In August 2000, a routine torpedo test aboard the Russian submarine Kursk triggered a chemical reaction involving high-test peroxide fuel. . The initial blast set off a second, far larger explosion ...

McEWEN, Tenn. (AP) — A massive blast at a Tennessee explosives plant that killed 16 people, leveled the building and was felt more than 20 miles away began in an area where workers used kettles to ...

On the morning of April 16, 1947, a small fire began aboard the WWII-era cargo ship, the SS Grandcamp, docked in the port of Texas City. What few knew was that the ship was packed with thousands of ...