State news agency reports chemical explosion in east China kills 18 people, injures 10 others

September 24th, 2009 Reports: 11 dead in fireworks explosion in BrazilSAO PAULO — An explosion has rocked a neighborhood on the outskirts of Sao Paulo and Brazilian news media say a fireworks store exploded, killing at least 11. Bandeirantes TV showed destroyed buildings and overturned cars and it said an entire city block was blown up.

September 2nd, 2009 Blast kills Afghan deputy chief of intelligenceKABUL — Officials say an explosion has killed Afghanistan's deputy chief of intelligence. Sayed Ahmad Safi, the spokesman for the governor of Laghman province, says Dr.

August 21st, 2009 Landslide on Portuguese beach kills 2, injures 7LISBON, Portugal — A landslide at a Portuguese seaside resort killed two people and injured at least seven Friday, officials said. Two people were missing.

August 18th, 2009 Lightning kills 2 girls, injures 4 in south MexicoTUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico — Officials say at least two girls have been killed and four others seriously injured after being struck by lightning during an outdoor religious service in southern Mexico. Chiapas state officials say two girls, ages 12 and 14, died after being struck by lightning on a soccer field in the city of Tuxtla Gutierrez.

July 17th, 2009 2 injured in an explosion at a Chicago factoryCHICAGO — Two people have been injured in an explosion at a factory in Chicago that sent bricks and debris flying hundreds of feet in the air. Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford says the 9 a.m.

July 17th, 2009 2 injured in explosion at Chicago factoryCHICAGO — Officials say an explosion at a Chicago biodiesel manufacturing plant that injured two workers was caused by a chemical reaction. Deputy Fire Chief Gene Ryan says the reaction caused a partial collapse of the one-story Columbus Foods plant.

July 15th, 2009 French explosion kills at least 2PARIS — Local authorities say an explosion at a petrochemical plant in eastern France has killed at least two people and injured five. An official with the local governor in Moselle, 210 miles (340 kilometers) east of Paris, says the explosion occurred Wednesday at a plant in Carling/Saint-Avold.

July 10th, 2009 Earthquake in China's south kills 1, injures 324BEIJING — A moderate earthquake rocked southwest China killing one person, injuring at least 324 others and collapsing some 18,000 homes, state media said. The magnitude-6.0 temblor, centered in Yunnan province's Yao'an county, also damaged nearly 40,000 homes on Thursday, the Xinhua News Agency said.

July 9th, 2009 Quake in China's south injures more than 300BEIJING — An earthquake rocked southwest China on Thursday evening, injuring at least 336 people and collapsing 10,000 homes, state media said. The magnitude-6.0 temblor centered in Yunnan province's Yao'an county damaged some 30,000 homes, the Xinhua News Agency said.

May 10th, 2009 RI gas explosion injures 6 firefighters, 1 officerPROVIDENCE, R.I. — A driver has hit a natural-gas line at a Rhode Island apartment building, setting off an explosion that's injured six firefighters and a police officer.

May 9th, 2009 Gas explosion injures 6 RI firefighters, 1 officerPROVIDENCE, R.I. — A driver hit a natural gas line at an apartment building and set off a gas explosion that injured six Rhode Island firefighters and a police officer.

May 3rd, 2009 China: Blast at illegal fireworks factory kills 13BEIJING — Chinese state media say an explosion in an illegal fireworks factory has killed 13 people and injured two. Saturday's blast flattened three rooms in a rented house in the eastern province of Shandong.

April 25th, 2009 Bus-truck crash in China's southwest kills 18BEIJING — A truck rear-ended a passenger bus, causing both vehicles to plunge down a hillside Saturday in China's southwest, killing at least 18 people and injuring 22, a state news agency said. The truck hit the bus after the bus driver slowed for warning signs set up where another truck hit a roadside barrier earlier, the Xinhua News Agency said.

April 22nd, 2009 26 people sickened by chemical leak in east ChinaBEIJING — A Chinese state news agency says 26 people have been poisoned from chemicals left in old barrels outside a residential block in eastern China. The official Xinhua News Agency reported Wednesday that the people became sick in Jinyun county in Zhejiang province after a chemical company sold 100 iron barrels with some chemicals inside to a man who left them 10 meters (yards) from a residential block.

April 2nd, 2009 URUMQI - A bomb blast in an office building Thursday left one dead and two injured in Urumqi in China's northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the police said. A man detonated the explosives at 2.10 p.m., killing himself, the police said.