersey, United States.

100	10 June 1930	Explosion of an ammunitions dump in Chuchow, China

100	10 April 1988	Pakistani Army ammunition dump explodes at Islamabad, Pakistan

100	15 May 2008	NNPC oil pipeline explosion, which blasted a primary school at Ijegun, Nigeria

98	28 March 2007	A truck carrying 8,800 gallons of fuel exploded and caught fire at Kagarko, Kaduna, Nigeria

94	1 March 1939	Japanese Imperial Army ammunitions dump exploded at Hirakata, outskirt of Osaka, Japan

94	27 December 1924	Temiya railroad station and Otaru harbor facilities destroyed by an exploding standing freight train carrying dynamite at Otaru, Hokkaidō, Japan

92	24 October 1960	Nedelin catastrophe, at a space center in Baikonur, Kazakhstan

90	31 January 1996	Explosion of a large store of dynamite in the basement of a five-story apartment building in Shaoyang, Hunan, China

90	24 June 2004	A truck carrying 3,800 gallons of gasoline with six vehicles crashed and exploded at Nosratabad, Sistan and Baluchistan, Iran

79	8 April 1970	Gas explosions by subway construction in Osaka, Japan

78	21 March 2019	2019 Yancheng chemical plant explosion, Jiangsu, China

78	17 September 1862	Allegheny Arsenal exploded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; largest civilian disaster during the American Civil War

78	12 October 1978	Greek tanker Spyros exploded at Jurong shipyard, Singapore

75	27 November 1944	Underground ammunition store explosion at Fauld, Staffordshire, England

74	31 October 1963	Propane explosion at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum during a Holiday on Ice show at the Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis, United States

73	19 January 1917	Silvertown explosion in London, England

73	4 June 1988	Arzamas train disaster, where a railroad station exploded in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia

70	18 August 1946	Vergarolla explosion at Pula, Italy

70	6 August 1993	Shenzhen factory explosions in Shenzhen, China. A chain reaction of explosions rippled through factory district originating from an army-owned factory.

70	26 September 1999	Fireworks explosion in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico

68	11 December 1988	Explosion caused by children playing with fireworks destroys market area in Mexico City, Mexico

63	25 September 1990	A tank truck carrying liquefied petroleum gas crashed and exploded in downtown Bangkok, Thailand

63	31 August 1987	St. Helena Gold Mine explosion by methane gas in Welkom, Free State, South Africa

63	30 March 1949	A large naval mine of unknown origin had drifted ashore and exploded just as the local residents were trying to dispose of it, Nadate, Niigata, Japan.

61	22 August 1891	Park Place Building explosion in New York City, United States

60+	20 January 1909	Water intake tunnel explosion under Lake Michigan near Chicago, Illinois, United States

60+	14 December 1939	Chlorine tank explosion at a cellulose plant in Zarnesti, Romania

60	1 January 1936	Army laboratory (near Tallinn, Estonia)

60	9 September 2000	Truck explosion in Urumqi, Xinjiang, China

60	11 November 1994	Tank truck explosion, while carrying fuel oil at outskirt of Onitscha, Nigeria

58	20 March 1905	Grover Shoe Factory disaster in Brockton, Massachusetts, United States

57	15 January 1895	Kenyon-Connell and Butte Hardware Company warehouses explosion in Butte, Montana, United States

57	11 November 1977	Freight train with dynamite exploded at Iri railroad station, Iksan, Jeollabukdo, South Korea

51	12 September 1940	297,000 pounds of gunpowder blew up killing 51 people at Hercules Powder Factory of Kenvil, New Jersey, U.S.

50	15 October 1907	DuPont Powder Mill explosion in Fontanet, Indiana, United States

50	2 July 1918	Explosion at TNT factory at Split Rock, New York, United States

50	8 January 1979	Oil tanker explosion, known as the Betelgeuse incident at Whiddy Island, West Cork, Ireland

50	28 July 1987	Three cars of passenger train from Aleppo, that exploded at Al Jazira, northern Syria

49	26 October 2017	Tangerang fireworks disaster: an explosion in a fireworks plant kills 49 and injures 46 at Jakarta, Indonesia

49	15 February 1979	Gas explosion in PKO Rotunda Bank, Warsaw Poland

49	23 October 1980	Gas explosion at Colegio Marcelino Ugalde, Ortuella, Vizcaya, Spain

48	1 January 1980	Vostok rocket explosion (Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Soviet Union)

48	25 August 2012	Paraguana Refinery Complex explosion (es), Falcón State, Venezuela

47	19 April 1989	USS Iowa turret explosion

47	6 July 2013	Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, freight train derailment, explosion and fire in Quebec, Canada.

45	24 August 1964	Fireworks ignite storage tanks in Atlatlahuaca, Mexico

45	11 June 1996	Gas explosion in Osasco Plaza Shopping Mall in Osasco, Brazil. Another 482 were injured

44	22 May 1919	Grain dust explosion at the Douglas Starch Works factory in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States

43	27 September 1915	Explosion of rail car that was leaking natural gas condensate in Ardmore, Oklahoma; dozens injured, destroyed most of downtown area.

43	13 June 1917	TNT explosion at a munitions factory in Ashton-under-Lyne, England

42+	3 May 2017	An explosion at a coal mine in Iran

42	3 January 1924	Corn Products Starch factory explosion in Pekin, Illinois, United States

41	29 September 1883	Hercules Powder Company plant explosion in Hercules, California, United States

41	23 September 1928	Fuerte de Cabrerizas ammunition dump explosion in Melilla, Spain

41	6 April 1968	Richmond, Indiana explosion; more than 150 were injured, United States

41	7 January 1993	Uam apartment complex collapsed by gas explosion at Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea

40	12 July 1646	Gunpowder Tower Disaster, lightning struck the gunpowder tower of the castle, Bredevoort, the Netherlands

40	13 April 1976	Lapua ammo factory explosion in Finland

39	29 April 1993	Hekimbaşı garbage dump with twelve slum houses explosion at Ümraniye, Istanbul, Turkey

37	8 November 1895	Detroit Journal building explosion in Detroit, Michigan, United States

37	13 April 1928	Dance Hall explosion in West Plains, Missouri, United States

36	22 December 1977	Grain dust explosion at the Continental Grain Company elevator in Westwego, Louisiana, United States

36	16 August 1984	Petrobras Campos Basin exploded, off eastern Rio state, Brazil

35	1 January 1916	Ammunition factory near Leeds, England

35	17 April 1953	Haber Corporation factory explosion in Chicago, Illinois, United States

35	19 September 1999	A potassium chlorate explosion in a dried-longan factory, San Pa Tong, Chiang Mai, Thailand

33+	30 April 1931	Explosion at a naval laboratory in Brazil

33	26 May 1985	Explosion of the Petragen One at a refinery in San Roque, Cádiz, Spain

33	21 November 1996	Humberto Vidal explosion in San Juan, Puerto Rico

32	1 November 2017	2017 NTPC power plant explosion, India

32	29 June 2009	2009 Viareggio derailment, a gas train explosion in Italy

32	31 July 2014	2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, a series of gas explosions in Kaohsiung, Taiwan

30	25 November 1901	Penberthy Injector Company explosion in Detroit, Michigan, United States

29	12 May 1902	Naptha explosion at Sheridan Yard, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

29	26 November 1901	Mexican Crude Rubber Company plant explosion in Delray, Detroit, Michigan, United States

29	3 February 1971	Thiokol-Woodbine explosion in Brunswick, Georgia, United States

29	21 September 2001	AZF chemical factory explosion in Toulouse, France

29	1 January 2008	Blast in ammunition depot in Albania

28	14 November 1927	Pittsburgh gasometer explosion in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

28	1 June 1974	Flixborough chemical plant explosion near Scunthorpe, England

28	11 August 1871	Explosion in gun cotton factory in Stowmarket, Suffolk, England

27	1 August 1928	Indian Refining Company plant explosion in Lawrenceville, Illinois, United States

27	19 January 2004	LNG liquefaction plant explosion, Skikda, Algeria

26+	18 March 1912	Locomotive boiler explosion in San Antonio, Texas, United States

26	7 May 2013	2013 Ecatepec de Morelos gas tanker explosion, Ecatepec de Morelos, Mexico

25	7 August 1945	Dust explosion in grain elevator in Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada

25	5 September 2012	2012 Afyonkarahisar arsenal explosion, Turkey

25	16 July 1992	Tarata bombing, Lima, Peru

24	6 September 1947	Cerro Zulema ammunition dump explosion in Alcalá de Henares, Spain

24	30 July 2004	Gas explosion in Ghislenghien, Belgium

23	3 October 1962	Explosion in a New York Telephone Company building in New York City, United States

23	10 January 1976	Pathfinder Hotel, Fremont, Nebraska, United States

23	23 October 1989	Phillips Disaster in Pasadena, Texas, United States

23	13 May 2000	Fireworks factory (Enschede, the Netherlands)

23	28 November 2018	Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China

22	12 September 1634	Gunpowder factory explosion, Valletta, Malta

22	2 May 1878	"Great Mill Disaster", flour dust explosion at the Washburn A flour mill in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

22	18 August 1895	Gumry Hotel boiler explosion in Denver, Colorado, United States

22	20 March 1926	Woodward Iron Company furnace explosion near Birmingham, Alabama, United States

22	10 August 1959	Gateway Restaurant/Isaly's Ice Cream Parlor explosion, Andover, Ohio, United States

22	22 June 1991	Fireworks store, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

22	17 April 1995	Gas explosion in tower block, (Gdańsk, Poland)

22	1 January 1995	Gas explosion in pipeline, (Kaohsiung, Taiwan)

22	18 February 1889	Park Central Hotel explosion in Hartford, Connecticut, United States

22	29 July 1903	United States Cartridge Company explosion in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, United States

22	11 December 1971	Lake Huron tunnel construction explosion near Fort Gratiot Township, Michigan, United States

22	11 August 2016	2016 Dangyang explosion in Dangyang, Hubei, China

21+	23 April 1927	Briggs Automobile Manufacturing plant explosion in Detroit, Michigan, United States

21	15 January 1919	Boston Molasses Disaster in Boston, Massachusetts, United States

21	14 December 1949	Swift and Company plant explosion in Sioux City, Iowa, United States

21	24 November 1965	National Guard armory explosion in Keokuk, Iowa, United States

21	25 June 1985	Fireworks explosion in Hallet, Oklahoma, United States

21	1 January 1926	Arsenal dump in New Jersey, United States

21	22 August 2003	Brazilian rocket explosion

20+	20 November 1908	Gas main explosion in Brooklyn, New York, United States

20+	24 June 1913	Husted Milling Company explosion in Buffalo, New York, United States

20+	16 August 1917	Curtis & Harvey ammunition plant explosion in Dramon, Quebec, Canada

20+	6 March 1928	Fireworks factory explosion in Samarang, Java

20	1 March 1924	1924 Nixon Nitration Works disaster in Nixon, New Jersey, United States

19	13 July 2018	An explosion at a chemical plant in Sichuan, China, leaves 19 people dead and 12 others injured.

19	9 May 1930	Armour meat processing plant explosion in St. Joseph, Missouri, United States

19	29 July 1956	McKee refinery fire in Sunray, Texas, United States

19	29 October 1951	Morania Fire, Buffalo, New York, United States – Destroyed Morania, Penobscot, and Dauntless

19	28 March 1960	Whisky warehouse explosion in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

19	15 December 1972	Weirton Steel Company explosion near Weirton, West Virginia, United States

18	9 February 1898	Chautauqua Lake Ice Company ice house explosion in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

18	4 January 1966	Propane Sphere Explosion and Fire, Feyzin, France

18	27 December 1977	Grain elevator explosion in Galveston, Texas, United States

18	24 May 2004	Mihăileşti explosion in Romania

17	21 June 1901	Fireworks explosion in downtown shop/tenement house in Paterson, New Jersey, United States

17	6 April 1927	Parco refinery explosion in Sinclair, Wyoming, United States

17	2 January 1963	Home Packing Company plant explosion in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States

17	5 July 1990	Arco Chemical Company plant explosion in Channelview, Texas, United States

16	3 September 1891	F.A. Reynolds & Company dynamite factory explosion in White Pigeon, Michigan, United States

16	13 August 1956	Lariat Cafe explosion in Monticello, Utah, United States

16	24 February 1978	Waverly, Tennessee, tank car explosion, United States

16	23 May 1984	Pump House Explosion, Lune/Wyre Transfer Scheme, Abbeystead, England

15	4 November 1904	Fireworks explosion at Madison Square in New York City, United States

15	13 September 1905	Climax Fuse Works explosion in Avon, Connecticut, United States

15	14 June 1926	Illinois Steel Company coke oven explosion in Gary, Indiana, United States

15	8 November 1928	Preble Box Toe shoe factory in East Lynn, Massachusetts, United States

15	9 March 1932	Public Service Electric and Gas Company plant explosion in Camden, New Jersey, United States

15	8 May 1943	Triumph Explosives Company plant explosion in Elkton, Maryland, United States

15	23 March 2005	Texas City Refinery explosion, Texas City, Texas, United States

15	16 August 1980	Gas explosions from an underground shopping mall in Shizuoka, Japan, Shizuoka, Shizuoka#Post-war Shizuoka

15	17 April 2013	West Fertilizer Company explosion, West, Texas, United States

15	4 October 1960	Eastman Chemical Company explosion, in Kingsport, Tennessee, United States

15	27 June 2015	Formosa Fun Coast explosion in Taiwan was caused by corn starch powder.

14	21 May 1895	Hercules Powder Company explosion in Pinole, California, United States

14	9 January 1907	Jones and Laughlin Company blast furnace explosion in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

14	17 May 1910	American Sheet & Tin Plate Company explosion in Canton, Ohio, United States

14	25 November 1912	U.S. Corn Products plant explosion in Waukegan, Illinois, United States

14	15 May 1916	Repauno Chemical Company explosion in Gibbstown, New Jersey, United States

14	7 August 1959	Truck filled with dynamite explodes in downtown Roseburg, Oregon, United States

14	7 February 2008	2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion (Port Wentworth, Georgia, United States)

14	2 February 1973	Gas explosion in downtown Eagle Grove, Iowa, United States

13	29 November 1902	Swift & Company plant explosion in Chicago, Illinois, United States

13	14 August 1945	Export Box and Sealer Company explosion in Detroit, Michigan, United States

13	30 July 1947	Beauty parlor explosion in Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States

13	17 September 1951	Shell Oil refinery explosion in Wood River, Illinois, United States

13	4 February 1966	Brush factory explosion in Buenos Aires, Argentina

13	13 June 1971	Fireworks explosion destroys school in Puebla, Mexico

13	5 July 1973	Doxol Propane Company tank explosion in Kingman, Arizona, United States

13	11 July 2011	Evangelos Florakis Naval Base explosion (Mari, Cyprus)

12+	12 October 1923	Sporting goods store explosion in Moscow, Russia

12	7 April 1894	C. N. Romaine & Brothers fireworks factory explosion in Petersburg, Virginia, United States

12	13 June 1917	American Sugar Refining Company plant explosion in Brooklyn, New York, United States

12	10 July 1923	Western Cartridge Company plant explosion in East Alton, Illinois, United States

12	21 November 1923	Vida Sugar refinery explosion in New Iberia, Louisiana, United States

12	25 May 1945	Edgewood Arsenal explosion in Edgewood, Maryland, United States

12	12 February 1953	Hercules Powder factory explosion in Hercules, California, United States

12	12 December 1957	Gas explosion in Villa Rica, Georgia, United States

12	25 August 1965	DuPont chemical plant explosion in Louisville, Kentucky, United States

12	29 October 2009	Jaipur oil depot fire (IOC), Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

11+	20 August 1916	Harlan-Morris Manufacturing Company plant explosion in Jackson, Tennessee, United States

11	7 October 1935	Nubian Paint & Varnish Company plant explosion in Chicago, Illinois. United States

11	6 November 1942	Rochester Fireworks Company explosion in Perinton, New York, United States

11	24 March 1943	Ordnance plant explosion in Ravenna, Ohio, United States

11	21 June 1946	Baker Hotel explosion in Dallas, Texas, United States

11	23 September 1953	Novadel-Agene Corporation plant explosion in Tonawanda, New York, United States

11	16 July 1954	Kent Manufacturing Company explosion in Chestertown, Maryland, United States

11	15 February 1967	Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant explosion near Texarkana, Texas, United States

11	21 February 1967	Combustible dust explosion at the Morningstar Paisley complex in Hawthorne, New Jersey, United States

11	27 May 1983	Benton fireworks disaster at illegal fireworks factory in Benton, Tennessee, United States

11	5 March 1990	Koryo restaurant explosion in Frankfurt, Germany

11	20 April 2010	Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, near the Mississippi River Delta

10+	9 October 1927	Kimberly Clark mill explosion in Kimberly, Wisconsin, United States

10	20 August 1902	Jessup & Moore Paper Company explosion in Wilmington, Delaware, United States

10	27 June 1934	J. A. Denn Powder Company explosion in Olympia, Washington, United States

10	10 June 1933	American Pyroloxion Waste Company plant explosion in North Arlington, New Jersey, United States

10	20 July 1938	WPA tunnel project explosion in Baltimore, Maryland, United States

10	3 June 1942	Stockton Army Air Corps Advanced Flying School explosion in Stockton, California, United States

10	3 April 1947	Fireworks factory explosion in Clinton, Missouri, United States

10	17 May 1948	Koppers Company tar and chemical plant explosion in Kearny, New Jersey, United States

10	27 January 1953	Downtown natural gas explosion in Aiken, South Carolina, United States

10	25 October 1960	Metropolitan Store explosion, Windsor, Ontario, Canada

10	10 May 1962	Maumee Chemical Company plant explosion in Toledo, Ohio, United States

10	19 August 2000	El Paso Pipeline explosion, two families camping 20 miles (32 km) north of Carslbad, New Mexico, United States, off the Pecos River.

9	16 February 1916	Opera house explosion in Mexia, Texas, United States

9	18 April 1924	Box factory explosion in Chicago, Illinois, United States

9	3 April 1930	Pennsylvania Fireworks Display Company factory explosion in Devon, Pennsylvania, United States

9	26 May 1945	Cornhusker Ordnance plant explosion in Grand Island, Nebraska, United States

9	18 July 1946	Explosion at Buzzards Bay tourist area in Bourne, Massachusetts, United States

9	29 May 1968	Hapeville Day Nursery explosion in Atlanta, Georgia

9	27 May 1983	Illegal fireworks factory explosion in Benton, Tennessee, United States

9	20 May 1985	Illegal fireworks factory explosion in Beaver Township, Mahoning County, Ohio, United States

9	3 July 1996	Fireworks stand explosion in Lawrence County, Ohio, United States

9	11 May 2004	Stockline Plastics factory explosion in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

9	17 December 1976	SS Sansinena ship explosion in the Los Angeles Harbor, San Pedro, California, United States

8	5 October 1906	Market Street subway explosion in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

8	1 August 1932	Ritz Tower Hotel explosion in New York City, United States

8	1 May 1942	Central Railways Signal Company explosion in Versailles, Pennsylvania, United States

8	16 February 1950	Dow Chemical Company plant explosion in Midland, Michigan, United States

8	15 October 1952	Du Pont Munitions plant explosion in Barksdale, Wisconsin, United States

8	19 July 1960	J.C. Penney store explosion in Merrill, Wisconsin, United States

8	7 February 1968	Mickelberry Sausage Company plant explosion in Chicago, Illinois, United States

8	7 December 1983	Gas explosion in Łódź, Poland

8	4 February 1986	Explosion at Watkins Furniture and Appliance Store in Crystal Springs, Mississippi, United States

8	2 May 1991	IMC fertilizer plant explosion in Sterlington, Louisiana, United States

8	22 December 1996	Wyman Gordon Forging Company plant explosion in Cypress, Texas, United States

8	20 November 2002	Ammunitions factory explosion in Riobamba, Ecuador

8	9 September 2010	2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion, a natural gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno, California, United States

7	31 March 2019	An explosion in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China

7	21 July 1897	Winchester Repeating Arms shop explosion in New Haven, Connecticut, United States

7	4 July 1930	Hickson and Parsons Chemical factory explosion in Castleford, England

7	12 July 1951	General Motors plant explosion in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

7	28 January 1957	Gieseke Hardware Store explosion in Roselle, Illinois, United States

7	13 December 1958	Mountainville Inn explosion in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States

7	31 October 1963	Atherton's Drug Store explosion in Marietta, Georgia, United States

7	12 January 1964	Thompson Chemical plant explosion in Attleboro, Massachusetts, United States

7	27 December 1983	North Division Street explosion, Buffalo, New York, United States

7	7 September 1984	Illegal fireworks that were being disposed by the Maltese patrol boat C23 exploded killing seven and injuring another

7	11 December 1998	Independence Professional Fireworks factory explosion in Osseo, Michigan, United States

6	1 July 1937	Drake Drug Company fireworks explosion in Nampa, Idaho, United States

6	6 January 1943	Southside Beverly Recreation Hall explosion and fire in Chicago, Illinois, United States

6	19 November 1946	Ideal Laundry and Cleaners explosion in Greenville, South Carolina, United States

6	16 November 1947	Forbidden Palace restaurant explosion in Nampa, Idaho, United States

6	10 April 1949	Bottled fuel gas explosion at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Marion, South Dakota, United States

6	11 February 1958	Reynolds Metals Company plant explosion in McCook, Illinois, United States

6	29 May 1967	Shooter's Paradise gun shop explosion in Shamokin Dam, Pennsylvania, United States

6	25 May 1972	Ingram Industries munitions plant explosion in Kiln, Mississippi, United States

6	30 October 1972	Ben Franklin store explosion in Lake City, Minnesota, United States

6	22 February 1976	Goodpasture grain elevator explosion in Galena Park, Texas, United States

6	9 August 1976	Natural gas pipeline explosion at mobile home park in Calhoun, Louisiana, United States

6	21 October 1980	Amoco chemical plant explosion in New Castle, Delaware, United States

6	13 October 1981	Dow Chemical plant explosion in Freeport, Texas, United States

6	19 January 1982	Explosion at the Star Elementary School in Spencer, Oklahoma, United States

6	6 December 1985	River Restaurant explosion in Derby, Connecticut, United States

6	17 June 1991	Albright & Wilson Americas Inc. plant explosion near Charleston, South Carolina, United States

5	29 March 2019	An explosion in Qingzhou, Shandong, China

5	14 March 2019	An explosion in southern Iran

5	3 December 1929	Post office explosion in Munhall, Pennsylvania, United States

5	28 February 1954	Luncheonette explosion in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

5	6 March 1955	Wieboldt's Bakery explosion in River Forest, Illinois, United States

5	12 November 1970	Fuelgas Corporation plant explosion in Hudson, Ohio, United States

5	10 October 1971	Faulty boiler explosion in the Sunday school wing of First Baptist Church in Marietta, Ohio, United States

5	3 October 1980	Gate City Day Care Center explosion in Atlanta, Georgia, United States

5	31 July 1981	Mining Services International Inc. explosives manufacturing plant explosion in Grantsville, Utah, United States

5	10 June 1998	DeBruce grain elevator explosion in Haysville, Kansas, United States

5	29 March 1999	Independence Professional Fireworks factory explosion in Osseo, Michigan, the second fatal explosion at this factory in three months, United States

5	11 November 1999	Clara Barton Terrace Convalescent Center explosion in Flint, Michigan, United States

4	19 March 2019	An explosion in Yilong County, Sichuan, China.

4	6 May 1971	DuPont Powder Line Explosion in Louviers, Colorado, United States

2	4 May 1988	PEPCON rocket fuel chemical plant explosion in Henderson, Nevada, United States

1	7 January 1983	1983 Newark explosion in Newark, New Jersey claims 1 life and injures 22–24. The explosion is notable because it was felt 100–130 miles away from the epicenter.

Sentence(s)

In 1958, six people were killed in an explosion at the Reynolds Metals plant.

final_sentence: In 1958, six people were killed in an explosion at the Reynolds Metals plant.