This is a list of accidental explosions and facts about each one, grouped by the time of their occurrence. It does not include explosions caused by terrorist attacks or arson, as well as intentional explosions for civil or military purposes. It may still include entries for which the cause is unclear or still under investigation. For a list based on power or death toll see largest artificial non-nuclear explosions or the explosions section of list of accidents and disasters by death toll. This list also contains notable explosions that would not qualify for the articles mentioned above and is more detailed, especially for the latest centuries.

Prior to 2000

Date	Country	Location	Dead	Injured	Details
11 March 1597	Kingdom of Ireland	Dublin	126–200	Hundreds	Dublin gunpowder explosion – 140 barrels of gunpowder, needed by the English army then fighting the Nine Years' War (1593–1603), exploded on the quays of Dublin and on Winetavern Street, destroying many buildings and killing up to 200 people.
30 May 1626	Ming dynasty	Beijing	20,000	Unknown	Wanggongchang Explosion – A Shenjiying armory of gunpowder and ammunition exploded during the late reign of the Tianqi Emperor, killing as many as 20,000 people.
12 September 1634	Malta	Valletta	22	Unknown	1634 Valletta explosion – A gunpowder factory blew up, killing 22 people and damaging several buildings including a church and a college.[1]
12 October 1654	Dutch Republic	Delft	100+	Thousands	Delft Explosion [nl] – A gunpowder magazine blew up, killing over 100 people and destroying a large part of the city.
18 August 1769	Republic of Venice	Brescia	c. 400–3,000	800+	Brescia explosion – A gunpowder store blew up after being hit by lightning, killing between 400 and 3,000 people (reports vary) and destroying a large part of the city.
31 August 1794	France	Paris	1000+	700+	A gunpowder store blew up in Grenelle.[citation needed]
18 July 1806	Malta	Birgu	c. 150–240	c. 100	1806 Birgu polverista explosion – A gunpowder magazine blew up, killing around 200 people and destroying part of the city's fortifications and many buildings.[2]
12 January 1807	Netherlands	Leiden	151	Unknown	Leiden gunpowder disaster – A ship carrying black powder for the Dutch Army during the War of the Fourth Coalition exploded, killing 150 people.
3 November 1810	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	Cork	22	40+	Cork gunpowder explosion
28 February 1844	United States	Potomac River	6	16–20	USS Princeton Disaster of 1843 – A gun on board USS Princeton exploded during a demonstration, killing six people. The disaster endangered U.S. President John Tyler and killed several members of his Cabinet.
23 October 1844	United States	near New Albany, Indiana	56–100+	Unknown	Lucy Walker steamboat disaster – The Lucy Walker blew up in a boiler explosion on the Ohio River. The incident led to the U.S. federal government establishing steamboat safety regulations, including the Steamboat Inspection Service.
14 July 1847	United Kingdom	Faversham, England	18	Unknown	Faversham guncotton explosion – A guncotton factory in Faversham, one of the British Empire's primary munitions centers exploded, killing 18 workers.
6 October 1854	United Kingdom	Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead, England	c. 53 (in fire and explosion)	c. 400–500 (in fire and explosion)	Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead – During a large fire, a bonded warehouse used to store combustibles such as sulphur and nitrate of soda exploded, killing onlookers and destroying the neighborhood.
17 July 1856	United States	Whitemarsh Township	59–67	c. 100	Great Train Wreck of 1856 – Two steam trains traveling on the North Pennsylvania Railroad collide head-on, causing the deadliest railroad crash at that time.
17 September 1862	United States	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	78	Unknown	Allegheny Arsenal explosion – A Union Army ordnance depot exploded, causing the largest civilian casualty of the American Civil War.
27 April 1865	United States	near Memphis, Tennessee	1,198	c. 760	Sultana steamboat disaster – An overloaded side-wheel steamboat carrying Union soldiers from Confederate prison camps burned down and sank in the Mississippi River after its four boilers exploded. The Sultana disaster remains the worst maritime disaster in American history.
25 May 1865	United States	Mobile, Alabama	c. 300	Unknown	Mobile magazine explosion – A former Confederate Army ordnance depot exploded.
12 December 1866	United Kingdom	Stairfoot, England	361	Unknown	Oaks explosion – A colliery in South Yorkshire suffered a series of explosions, causing one of the worst mining disasters in British history.
26 February 1867	United Kingdom	Yanwath, England	2		Yanwath explosion – A freight train on the West Coast Main Line in Cumberland carrying gunpowder derailed while another freight train hit the gunpowder wagon, causing an explosion.[3]
9 July 1872	United Kingdom	Glasgow, Scotland	18	16+	Tradeston Flour Mills explosion – A mill owned by Matthew Muir & Sons company suffered a dust explosion.
13 May 1873	Canada	Westville, Nova Scotia	70	Unknown	Drummond Mine explosion – Canada's largest colliery exploded when a coal fire grows out of control.
10 October 1874	United Kingdom	Regent's Park, London, England	4	Unknown	Regent's Park explosion – The barge Tilbury, carrying both petroleum and gunpowder, exploded, killing the crew and causing extensive damage.[4]
4 September 1885	Canada	Douro, Ontario	2	0	1885 Dynamite explosion – A wagon load of dynamite exploded during transport, killing 2 men.
3 May 1887	Canada	Nanaimo, British Columbia	150	Unknown	1887 Nanaimo mine explosion – A coal mine exploded in an explosives accident and killed 150 miners, including 53 Chinese Canadian laborers.
15 July 1890	United States	Kings Mills, Ohio	11	About 100	1890 Kings Mills powder explosion – Freight cars on the Little Miami Railroad collided with cars containing gunpowder and cartridges from the King Powder Company and the Peters Cartridge Company.[5]
26 August 1892	United Kingdom	Aberkenfig, Wales	112	Unknown	Parc Slip Colliery explosion – A coal mine operated by John Brogden and Sons exploded.
16 February 1896	South African Republic	Braamfontein	70–75	200+	Braamfontein Explosion – A freight train loaded with dynamite explodes in a railway siding in a Johannesburg suburb.
30 April 1896	United Kingdom	Micklefield, England	63	Unknown	Peckfield Colliery disaster
30 January 1900	United States	near Trenton, Michigan	1	2	Sibley Quarry explosion
1 May 1900	United States	Scofield, Utah	200–246	Unknown	Scofield Mine disaster – A coal mine was destroyed in a dust explosion, killing 200 workers from either the explosion or from asphyxiation after being trapped in the mine.
10 March 1906	France	Courrières	1,099	Unknown	Courrières mine disaster – A coal dust explosion caused the worst mining disaster in Europe and led to a national outcry in France.
14 October 1913	United Kingdom	Senghenydd, Wales	439	Unknown	Senghenydd colliery disaster – A coal dust explosion occurred at a coal mine in the South Wales Coalfield.
15 December 1914	Japan	Hōjō, Fukuoka, Kyushu	687	Unknown	Hōjō Coal Mine Disaster – A Mitsubishi coal mine in the Chikuhō coalfield exploded, causing Japan's worst mining disaster.
2 April 1916	United Kingdom	Faversham, England	115	Unknown	Faversham Great Explosion – 200 tons of TNT manufactured by an Admiralty factory for use in World War I exploded.
6 December 1917	Canada	Halifax, Nova Scotia	1,950	9,000	Halifax Explosion – The SS Mont-Blanc, a French cargo ship loaded with high explosives sailing between New York City and Bordeaux, exploded after colliding with the Norwegian ship SS Imo. The disaster was the largest man-made explosion of the time and caused extensive damage to Richmond, Dartmouth, and the Miꞌkmaq neighborhood of Tufts Cove.
14 January 1921	Germany	Ludwigshafen	500–600	2,000	Oppau explosion – A tower silo loaded with 4,000 tons of ammonium nitrate and ammonium sulfate exploded at a BASF plant.
1 March 1924	United States	Nixon, New Jersey	20	2	1924 Nixon Nitration Works disaster – An ammonium nitrate processing plant managed by Lewis Nixon exploded, destroying the town of Nixon.
10 March 1930	United Kingdom	Allerton Bywater, Yorkshire, England	5	1	Allerton Bywater colliery explosion
18 March 1937	United States	New London, Texas	295+	300+	New London School explosion
26 April 1942	China	Benxihu Colliery, Liaoning Province	1,549	Unknown	1942 Benxihu Colliery disaster – An explosion at a coal mine in the Japanese-occupied Benxihu Colliery killed 1,549.[6]
11 April 1944	British India	Bombay	800+	3,000+	1944 Bombay Explosion – A British Fort ship exploded in Bombay Harbour.
4 July 1944	Denmark	Aarhus	39	250	1944 explosion in Aarhus
17 July 1944	United States	Port Chicago, California	320	390+	Port Chicago disaster – Munitions intended for the Pacific Front of World War II exploded during loading on a ship at a U.S. Navy magazine, killing hundreds of workers and numerous African Americans. One month later the unsafe conditions that caused the disaster lead to a mutiny.
27 November 1944	United Kingdom	Staffordshire, England	~70	~20	RAF Fauld explosion – An underground Royal Air Force ordnance depot exploded, causing the United Kingdom's largest ever explosion.
30 November 1944	United States	Tolar, New Mexico	1	Unknown	A freight train carrying munitions, airplane engines, and fuel oil derailed after a hot box on the seventh car of the train caused its axle to break.[7][8] The fuel oil ignited,[8] and after burning for twenty to thirty minutes, the munitions exploded.[9] Most buildings in Tolar were destroyed, including the post office, the railroad station, and the grocery. One person died from being struck in the head by metal debris.[10]
30 April 1945	United States	Vernon, California	0	4	A massive explosion (within a 20-mile radius that also rocked Los Angeles) occurred at a facility of the Modern Foundry & Pattern Company causing an estimated loss of $250,000. Nobody was killed, but four men were injured.
30 April 1945	United States	Anderson, South Carolina	2	5	Shortly after the Los Angeles metropolitan explosion, another explosion was reported. Two people were killed, and five others were injured after a house explosion caused by a stove.
8 May 1945	United States	Storm Lake, Iowa	1	0	A 14-year-old boy was killed after tampering with a .22 Caliber rifle causing the two-foot lead pipe inside the gun to explode.
9 May 1945	United States	Sunnyside, Utah	23	Unknown	A gas explosion at the Sunnyside Fuel Company's #1 mine killed 23 people, which had 87 people working at the time before the explosion.
25 May 1945	United States	Aberdeen, Maryland	12	~50	1945 Edgewood Arsenal explosion
21 May 1945	Australia	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales	26	unknown	Kapooka Army Base soldiers received instructions for demolition work in a bunker which was 3 metres (9.8 ft) below the ground when an explosion took place, resulting in Australia's largest military funeral.
28 August 1945	United States	Shrewsbury, Missouri	0	6	The Metals Integrating Company plant near Saint Louis suffered an explosion that left six people injured.
31 August 1945	Italy	Ancona	100+	Unknown	A massive train explosion killed an estimated 100 people. The cause of the explosion was unclear, but reports from the Liverpool Daily Post said that smoke was reported before the explosion.
14 September 1945	Canada	Montreal, Quebec	11	42+	Eleven people including children and teenagers were killed and more than 40 others reported injured after an explosion destroyed a warehouse.
26 September 1945	United States	San Luis Obispo, California	3	21	Three soldiers were killed in an explosion of a defensive mortar shell on a firing range. 21 others were reported injured.
12 October 1945	United States	Kansas City, Missouri	4	0	A 27-year-old man and three children (ranging from 7 months to 2 years old) were killed in a coal stove explosion. The explosion occurred near the garage where the 27-year-old poured kerosene on a piece of paper.
24 October 1945	United States	Havre De Grace, Maryland	0	16	A "sky bomb" firework at the Commercial Novelty Company plant's #3 building caused an explosion, injuring 16 people including teenagers.
24 October 1945	United States	Honolulu, Hawaii (Pauoa and Kawananakoa)	Unknown	Unknown	Two different explosions were reported at two different Honolulu area schools. The Pauoa explosion occurred at the bushes near the school which left no damage or deaths, but the Kawananakoa explosion left unknown information.
13 November 1946	United States	Baroda, Michigan	1	18	A 13-year-old student was killed and 18 other students were injured after a boiler explosion damaged the city's rural school which housed a capacity of 260 students.
16 April 1947	United States	Texas City, Texas	581	5,000+	Texas City disaster
18 August 1947	Spain	Cádiz	147+	5,000+	Cádiz Explosion
25 May 1950	United States	Chicago	34	50	1950 Chicago streetcar crash
11 June 1955	France	Le Mans	84	180	1955 Le Mans disaster
7 August 1956	Colombia	Cali	1,300–4,000	4,000–12,000	Cali explosion
1 July 1959	Mexico	Coatzacoalcos	12	100	12 were killed and 100 more injured after a pipeline explosion.[11]
9 May 1960	China	Datong, Shanxi province	684	Unknown	684 were killed because of an explosion at a coal mine.[6]
24 October 1960	Soviet Union	Baikonur Cosmodrome	92–126	120	Nedelin catastrophe
31 October 1963	United States	Indianapolis	81	400	1963 Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum gas explosion – Caused by a leak stemming from improperly stored liquefied petroleum gas tanks at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum.
1 March 1965	Canada	LaSalle, Quebec	28	39	LaSalle Heights disaster
30 December 1970	United States	Leslie County, Kentucky	39	Unknown	Hurricane Creek mine disaster
21 October 1971	United Kingdom	Clarkston, Scotland	22	100	Clarkston explosion
28 April 1973	United States	Roseville, California	0	48	1973 Roseville Yard Disaster
27 March 1974	Portuguese Mozambique	Magude	70	200	Magude train disaster
1 June 1974	United Kingdom	North Lincolnshire	28	36	Flixborough Disaster
4 November 1974	United States	Walt Disney World	1	1	A construction worker was killed in a small glue explosion while working on a 66-foot boat a mile away from the Magic Kingdom. His widow later filed a suit nearly two years later against 3M (the company product being used in construction) and the Traveler's Indemnity Company in connection with his death.
9 March 1976	United States	Oven Fork, Kentucky	26	unknown	Scotia Mine disaster[12]
11 November 1977	South Korea	Iksan	59	1343	Iri station explosion
17 February 1978	France	Paris	12	60	A gaz leak in rue Raynouard caused 3 explosions in 40 minutes.
11 July 1978	Spain	Alcanar	217	200+	Los Alfaques disaster
18 September 1980	United States	Damascus, Arkansas	1	21	1980 Damascus Titan missile explosion
24 October 1980	Spain	Ortuella	67	100+	An explosion alleged to have been caused by a welding accident at the Marcelino Ugalde School resulted in 67 deaths, mostly children.[13]
16 November 1980	Thailand	Dusit District, Bangkok	60	400	A series of explosions at an army munitions depot killed 60 and injured 400.[14]
25 November 1980	Turkey	Danaciobasi, Kırıkkale Province	105	unknown	An explosion at an engagement party killed 105.[15]
13 February 1981	United States	Louisville, Kentucky	0	4	Louisville sewer explosions
15 May 1982	United States	Speedway, Indiana	1	0	On his second (of two) warm up laps while attempting to qualify for the 1982 Indianapolis 500, Gordon Smiley approached turn three when suddenly the back-end of the #35 Intermedics March 81C-Cosworth became loose, and Smiley over-corrected. The front wheels suddenly gained traction, and the car turned and crashed head-on into the concrete wall at about 200 mph (320 km/h). The impact of the March chassis against the wall shattered the March chassis, which completely disintegrated, causing the fuel tank to explode with a large fireflash, and sent debris, including Smiley's exposed body, airborne into the catch fence and then back onto the track, tumbling hundreds of feet across the short-chute connecting turns 3 and 4. Smiley died instantly from massive trauma inflicted by the severe impact.
27 May 1983	United States	Benton, Tennessee	11	1	Benton fireworks disaster
23 May 1984	United Kingdom	Lancashire	16	28	Abbeystead disaster
7 September 1984	Malta	off Qala	7	1	C23 tragedy
19 November 1984	Mexico	Mexico City	500–600	5,000–7,000	San Juanico disaster
28 January 1986	United States	Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Florida	7	0	Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
4 May 1988	United States	Henderson	2	372	PEPCON disaster
4 June 1988	Union of Soviet Socialist Republics	Arzamas	91	1,500	Arzamas train disaster
21 June 1988	United Kingdom	Poole, Dorset	0	14	Poole explosion
6 July 1988	United Kingdom	Aberdeen	167	Unknown	Piper Alpha explosion
12 December 1988	Mexico	La Merced, Mexico City	62+	83+	Mexico City fireworks disaster
23 December 1988	United States	Memphis, Tennessee.	9	10	Memphis tanker truck disaster
4 June 1989	Union of Soviet Socialist Republics	Iglinsky District	575	800	Ufa train disaster
5 July 1990	United States	Channelview, Texas	17	5	1990 ARCO explosion
2 September 1991	United States	Bay Ridge, Brooklyn	3	34	An explosion possibly caused by a natural gas leak killed three people and injured at least 34 others.[16]
22 April 1992	Mexico	Guadalajara	252–1,000+	500–1,500+	1992 Guadalajara explosions
22 September 1993	United States	Mobile, Alabama	47	103	Big Bayou Canot rail accident
1 August 1994	China	Guangxi	77	230	1994 Kenpeng mine disaster
13 December 1994	United States	Woodbury County	4	18	Port Neal fertilizer plant explosion
3 February 1995	Malta	Cospicua	9	Unknown	An explosion on the Libyan tanker Um El Faroud killed nine dockyard workers.[17]
3 November 1995	Argentina	Río Tercero, Córdoba	7	365	Río Tercero explosion
21 November 1996	Puerto Rico	Río Piedras, Puerto Rico	33	69	Humberto Vidal explosion
30 July 1997	United States	Henderson, Nevada	1	3–4	One worker was killed and three or four others were injured, including one seriously, when a chemical explosion occurred at the Western Electrochemical Co.[18][19]
14 February 1998	Cameroon	Yaoundé	200+	Unknown	Yaoundé train explosion
18 October 1998	Nigeria	Jesse, Nigeria	1,082	unknown	1998 Jesse pipeline explosion
25 September 1998	Australia	Longford	2	8	Esso Longford gas explosion
23 June 1999	United States	Pasadena	2	3	Phillips explosion of 1999[20]
23 June 1999	Nigeria	Akute-Odo, Ogun State	15	unknown	A pipeline explosion left 15 dead.[21]
9 August 1999	Canada	Calgary	2	0	Hub Oil explosion
26 September 1999	Mexico	Celaya	63	348	Celaya fireworks disaster
10 November 1999	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Mbandaka Airport	6	Unknown	An Antonov AN-12 plane owned by the Congolese military full of cluster bombs exploded on the ground at Mbandaka Airport, killing six.[22]

2000s

Date	Country	Location	Dead	Injured	Details
15 January 2000	United States	Kansas City, Missouri	1	2+	An estimated three or four explosions occurred at two different houses, killing a man and injuring a few others.
16 January 2000	United States	Mount Ayr, Iowa	4	0	A father and three children were killed in a house explosion in Ringgold County.
7 February 2000	Nigeria	Ogwe, Abia State	17	Unknown	A pipeline explosion killed 17.[23]
11 March 2000	Ukraine	Luhansk	81	8	81 miners were killed and eight injured in a methane gas explosion at a coal mine near Luhansk.[24]
13 March 2000	China	Pingxiang, Jiangxi Province	33	10	33 were killed and 10 injured when a fireworks factory exploded.[24]
20 March 2000	Nigeria	Isioma, Abia State	50	Unknown	A pipeline explosion killed 50.[23]
22 March 2000	Russia	Leninsk-Kuznetsky, Kemerovo Oblast	12	unknown	12 people were killed in a gas explosion.[24]
14 April 2000	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Kinshasa	109	258	An ammunition explosion at N'djili Airport killed 109 and injured 258, the explosion also destroyed five aircraft.[25][24]
22 April 2000	China	Shanxi	40	1	40 miners were killed, three missing, and one injured in a gas explosion at Yongcai coal mine.[24]
13 May 2000	Netherlands	Enschede	20+	175+	Enschede fireworks disaster – At least 20 were killed and more than 175 injured when a fireworks warehouse exploded.[26]
10 June 2000	Japan	Tokyo	4	28	A hydroxylamine explosion at a Nissin Chemical Co. plant killed four and injured 28 more.[27]
21 June 2000	Nigeria	Okuedjeba, Warri	28	Unknown	A pipeline explosion killed 28.[23]
12 July 2000	Nigeria	Warri	300	Unknown	A pipeline explosion caused by oil thieves killed 300 near Warri.[23]
16 July 2000	Nigeria	Ijalla, Warri	150	Unknown	A pipeline explosion killed 150.[28]
23 July 2000	Nigeria	Sapele, Delta	40	Unknown	A pipeline explosion killed 40 near Sapele.[23]
24 July 2000	Nigeria	Sapele, Delta State	15	Unknown	A pipeline explosion killed 15 near Sapele.[23]
19 August 2000	United States	Carlsbad, New Mexico	12	0	A gas pipeline explosion killed 12 campers and destroyed three vehicles, causing $998,296 in damages.[29]
5 November 2000	Nigeria	Oyo State	100–200	Unknown	Ibadan road tanker explosion
30 November 2000	Nigeria	Lagos	60	Unknown	A pipeline explosion caused by oil thieves killed 60 on the port of Lagos.[23]
6 March 2001	China	Fanglin, Jiangxi province	41–60	30	A fireworks explosion at a school killed 41–60 children, injured 30 more and destroyed the building.[30]
6 May 2001	Ukraine	Donetsk	10	26	10 miners were killed and 26 injured in an explosion at a coal mine.[31]
21 September 2001	France	Toulouse	31	2500	Toulouse chemical factory explosion
23 September 2001	United States	Brookwood, Alabama	13	0	13 miners were killed in an explosion.[32]
5 November 2001	Nigeria	Imo State	15	Unknown	A pipeline leak caused an explosion that killed 15 people.[23]
6 December 2001	Uganda	Busesa, Iganga District	38	79	An oil tanker explosion killed 38 people and wounded 79 more.[33]
27 January 2002	Nigeria	Lagos	1,100+	5,000+	2002 Lagos armoury explosion
29 January 2003	United States	Kinston, North Carolina	6	36	West Pharmaceutical Services explosion
14 April 2003	Canada	Toronto	7	4	2003 Etobicoke gas explosion
19 June 2003	Nigeria	Abia state	105	unknown	A pipeline explosion killed 105 villagers.[23]
20 January 2004	Algeria	Skikda	27	74	An explosion at a LNG complex destroyed three trains and killed 27 people.[34]
18 February 2004	Iran	Nishapur	295	460	Nishapur train disaster
16 March 2004	Russia	Arkhangelsk	58	17	2004 Arkhangelsk explosion
22 April 2004	North Korea	Ryongchon County	54	1,249	Ryongchon disaster
11 May 2004	United Kingdom	Glasgow	9	33	Stockline Plastics factory explosion
24 May 2004	Romania	Mihăilești	18	13	Mihăilești explosion
30 July 2004	Belgium	Ghislenghien	24	132	A high-pressure natural gas pipeline operated at a pressure of 70 bars (1,000 pounds per square inch) ruptured following recent third-party damage killing 24 and injuring 132.[35]
3 November 2004	Denmark	Seest	1	24	Seest fireworks disaster
24 February 2005	China	Fuxin	214	Unknown	2005 Sunjiawan mine disaster
23 March 2005	United States	Texas City, Texas	15	170	Texas City Refinery explosion
25 August 2005	Australia	Narangba, Queensland	0	Unknown	A fire at an agrichemical factory caused multiple large explosions.[36]
2 October 2005			21	Unknown	A bus running on liquefied gas exploded when it collided with another bus.[37]
13 November 2005	China	Jilin	6	Unknown	2005 Jilin chemical plant explosions
11 December 2005	United Kingdom	Hemel Hempstead	0	43	Buncefield fire
8 February 2006	Russia	Grozny	13	28	Chechnya Spetsnaz base explosion
12 May 2006	Nigeria	Atlas Creek Island	150	Unknown	2006 Atlas Creek pipeline explosion
18 October 2006	Indonesia	Sidoarjo, East Java	7	Unknown	Seven were killed when a pipeline exploded because of a mud volcano.[38]
6 December 2006	United States	Milwaukee	3	47	2006 Falk Corporation explosion
26 December 2006	Nigeria	Abule Egba	300–500	Unknown	2006 Abule Egba pipeline explosion
22 March 2007	Mozambique	Maputo	93	300	2007 Maputo arms depot explosion
29 March 2007	United States	Cleburne, Texas	0	5	An unsealed gas pipe in a house closet caused an explosion, likely after a resident struck a match. 31 homes and a local church were evacuated as a precaution.[39]
26 July 2007	Syria	Al-Muslimiyah	15	50	July 2007 Syrian arms depot explosion
14 September 2007	Romania	Zalău	2	15	Zalău explosion
13 October 2007	Ukraine	Dnipro	9	21+	A building explosion killed 9 and injured at least 21.[40]
19 October 2007	Philippines	Makati	11	129	2007 Glorietta explosion
20 December 2007	Sierra Leone	Freetown	18	Unknown	2007 Freetown explosion
9 January 2008	Russia	Kazan	10	4	2008 Kazan gas explosion
1 February 2008	Turkey	Istanbul	22	100	Istanbul fireworks explosion
7 February 2008	United States	Port Wentworth, Georgia	14	40	2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion
15 March 2008	Albania	Gërdec	26	300	2008 Gërdec explosions
26 March 2008	United Arab Emirates	Dubai	2	2	2008 Dubai explosion
15 May 2008	Nigeria	Lagos	39	Unknown	2008 Ijegun pipeline explosion
3 July 2008	Bulgaria	Chelopechene, Sofia Province	0	3	2008 Chelopechene explosions
10 August 2008	Canada	Toronto	2	0	Toronto propane explosion
26 August 2008	China	Yizhou	20	60	2008 Guangxi chemical plant explosions
15 November 2008	Romania	Petrila	13	13	Petrila Mine disaster
24 December 2008	Ukraine	Yevpatoria	27	5	2008 Yevpatoria gas explosion
17 January 2009	United States	Fresno, California	1	1	A man was killed, and another was reported minorly injured after an air tank exploded.
3 March 2009	China	Jiaozhou, Shandong	1	0	A 14-year-old boy was killed when the pneumatic cylinder in his office chair exploded.[41][42]
30 May 2009	China	Chongqing	30	59	2009 Chongqing mine blast
10 August 2009	Slovakia	Trenčín Region	20	9	2009 Handlová mine blast
23 October 2009	Puerto Rico	Bayamón	0	3	2009 Cataño oil refinery fire
1 November 2009	Benin	Porga	60+	Unknown	A tanker truck overturned and exploded while residents were siphoning its fuel.[43]
21 November 2009	China	Hegang	108	29	2009 Heilongjiang mine explosion
2 December 2009	Ukraine	Kyiv	1	0	Vladimir Likhonos, 25, a student of Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, was killed when his chewing gum exploded. He had a habit of dipping his chewing gum in citric acid to increase the gum's sour taste. On his work table police found about 100g of unidentified explosive powder which he used for chemistry studies. It resembled citric acid and it is thought he confused the two. The explosive was found to be four times stronger than TNT and the explosion was possibly triggered either by reacting with Likhonos' saliva or the pressure exerted by him chewing on the gum and explosive powder.[44][45][46]

2010s

Date	Country	Location	Dead	Injured	Details
26 January 2010	Belgium	Liege	14	20	2 buildings were destroyed in an explosion caused by a gas leak.
7 February 2010	United States	Middletown, Connecticut	6	50	2010 Connecticut power plant explosion
2 April 2010	United States	Anacortes, Washington	7	0	2010 Tesoro Anacortes Refinery disaster
5 April 2010	United States	Raleigh County, West Virginia	20	0	Upper Big Branch Mine disaster
8 May 2010	Russia	Mezhdurechensk, Kemerovo Oblast	91	99	Raspadskaya mine explosion
17 May 2010	Turkey	Zonguldak Province	30	0	2010 Zonguldak mine disaster
2 July 2010	Democratic Republic of Congo	South Kivu	230	196	2010 South Kivu fuel tank explosion
28 July 2010	China	Nanjing	13	300	2010 Nanjing chemical plant explosion
9 September 2010	United States	San Bruno, California	8	58	2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion
19 November 2010	New Zealand	Westcoast	29	2	Pike River Mine disaster
1 December 2010	Nigeria	Lagos State	20	Unknown	Alakija tanker explosion
19 December 2010	Mexico	San Martín Texmelucan	29	52	2010 Puebla oil pipeline explosion
9 February 2011	United States	Allentown, Pennsylvania	5	Unknown	A gas explosion leveled a house.[47]
16 February 2011	Tanzania	Dar es Salaam	20 / 32	300	2011 Dar es Salaam explosions
30 April 2011	United States	Lehigh, Oklahoma	1	4	A 2-year-old toddler was killed and four others were injured in a propane explosion that destroyed their house.
11 July 2011	Cyprus	Zygi	13	62	Evangelos Florakis Naval Base explosion
29 July 2011	Ukraine	Luhansk	26	2	Suhodolskaya-Vostochnaya explosion
12 September 2011	Kenya	Nairobi	100	116	2011 Nairobi pipeline fire
12 November 2011	Iran	Bid Kaneh	17	Unknown	Bid Kaneh explosion
10 February 2012	United States	Ocala, Florida	2 (a woman and a horse)	1	Erica Marshall, a 28-year-old British veterinarian, died when the horse she was treating in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber kicked the wall, released a spark from its horseshoes, and triggered an explosion. The horse was also killed by the explosion. Another worker, Sorcha Moneley, was seriously injured.[48][49]
27 February 2012	Russia	Astrakhan	10	12	2012 Astrakhan gas explosion
4 March 2012	Republic of the Congo	Brazzaville	300+	2,500+	Brazzaville arms dump blasts
12 July 2012	Nigeria	Okobie	121	75	Okobie road tanker explosion
12 July 2012	China	Yan'an	36	3	Shaanxi bus–tanker crash
5 September 2012	Turkey	Afyonkarahisar	25	7	2012 Afyonkarahisar arsenal explosion
5 September 2012	India	Sivakasi	40	70	Sivakasi factory explosion
18 September 2012	Mexico	Reynosa	30	46	A pipeline explosion killed 30 people and injured 46 more.[50]
29 October 2012	United States	West Point, Kentucky	0	5	A tank car filled with butadiene leaked and caught on fire while workers nearby were repairing the track after 13 out of the 57 cars from the Paducah & Louisville (P&L) freight train derailed. An explosion later occurred, forcing evacuations from a 2-kilometer radius. 5 people were injured, with 3 people being treated with burns.
1 November 2012	Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	26	135	2012 Riyadh truck crash
31 January 2013	Mexico	Mexico City	37	126	Torre Ejecutiva Pemex explosion
17 April 2013	United States	West	15	160 / 200	West Fertilizer Company explosion
29 April 2013	Czech Republic	Prague	0	43	2013 Prague explosion
7 May 2013	Mexico	Ecatepec de Morelos	27	36	2013 Ecatepec de Morelos gas tanker explosion
25 May 2013	Pakistan	Punjab	18	7	2013 Pakistan gas bus explosion
28 May 2013	United States	Disneyland, California	0	0	A small trash can explosion caused by dry ice was reported at Disneyland's ToonTown. The Anaheim Police Department later arrested a 22-year-old suspect who caused the explosion and was a Disneyland worker.[51]
31 May 2013	Philippines	Taguig	3	5	2013 Serendra explosion
13 June 2013	United States	Geismar	2	114	Williams Olefins Plant explosion
6 July 2013	Canada	Lac-Mégantic	47	1[52]	Lac-Mégantic rail disaster
6 August 2013	Argentina	Rosario	22	60	2013 Rosario gas explosion
12 October 2013	United States	North Andover, Massachusetts	1	0	A man was killed by an explosion at the Dow Chemical plant.[53]
22 November 2013	China	Qingdao	62	Unknown	2013 Qingdao oil pipeline explosion
10 December 2013	Egypt	Gharbia Governorate	13	6	Kafr Elle Zayat fuel truck explosion
1 January 2014	United States	Minneapolis	3	14	A building explosion in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood killed three and injured fourteen.[54]
9 January 2014	Japan	Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture	5	17	Mitsubishi Materials chemical plant explosion – An explosion at a Mitsubishi Materials chemical plant killed at least five people and injured 17 others.[55]
7 January 2014	Nigeria	Apapa	15	Unknown	Kirikiri tanker explosion
27 February 2014	Qatar	Doha	12	30+	A suspected gas explosion at a Turkish restaurant killed 12 and wounded at least 30 people.[56]
12 March 2014	United States	New York City	8	70	2014 East Harlem gas explosion
13 May 2014	Turkey	Soma	301	80	Soma mine disaster
13 May 2014	United States	Brentwood, New Hampshire	1 (non-explosive related)	2	A house explosion injured 2 people as police officers responded to a shooting incident near the scene.[57]
6 June 2014	Kosovo	Obilić	2	13	At least two people were killed and 13 were injured after an explosion at the Kosovo A Power Station.[58]
27 June 2014	India	Nagaram	22	30	2014 GAIL pipeline explosion
28 June 2014	India	Alang, Gujarat	5	6	At least five people were killed and six injured in an explosion at a ship breaking yard.[59]
12 July 2014	Turkey	Istanbul	3	11	An explosion in a shop left three dead and 11 injured.[60]
31 July 2014	Taiwan	Kaohsiung	32	321	2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions
2 August 2014	China	Kunshan	146	114	2014 Kunshan explosion
31 August 2014	France	Rosny-sous-Bois	6	0	An explosion in an apartment building resulted in six deaths.[61]
1 October 2014	Bulgaria	Gorni Lom	15	3	2014 Gorni Lom explosions
22 November 2014	Malaysia	Sarawak	4	30	2014 Selantik coal mine explosion
4 March 2015	Ukraine	Donetsk	34	14	2015 Zasyadko mine disaster
26 March 2015	United States	New York City	2	19	2015 East Village gas explosion
4 June 2015	Ghana	Accra	256	Unknown	2015 Accra explosion
27 June 2015	Taiwan	New Taipei City	15	497	Formosa Fun Coast explosion
3 July 2015	South Korea	Ulsan	6	0	Six people were killed in an explosion at a chemical plant.[62]
24 July 2015	Italy	Modugno	7	Unknown	A large explosion which triggered other explosions and a fire which threatened a nearby forest at a fireworks factory killed 7 people and injured several more.[63]
12 August 2015	China	Tianjin	173	801	2015 Tianjin explosions – At least 173 people were killed and another 801 were injured in the explosions. The explosion occurred at a hazardous goods warehouse operated by Ruihai Logistics.[64]
25 August 2015	Afghanistan	Herat	11	18	A gas explosion killed 11 people and injured 18 others.[65]
31 August 2015	China	Dongying, Shandong province	13	25	A chemical plant owned by the Shandong Binyuan Chemical Company exploded, killing one person.[66]
12 September 2015	India	Petlawad	105	150	Petlawad explosion
13 September 2015	Pakistan	Multan	11	79	An explosion killed at least eleven people and injured 79.[67]
8 October 2015	United States	Gibson, Louisiana	3	2	3 workers were killed, and 2 were seriously injured in an explosion at a natural gas facility[68]
29 October 2015	Ukraine	Svatove	2	8	An ammunition depot exploded, killing 2, and wounding 8.[69]
18 November 2015	United Kingdom	Cardiff	2	5	An explosion at a steelworks plant left two people dead and five injured.[70] Investigators learned that a safety mechanism failed to shut down a heater which got too hot and then exploded. They were also told that the workers were probably unaware the oil levels in the tank had dropped below the minimum safety level as the oil heater, which was still switched on, would have turned off but for an electrical failure. Celsa steelworks was fined £1.8 million as a result.[71]
7 January 2016	United States	North Andover, Massachusetts	0	4	Second explosion at the facility, where a worker died in October 2013.[72]
15 January 2016	China	Tongxu County, Henan Province	10	7	An illegal fireworks plant exploded, killing 10 and injuring 7 others.[73]
16 January 2016	Italy	Arnasco	5	1	A suspected gas explosion killed at least five people and injured one woman.[74]
7 February 2016	United States	Rockmart, Georgia	1	6	One person was killed and six others injured in an explosion at the JCG Farms feed mill.[75] OSHA determined that excessive accumulation of grain dust in the hammer mill area ignited the fatal explosion.[76]
25 February 2016	Russia	Vorkuta	36	9	Vorkuta mine disaster
10 April 2016	India	Paravur	111	350+	Puttingal temple fire
20 April 2016	Mexico	Coatzacoalcos	24	136	At least 24 people were killed, 136 others were injured, and eight workers went missing from a blast at the major Clorados 3 petrochemical plant of Petroquimica Mexicana de Vinilo.[77]
4 May 2016	Ukraine ( Luhansk People's Republic)	Luhansk	10	4	A coal mine explosion killed 10 miners and injured 4.[78]
1 June 2016	South Korea	Seoul	4	10	A gas explosion at a subway construction site killed four workers and injured ten more.[79]
28 June 2016	Canada	Mississauga	2	13	A huge explosion completely destroys a house and damages 24 others. At least one person was killed and 13 others were injured. Thousands of residents were evacuated.[80][81] Police later concluded the incident was a double suicide.[82]
1 July 2016	Hungary		4	1	Four Hungarian Defence Force soldiers were killed and one was injured following an explosion at a military firing range.[83]
11 August 2016	United States	Silver Spring, Maryland	7	68	A gas building explosion at the Flower Branch Apartments, 8701 Arliss Street killed seven residents and injured 65 residents and three firefighters.[84] The blast displaced more than 90 residents.[85][86] The NTSB found that the blast was caused by failure of an indoor mercury service regulator with an unconnected vent line that allowed natural gas into the meter room where it accumulated and ignited from an unknown ignition source.[84]
11 August 2016	China	Dangyang, Hubei Province	22	4	2016 Dangyang explosion – At least 22 people were killed and four are injured following an explosion caused by a high-pressure steam pipe at a power plant.[87]
26 August 2016	Belgium	Chimay	1	4	One person died and four were injured after an explosion at a sports centre, the building was partially destroyed. A gas explosion was suspected.[88]
10 September 2016	Bangladesh	Tongi	25	70	A boiler exploded, causing a fire in a factory that killed at least 25 people and injured 70 others.[89]
11 September 2016	Benin	Tori	8	0	At least 8 people died after an explosion.[90]
4 October 2016	China	Harbin	3	Unknown	A series of explosions in an apartment building killed at least three people and injured dozens more.[91]
17 October 2016	Germany	Ludwigshafen	2	6	An explosion and fire at the largest production site of BASF in Germany, killed at least two people and injured six more with two people missing.[92]
23 October 2016	Japan	Utsunomiya	1	2	Two explosions in a park killed at least one person and injured two others.[93]
1 November 2016	Pakistan	Gadani, Balochistan Province	14	59	At least 14 people were killed and 59 burned when a gas cylinder explosion aboard an oil tanker caused a major fire at a ship-breaking yard.[94][95]
11 November 2016	Albania	Ballsh	1	5	A 40-year-old was killed and 5 others injured in an explosion at an oil refinery.[96]
17 November 2016	Mozambique	Caphiridzange, Tete Province	80	Unknown	Caphiridzange explosion – At least 80 people were killed and hundreds injured in a fuel tanker explosion.[97]
10 December 2016	Bulgaria	Hitrino	7	29	Hitrino train derailment – At least 7 people were killed and 29 others injured after an explosion caused by the derailment of a train carrying propane and butane.[98]
11 December 2016	Kenya	Nakuru County	43	50+	2016 Naivasha Traffic Fireball – An oil tanker exploded on a main highway near Naivasha, killing at least 43 people.[99]
20 December 2016	Mexico	Tultepec	42	84	2016 San Pablito Market fireworks explosion – An explosion at a fireworks market killed at least 42 people and injured dozens.[100]
23 February 2017	Pakistan	Lahore	10	31	2017 Lahore explosion – A blast left at least 10 people dead and another 30 were injured.[101]
23 March 2017	Ukraine	Balakliia	1	5	20,000 residents were evacuated after a series of massive explosions erupted at a nearby arms depot of the Balakliia military installation, which stockpiles missile and artillery ammunition.[102] The disaster led to one civilian killed and five others injured.[103]
3 April 2017	United States	St. Louis	3	4	A boiler explosion at a box company in St. Louis's historic Soulard neighborhood killed three people and injured four others.[104]
5 April 2017	Russia	Rostov-on-Don	0	1	An explosion moderately injured a worker.[105]
5 June 2017	China	Linyi, Shandong	8	9	An explosion at a chemical plant killed 8 and injured 9.[106]
25 June 2017	China	Dafang County	12	12	Qishanyan Tunnel explosion
25 June 2017	Pakistan	Bahawalpur	219	34	2017 Bahawalpur explosion
27 June 2017	United States	Evansville, Indiana	2	3	An over-pressure natural gas pipeline caused a home explosion, killing 2 and injuring 3.[107]
2 August 2017	United States	Minneapolis	2	9	A gas explosion at Minnehaha Academy killed two and injured nine.[108]
1 September 2017	United States	Crosby, Texas	0	Unknown	2017 Arkema plant explosion
26 September 2017	Ukraine	Kalynivka	0	Unknown	2017 Kalynivka ammunition depot explosion
7 October 2017	Ghana	Accra	7+	192+	Atomic Junction Gas Explosion
26 October 2017	Indonesia	Tangerang	49	46	Tangerang fireworks disaster
1 November 2017	India	Unchahar	38	90+	NTPC power plant explosion
20 November 2017	United States	New Windsor, New York	1	33	An explosion occurred at the Verla International makeup factory. A second explosion at the facility occurred approximately 40 minutes later. 33 people were injured, and one person died.[109][110]
12 December 2017	Austria	Baumgarten an der March	1	21	Near Vienna, a gas explosion occurred at a natural gas hub, killing an employee, and injuring 21 residents.[111][112]
15 January 2018	Belgium	Antwerp	2	14	A building was destroyed in an explosion caused by a gas leak. 6 other buildings were damaged.
25 February 2018	United Kingdom	Leicester	5	5	2018 Leicester explosion
22 March 2018	Czech Republic	Kralupy nad Vltavou	6	2	An explosion at a chemical factory killed 6.[113]
12 June 2018	Russia	Penza	0	0	A natural gas explosion occurred.[114]
27 June 2018	Nigeria	Lagos–Ibadan Expressway	12+	Unknown	Otedola bridge fire accident – An explosion killed at least 12 people when an oil tanker fell on a bridge, burning 55 cars.
30 June 2018	Bahamas	Great Exuma Island	1	9	A boat exploded and burst into flames after the engine caught fire, killing one person and injuring nine.[115]
6 August 2018	Italy	Bologna	1	145	A fuel tanker exploded on the A14 motorway after colliding with a lorry near Bologna Airport, causing a section of the motorway to collapse. One person died and 145 others were injured, at least 14 seriously.[116]
22 August 2018	Canada	Kitchener	1	1	Fifty-eight-year-old Edra Haan was killed and another man was injured in a house explosion.[117] It was later ruled a homicide the next day.[118]
3 September 2018	South Africa	Cape Town	8	0	An explosion at a Rheinmetall munition depot killed at least eight people.[119]
10 September 2018	Nigeria	Lafia	35	100+	A gas depot exploded, killing at least 35 people and leaving some burned beyond recognition.[120]
13 September 2018	United States	Merrimack Valley, Massachusetts	1	25+	Merrimack Valley gas explosions
13 September 2018	Belgium	Antwerp	1	4	During the unloading of a chemical substance at Indaver, the tank exploded, killing 1 employee and injuring 4 others.[121]
6 October 2018	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Kongo Central	39–50	100+	Mbuba road tanker explosion
7 October 2018	South Korea	Goyang	0	0	An oil tank exploded, causing a fire that lasted for hours.[122]
13 October 2018	Nigeria	Aba	30	Unknown	A pipeline explosion killed at least 30. Petrol thieves were suspected be the cause.[123]
16 November 2018	Zimbabwe	Beitbridge	42	20	42 were killed and 20 hospitalised by an explosion of a gas cylinder on a bus.[124]
5 December 2018	Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	8	103	A fire and explosion at a factory owned by Polyplas destroyed a warehouse and multiple houses and vehicles around it. It also killed 8 people and injured 103 others.[125][126]
16 December 2018	Japan	Sapporo	0	52	2 real estate employees were emptying over a hundred air freshener cans behind their office when the gas emitted from the cans exploded, demolishing 2 buildings including the agency, and damaging surrounding buildings.[127][128][129]
31 December 2018	Russia	Magnitogorsk	39	17	2018 Magnitogorsk building collapse
12 January 2019	France	Paris	4	47	2019 Paris explosion
18 January 2019	Mexico	Hidalgo	135	52	2019 Tlahuelilpan pipeline explosion
21 January 2019	Pakistan	Hub, Balochistan	26	16	2019 Hub accident
20 February 2019	Bangladesh	Dhaka	80	50+	February 2019 Dhaka fire
27 February 2019	Egypt	Cairo	25	50	Ramses Station rail disaster
21 March 2019	China	Yancheng	78	617	2019 Xiangshui chemical plant explosion
10 April 2019	United States	Durham, North Carolina	2	25	2019 Durham gas explosion
25 April 2019	Ukraine ( Luhansk People's Republic)	Lutuhyne	17–19	Unknown	An explosion ripped through a mine owned by 'Skhidcarbon', located in the separatist controlled territory. According to local sources, 17–19 people died, but no injuries were calculated.[130][131]
1 June 2019	Russia	Dzerzhinsk	0	79	A munitions factory exploded, injuring 79 people.[132]
21 June 2019	United States	South Philadelphia	0	0	Part of the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery, the largest oil refinery on the East Coast of the United States, blew up.[133]
22 June 2019	Nigeria	Oyigbo	12	Unknown	A pipeline explosion killed 12.[134]
24 June 2019	Kazakhstan	Arys	1+	31+	Thousands of people were evacuated after a munitions depot exploded. One man was killed after a stray shell hit his car.[135]
2 July 2019	Nigeria	Benue State	50+	101	A fuel tanker exploded after overturning.[136]
5 August 2019	Russia	Krasnoyarsk Krai	0	8	An ammunitions depot exploded, injuring 8[137]
10 August 2019	Tanzania	Morogoro	89	55	Morogoro tanker explosion
3 September 2019	Belgium	Antwerp	4	0	A building collapsed due to an explosion caused by a gas leak in the Wilriijk district.
4 September 2019	India	Gurdaspur	23	13	An explosion at a fireworks factory killed 23 people, and injured 13 others.[138]
16 September 2019	United States	Farmington, Maine	1	8	A gas leak caused a building explosion, killing the area's fire chief.[139]
20 November 2019	Italy	Messina, Sicily	5	2	An explosion occurred at a fireworks factory due to an interaction between welding equipment and gunpowder. Five people were killed, and two others were seriously injured.[140]
3 December 2019	Sudan	Khartoum	23	45	A tanker exploded at a factory killed 23 and injuring 45.[141]
5 December 2019	Nigeria	Lagos	7	Unknown	An explosion caused by oil thieves killed seven.[142]
6 December 2019	Slovakia	Prešov	7	Unknown	A gas explosion at an apartment killed 7, and injured many more.[143]
13 December 2019	Germany	Blankenburg, Saxony-Anhalt	1	15	A 78-year-old man was killed by a gas explosion at a residential building. The building was evacuated, and 15 others were hospitalized for injuries.[144]
23 December 2019	Bosnia	Zvornik	1	20	1 person was killed and 20 were injured when a car crashed into a petrol station.[145]

2020s

Date	Country	Location	Dead	Injured	Details
14 January 2020	Spain	Tarragona	3	7	Chemical Industries of Ethylene Oxide explosion – Two explosions and a fire in a petrochemical complex killed 3 and injured 7.[146]
23 January 2020	Peru	Villa El Salvador	34	28	2020 Villa El Salvador explosion – A fuel truck transporting liquefied petroleum gas exploded, killing 34 and affecting at least 20 homes.
24 January 2020	United States	Houston	2	18	2020 Houston explosion – A manufacturing plant explosion scattered rubble and debris for a half-mile, killing two and injuring 18.[147]
2 March 2020	Chile	Santiago	4	Unknown	At least four people were killed and several injured after an explosion caused a three-alarm fire in the industrial Pudahuel district.[148]
15 March 2020	Nigeria	Lagos	23	Unknown	Abule-Ado explosion – A gas pipeline exploded after being hit by truck, killing 23 people and destroying over 100 homes and dozens of vehicles.[149][150]
4 April 2020	Russia	Moscow	2	6	An apartment block suffered a gas explosion, killing 2 and injuring 6.[151][152]
29 April 2020	South Korea	Icheon	38	10+	2020 Icheon fire – A warehouse exploded, killing 38, and injuring at least 10 others.[153]
16 May 2020	United States	Los Angeles	0	11	11 firefighters were severely injured in a huge explosion inside a warehouse. More than 300 charges were filed against owners and operators who allegedly illegally stored hazardous materials.[154]
3 June 2020	India	Gujarat	10	77	2020 Dahej chemical plant explosion
8 June 2020	Nigeria	Niger Delta	7	Unknown	An explosion at an oil facility killed seven workers of the state-run NNCP company.[155]
13 June 2020	Russia	Kazan	1	3	An explosion at a gas refinery and distribution station killed one worker and injured three others. The fire was extinguished by helicopter.[156]
14 June 2020	China	Wenling	19	170+	A fuel tanker crashed and exploded, killing 19 and injuring over 170 people. Several buildings were severely damaged.[157]
21 June 2020	Ukraine	Kyiv	5	5	A gas explosion occurred in a 9-story residential building at the 6th floor. As a result, the inter-floor ceilings of floors 4 to 7 were destroyed.[158] The explosion was caused by negligence during verification of gas counters.[159]
30 June 2020	Iran	Tehran	19	6+	2020 Iran explosions – A gas explosion severely damaged the Sina At'har health center killing 19 people and injuring at least 6.[160]
3 July 2020	Turkey	Sakarya Province	4	94+	An explosion at a fireworks factory left 4 people dead and at least 94 injured.[161]
6 July 2020	Colombia	Pueblo Viejo	7	50	A gas truck exploded after it overturned.[162]
30 July 2020	Japan	Kōriyama, Fukushima Prefecture	1	19	Kōriyama explosion – An explosion killed one and injured another 19.[163]
3 August 2020	North Korea	Hyesan	15	Unknown	A gas explosion burned several homes, caused at least 10 other explosions and killed 15 people.[164]
4 August 2020	Lebanon	Beirut	219	7,500	2020 Beirut explosion – An explosion damaged the port of Beirut, causing $15+ billion in damages. The explosions killed 219 people and injured another 7,500. 300,000 people were also displaced.[165][166]
4 August 2020	China	Xiantao, Hubei province	6	4	An explosion killed six workers and injured four more at an organic silicon workshop.[167]
6 August 2020	Luxembourg	Weiswampach	0	0	An ATM exploded.[168]
10 August 2020	United States	Baltimore	2	7	A gas explosion killed two people, severely injured 7 others and completely destroyed 3 homes.[169]
10 August 2020	Russia	Volgograd	0	13	2020 Volgograd explosion – An explosion at a gas station caused by a fire injured at least 13 people.[170]
15 August 2020	United States	Byram, Mississippi	2	0	2 people died from their injuries after an explosion at the DAR PRO solutions plant.[171]
21 August 2020	United States	Corpus Christi, Texas	5	5	A propane pipeline explosion in the Port of Corpus Christi sank a dredging vessel killing five of its crew.[172][173]
31 August 2020	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	2	Unknown	Two people died after a gas cylinder exploded at a restaurant.[174]
31 August 2020	United Arab Emirates	Dubai	1	Unknown	An explosion killed one.[175]
1 September 2020	China	Sanming	0	0	An electric car exploded while it was charging.[176]
2 September 2020	Bangladesh	Chittagong	4	2	A fuel tank of a truck exploded due to leakage at an inland container depot in Patenga area near the Port of Chittagong, killing four workers and injuring two others.[177][178]
4 September 2020	Bangladesh	Fatullah, Narayanganj district	31	40	2020 Narayanganj explosion – An explosion at a mosque due to leakage of a Titas Gas pipeline killed at least 31 worshipers, including a child.[179]
23 September 2020	Nigeria	Kogi State	28+	Unknown	At least 28 were killed in an explosion of an oil tanker that also set two motorcycles, five cars, and three tricycles on fire.[180]
24 September 2020	United States	Oklahoma City	1	3	An explosion leveled a home, leaving one child dead and her brother and parents injured.[181]
28 September 2020	China	Tianmen	5	1	An explosion while testing new equipment at a chemical plant in Yuekou Industrial park killed five and injured one.[182]
3 October 2020	Dominican Republic	Santiago de los Caballeros	2	9	An explosion at a petroleum gas bottling plant killed two and injured nine.[183]
8 October 2020	Nigeria	Lagos	8	Unknown	An explosion at a gas station killed eight in a suburb of Lagos and burned down 25 homes and 16 shops.[184]
8 October 2020	Russia	Ryazan	0	5	A munitions depot exploded, forcing over 2,000 people to evacuate and injuring 5.[citation needed]
9 October 2020	Lebanon	Beirut	4	30	An explosion killed four people and injured 30 more.[185][186]
11 October 2020	Iran	Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province	5	9	A gas explosion killed at least five people and injured another nine.[187]
12 October 2020	Nigeria	Oriade	9	Unknown	Nine died after a tanker fell over and exploded along the Ilesa-Akure highway.[188]
15 October 2020	United States	Santa Fe, New Mexico	0	2	An explosion occurred at a cannabis manufacturing facility, critically injuring two people.[189]
17 October 2020	United States	Harrisonburg, Virginia	0	5	Five were injured after a powerful explosion leveled at the Miller Circle shopping mall.[190]
21 October 2020	Pakistan	Karachi	5+	27	At least five people were killed and 27 others were injured in an explosion at an apartment building.[191]
22 October 2020	Thailand	Samut Prakan Province	3	28	An explosion at a PTT-owned pipeline killed three people and injured 28 more.[192]
28 October 2020	Ukraine	Kharkiv	2	9	Two were killed and nine injured after a natural gas explosion.[193]
31 October 2020	Iraq	Samawah	3	51	Three people were killed and 51 were injured in a gas pipeline explosion.[194]
31 October 2020	Russia	Chelyabinsk	2	0	The oxygen supply at a hospital exploded. Two ICU patients died due to oxygen cutoff.[195]
4 November 2020	India	Ahmedabad	12	9	2020 Ahmedabad chemical factory blast
13 November 2020	United States	West Haven, Connecticut	2	1	A steam pipe exploded at the VA hospital, killing 2 people and injuring 1.[196]
16 November 2020	Mexico	Nayarit	14	0	A gas pipeline explosion on a busy highway killed at least 14 people, most of whom were inside their vehicles.[197] The explosion occurred when a car collided with the gas-pipe.[198]
19 November 2020	India	West Bengal	5	4	An explosion at a recycling plant killed 5 and injured 4.[199]
3 December 2020	United Kingdom	Bristol	4	1	Avonmouth explosion – Four people were killed and one injured in an explosion at a silo that holds treated biosolids at a wastewater treatment plant.[200]
8 December 2020	United States	Omaha	3	2	Three were killed and two others were injured after a gas explosion leveled a house and damaged two others.[201]
9 December 2020	United States	Belle, West Virginia	1	3	One person was killed, and three injured after an explosion at the Optima Belle Chemical plant.[202]
9 December 2020	United States	Tomball, Texas	1	0	[203]
12 December 2020	India	Hyderabad	0	8	Eight people were injured after an explosion at a drug manufacturing facility that triggered a fire.[204]
14 December 2020	Saudi Arabia	Jeddah	0	0	A Singapore-flagged oil tanker was hit by "an external source" while discharging at the port of Jeddah.[205]
18 December 2020	Brazil	Araguaína	1	2	One person was killed and two others injured after two trucks collided and exploded.[206]
19 December 2020	Turkey	Gaziantep	12	50	Gaziantep hospital fire – An oxygen ventilator exploded in an intensive care unit of the private Sanko University Hospital killing 12 people and injuring 50.[207][208][209]
19 December 2020	China	Anda	3	4	An explosion in a workshop of a chemical company killed 3 and injured 4.[210]
20 December 2020	Nigeria	Lagos	0	11	A diesel tanker exploded along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, injuring 11 people.[211]
20 December 2020	Portugal	Lisbon	2	5	A gas explosion destroyed a building.[212]
20 December 2020	Taiwan	Taoyuan	1	1	An explosions at a pharmaceutical factory killed one and injured one. A fire caused by the explosion burned for two days.[213]
21 December 2020	Italy	Casalbordino	3	Unknown	Three people were killed in an explosion at a gunpowder factory.[214]
21 December 2020	United States	Dunwoody, Georgia	0	2	Two people were injured after a huge explosion destroyed an apartment complex.[215]
23 December 2020	Pakistan	New Karachi Town	10	28	A boiler exploded in an ice factory, killing 10 people and injuring 28. The explosion destroyed the factory and severely damaged two nearby factories.[216][217]
23 December 2020	Nigeria	Jebba	16	Unknown	A fuel tanker exploded after hitting a building. The explosion killed 16 people and destroyed 30 homes.[218]
23 December 2020	United States	Baltimore	0	23+	A building explosion injured at least 23 people, and left two workers hanging off the side of the building. They were later rescued.[219]
29 December 2020	Afghanistan	Ghani Khail district, Nangarhar Province	5	2	A gas cylinder exploded in a house, killing 5 and injuring 2.[220]
31 December 2020	Latvia	Riga	1	6	A gas explosion killed 1 and left 6 injured.[221]
2 January 2021	Afghanistan	Kabul	5	Unknown	A gas cylinder exploded near a bakery, killing five.[222]
3 January 2021	Lebanon	Al-Qasr, Hermel District	0	10	An explosion at a fuel storage facility injured 10.[223]
5 January 2021	Kosovo	Ferizaj	0	44	A gas tank exploded, injuring at least 44 people.[224]
7 January 2021	China	Ningxiang	1	20	An explosion at a battery recycling facility killed one and injured 20 others.[225][226]
8 January 2021	Uzbekistan	Khiva	1	0	A gas explosion killed a girl.[227]
10 January 2021	China	Qixia	10	11	Qixia gold mine accident – 22 miners went missing after a gold mine exploded and collapsed. Two weeks later, 10 miners were found dead while eleven others were rescued. Another remained missing.[228]
15 January 2021	Poland	Bieruń	1	1	An explosion at an explosives manufacturing facility killed 1 and injured 1.[229]
19 January 2021	Nigeria	Ogun State	4	Unknown	A tanker explosion killed four and destroyed five cars and two motorcycles.[230]
20 January 2021	Spain	Madrid	4	10	2021 Madrid explosion – A gas explosion severely damaged a building, killing 4 and injuring 10 more.[231]
20 January 2021	Uzbekistan	Angren, Uzbekistan	3	3	A power plant explosion killed 3 and injured 3 more.[232]
20 January 2021		Janzur	3	4	A fire and explosion at an ammunition warehouse left 3 dead and 4 wounded.[233]
21 January 2021	India	Shivamogga	8	Unknown	2021 Shivamogga explosion – Eight quarry workers were killed after a truck loaded with blasting gelatin exploded.[234]
22 January 2021	Russia	Tatarstan	2	1	An explosion at an oil facility killed at least two people and wounded another.[235]
23 January 2021	State of Palestine	Gaza	0	36	A suspected Hamas ammo depo exploded, destroying one building and damaging several others. 36 people were wounded.[236]
23 January 2021	Nigeria	Agbor	4	11	A fuel tanker exploded, killing four and injuring 11. Several cars were also destroyed and several homes were damaged.[237]
25 January 2021	Russia	Ufa	1	1	A man was killed and another was hospitalized after an explosion at an Ufaorgsintez factory caused by a fire in the oxygen storage.[238]
25 January 2021	China	Dalian	3	8	Three people were killed and 8 others were injured in a gas pipeline explosion.[239]
27 January 2021	Cameroon	Dschang	53	29	Dschang bus-truck crash – A bus collided with a truck carrying fuel causing an explosion that killed 53 and injured 29.[240]
30 January 2021	Yemen	Al Bayda, Yemen	2	90	A gas station exploded, killing two and injuring 90; 20 were critically injured.[241]
5 February 2021	Germany	Memmingen	0	5	Five people were injured by a gas explosion at a Red Cross building.[242]
7 February 2021	United States	Gaines Township, Michigan	1	0	An explosion at a baby shower killed a man.[243]
8 February 2021	Brazil	Natal, Rio Grande de Norte	4	2	A gas explosion destroyed 7 houses, and killed four people.[244][245]
11 February 2021	Nigeria	Oyigbo	4	Unknown	Four people died after a fuel tank exploded at a petrol station.[246][247]
12 February 2021	India	Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu	19	30	19 people were killed and 30 injured when a fireworks factory exploded.[248]
12 February 2021	Indonesia	Samarinda	3	Unknown	An explosion on the LPG tanker Grace V while it was undergoing repairs in PT Barokah Galangan Perkasa shipyard killed three workers.[249]
13 February 2021	Afghanistan	Herat Province	40	17	An explosion of oil tankers at the Islam-Qala customs post killed 40 and injured 17 and damaged or destroyed more than 500 oil tankers.[250][251][252]
13 February 2021	Afghanistan	Balkh Province	30	Unknown	An explosion occurred at a Taliban bomb-making class. Thirty militants (including 6 foreigners) were killed, and an unknown number were injured.[253]
17 February 2021	South Africa	Vanderbiljpark	3	0	An explosion at an ArcelorMittal-owned steel factory killed three workers.[254][255][256]
17 February 2021	United Kingdom	Manchester	1	2	A gas explosion demolished a house. One person died and 2 others were injured.[257]
18 February 2021	United States	Lebanon, Missouri	1	0	A person was killed after a propane-caused house explosion.[258]
18 February 2021	United States	The Bronx, New York City	0	10	At least 10 people, including 6 children were injured after a gas explosion in a condo-complex. At least one person suffered critical injuries.[259][260]
23 February 2021	India	Chikkaballapur, Karnataka	6	Unknown	6 quarry workers were killed after a truck loaded with blasting gelatin exploded.[261]
24 February 2021	India	Zaghadia	2	24	A chemical plant producing chemicals for agricultural purposes exploded, killing two and injuring 24.[262]
24 February 2021	Afghanistan	Uruzgan Province	10	0	An explosion of a minivan's engine caused a fire that killed 10 people.[263]
28 February 2021	Russia	Penza	0	7	Seven people were injured by a gas explosion at a bakery.[264]
3 March 2021	Netherlands	Bovenkarspel	0	0	A gas cylinder exploded outside of a COVID-19 testing center. Authorities suspected that the blast was deliberate.[265]
4 March 2021	Russia	Zlatoust	1	0	A gas explosion at a foundry killed one person.[citation needed]
6 March 2021	United States	Harris County, Texas	0	10	At least 10 workers at a Centerpoint Energy plant were injured after a natural gas explosion.[266][267]
7 March 2021	Equatorial Guinea	Bata	107+	615+	2021 Bata explosions – Four explosions at a military base killed al least 107 people and injured 615 more.[268]
12 March 2021	Pakistan	Marwar, Balochistan	6	2	Six miners were killed and two injured in a natural gas explosion in a coal mine.[269]
14 March 2021	Tunisia	Gabès	6	1	Six workers were killed and one injured in a tanker explosion at an asphalt plant.[270]
16 March 2021	United States	Ontario	2	Unknown	Two people were killed after a fireworks explosion.[271]
19 March 2021	Russia	Khimki	3	4	A blast killed 3 and injured 4 people.[272]
26 March 2021	Russia	Moskovsky	0	5	A gas explosion injured 4 adults and 1 child.[273]
28 March 2021	Indonesia	Indramayu, West Java	1	20	2021 Balongan refinery explosion – The Pertamina-owned Balongan oil refinery (RU VI) suffered a large explosion and caught fire. One person was killed, twenty were injured and three went missing.[274][275]
30 March 2021	Russia	Zelenodolsk, Republic of Tatarstan	1	4–7	Between four and 7 people were injured by a gas explosion which destroyed an apartment. One person was killed.[276]
7 April 2021	China	Chuzhou, Anhui	6	5	A flash explosion at a power plant killed 6 workers.[277]
8 April 2021	United States	Columbus	1	8	An explosion at a paint factory occurred. One person was killed while 8 people were injured, including 2 who were in critical condition.[278][279][280]
9 April 2021	China	Hebei province	10	Unknown, 7 trapped	A mining accident killed 1 miner and 9 workers and left 7 miners trapped.[281]
12 April 2021	United States	Marshall, Michigan	0	8	Eight people were injured, including 2 critically, by a house fire and explosion. Authorities believed that the cause of the explosion was a gas leak.[282][283]
19 April 2021	Nigeria	Agatu, Benue State	12	Unknown	A gas tanker truck leaked and exploded, killing 12 and destroying shops and homes.[284][285]
19 April 2021	Russia	Nizhny Novgorod	1	6	A gas explosion in an apartment occurred. One child was killed and six people were hospitalized. The explosion was suspected to have been caused by improper pipelaying by inexperienced workers.[286][287]
24 April 2021	Iraq	Baghdad	82	110	Baghdad hospital fire – An oxygen tank at Ibn al-Khatib hospital exploded, starting a fire that killed 82 people and injured 110 more.
30 April 2021	India	Kanpur	1	2	One was killed and 2 wounded in an oxygen explosion at the Panki gas plant.[288]
2 May 2021	Afghanistan	Kabul	7	14	Dozens of oil tankers caught on fire then exploded, killing seven and wounding 14.[289]
2 May 2021	United States	Blairsville, Georgia	2	0	A couple in their 70s died after their house exploded caused by unintentional gas ignitions. The explosion was felt 25 miles away according to residents.[290]
4 May 2021	United Kingdom	Ashford, Kent	0	7	A house exploded in Willesborough.[291][292]
6 May 2021	Russia	Volgograd	2	0	A man and a teenager were killed by the explosion of a World War II-era shell after accidentally touching it with a shovel.[293]
6 May 2021	United States	North Utica, Illinois	3	0	Three men on a boat were reportedly killed after an explosion caused by black powder was ignited along the Illinois River near Illinois Route 178 and the Starved Rock State Park.[294]
11 May 2021	Solomon Islands	Honiara	1	3	One person was killed and 3 others were injured after accidentally igniting an artillery shell leftover from Worl War II during a barbecue.[295]
11 May 2021	United States	Bainbridge, Georgia	1	1	A truck driver was killed and another injured after an accident involving 2 semi-trucks caused an explosion on Highway 84.[296]
13 May 2021	United States	Belle, Missouri	1	0	A 79-year-old woman died from severe burns after her house exploded on Highway 28.[297]
14 May 2021	United States	Mayes County, Oklahoma	2	0	An explosion occurred during the drilling of the Robert S. Kerr Lock and Dam. Two workers were trapped under rubble and died from their injuries.[298][299]
17 May 2021	United Kingdom	Heysham, Lancashire	1	2	A gas pipe was severed, causing an explosion to destroy a house. A two-year-old child who was inside the house was killed by the blast, and two adults were critically injured.[300]
22 May 2021	United States	Columbia City, Indiana	1	2	A person was killed and 2 others were injured after an explosion at a Discount Mattress Center store on 515 N. Line Street caused by a natural gas leak.[301]
23 May 2021	Iran	Isfahan	0	9	A large explosion occurred at the Sepahan Nargostar chemical plant, injuring 9 people.[302]
24 May 2021	United States	Clarksville, Tennessee	1	1	A 49-year-old woman was killed after the boat she was on caught fire and exploded. A man who was on the boat was injured as well.[303][304]
25 May 2021	United States	South Haven, Michigan	1	1	A woman was killed and a man was injured after their house exploded. A policeman later reported that the explosion was heard around 2 miles from the site.[305]
30 May 2021	United States	Pueblo, Colorado	0	7	At an Evraz steel mill, a furnace explosion injured 7 workers, 3 seriously.[306]
2 June 2021	United States	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	2	0	An explosion which was caused by a gas leak destroyed a home and killed 2 residents.[307]
2 June 2021	Germany	Barmbek-Süd, Hamburg	1	0	An explosion in an office building caused it to partially collapse. A man was found injured underneath the rubble and later died. The cause of the explosion was thought to have been a punctured gas canister.[308]
13 June 2021	China	Checheng Road Subdistrict	25	138	2021 Shiyan pipeline explosion – A gas pipeline blew up underneath a vegetable market, killing 25 and injuring 138.
14 June 2021	Russia	Novosibirsk	0	21	A tanker explosion at a gas station injured 21 people.[309]
14 June 2021	Uzbekistan	Samarqand	2	Unknown	A tanker truck blew up at a gas station, killing 2 people.[310]
14 June 2021	United States	Rockton, Illinois	0	2	2021 Rockton explosion – A massive chemical explosion was reported at the Chemtool chemical plant caused by a scissor lift accident (a replacement of insulation on an elevated heat transfer piping network) which ended up striking a piece of piping with sufficient mechanical force causing the release of mineral oil. At least 70 people were evacuated safely. A mandatory evacuation was later ordered, while witnesses from 75 miles away saw smoke across portions of northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin.[311]
19 June 2021	United States	Fort Deposit, Alabama	10	Unknown	A van collided with a S.U.V. causing the van to explode, setting fire to other cars and killing 10 people, including nine children.[312] This incident occurred due to Tropical Storm Claudette.
27 June 2021	Bangladesh	Maghbazar, Dhaka	11	100+	2021 Moghbazar explosion – A gas explosion at a three-story building killed 11 and injured over 100.[313]
30 June 2021	United States	South Los Angeles	0	17	17 people were injured, including three seriously, when a bomb-squad truck removing about 40 homemade explosive devices exploded in a neighborhood.[314]
30 June 2021	Brazil	Rio Claro, São Paulo	1	21	A gas truck explosion injured 21 people, including one seriously, and killed one person.[315][316][317]
2 July 2021	Romania	Năvodari, Constanta County	1	5	One person was killed, and 5 people were injured, 2 seriously, by multiple explosions which occurred at the Petromidia Refinery.[318][319]
4 July 2021	India	Palghar district	0	6	Six workers were injured in an explosion at a chemical factory.[320]
5 July 2021	United States	Warren, Michigan	1	0	A gas explosion destroyed a house and killed a resident. Debris was rocketed into the street and damaged 15 other houses, but caused no injuries.[321][322]
5 July 2021	Thailand	Bangkok	1	60+	1 person was killed and over 60 were injured (including more than 30 hospitalized) by a chemical plant fire and explosion. Hours later, the site exploded again, destroying the factory, but there were no further injuries reported.[323][324]
6 July 2021	Iran	Ahvaz	3	4	Three workers were killed and four others were injured when a gas pipeline exploded.[325]
17 July 2021	Kenya	between Kisumu and Busia	13	24	A tanker truck exploded after hitting another car, killing 13 and injuring 24 others.[326]
13 July 2021	South Africa	Cornubia City, KwaZulu-Natal	0	7	7 people were injured in a chemical explosion at an agrochemical warehouse near Durban during the 2021 South African unrest.[327]
13 July 2021	Russia	Gelendzhik, Krasnodar Krai	1	5	One person died and 5 people were seriously injured by a gas explosion at a hotel.[328][329]
19 July 2021	United States	Plano, Texas	0	6	A house exploded, injuring six people.[330]
20 July 2021	United States	Lackawanna, New York	1	0	A 92-year-old woman was killed by a gas explosion which destroyed her house.[331][332]
26 July 2021	United States	Tyrone, Pennsylvania	1	0	A house exploded, killing a 83-year-old woman and setting another house on fire. The explosion was likely caused by a natural gas leak.[333]
27 July 2021	Germany	Leverkusen	7	31	2021 Leverkusen explosion – An explosion occurred at Chempark, an industrial park for chemical factories, sending a pall of smoke over the city. One worker was missing.[334]
2 August 2021	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Kibuba	33	Unknown	33 people were killed when a bus crashed with a tank truck, causing an explosion.[335]
4 August 2021	United States	Ellisville, Mississippi	1	0	An explosion at Jarrell Recycling killed one employee.[336]
10 August 2021	Russia	Krasnodar	1	2	One person died and two people were injured by a gas explosion.[337]
13 August 2021	Russia	Voronezh	2	22	A bus exploded killing two and injuring twenty-two.[338][339] (Voronezh Bus Explosion)
14 August 2021	Lebanon	Akkar District	28	70	2021 Akkar explosion – A fuel tanker exploded, killing 28 and wounding 70.[340]
23 August 2021	Kazakhstan	Jambyl Region	13	98	An explosion at a military base killed 13.[341]
25 August 2021	Colombia	Boyacá Department	12	1	12 miners died and 1 more was injured in a dust explosion at a mine.[342]
27 August 2021	United Kingdom	Leamington Spa, Warwickshire	1	0	A large chemical explosion at an industrial estate killed one person.[343][344]
8 September 2021	Russia	Noginsk	7	19	An apartment explosion killed 7 people and injured 19.[345][346]
11 September 2021	Russia	Lipetsk	3	6	A gas explosion in an apartment killed 3 people and injured 6 others.[347][348]
15 September 2021	Czech Republic	Koryčany, Czech Republic	2	4	2 firefighters were killed and 4 more were injured by a gas explosion that leveled a house.[349][350]
20 September 2021	Canada	Beauceville, Quebec	6	5	A large explosion at a lumber plant killed six workers.[351][352]
23 September 2021	United States	Hollywood, Florida	0	26	26 people were injured after a minor explosion was reported at the Seminole Classic Casino. Six were hospitalized while the other twenty remained treated, including employees. The incident was caused by a fire suppression equipment involving a ruptured gas canister, damaging the casino's systems and causing drywall to fall down to the first floor.[353]
25 September 2021	United States	Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania	1	0	A 64-year-old woman who was welding a propane tank was killed when the tank exploded.[354]
25 September 2021	United States	Kansas City, Kansas	1	0	An explosion, which investigators say was an industrial accident, killed one person.[355][356]
29 September 2021	United States	Dallas, Texas	0	8	8 people were injured (including 4 Dallas Fire-Rescue firefighters, with 3 critically injured from Station 25) in a powerful natural gas explosion inside Highland Hills Apartments located on 5726 Highland Hills Drive. Reports said that neighbors smelled gas a day prior to the explosion.[357][358][359]
11 October 2021	United States	Santee, California	2	2	In the aftermath of a small plane crash into a residential area which engulfed at least two homes and several vehicles, including a UPS delivery truck, an explosion occurred at a nearby house. 2 people were killed, and 2 others were hospitalized.[360]
15 October 2021	United Kingdom	Clayton-le-Woods, Lancashire	1	0	A suspected gas explosion destroyed a house, killing a man.[361][362] One man was killed.[363]
22 October 2021	Russia	Lesnoy, Shilovsky, Ryazan Oblast	17	0	An explosion at a gunpowder factory killed 17 workers.[364][365]
25 October 2021	Nigeria	Yenagoa, Nigeria	25+	Unknown	At least 25 people were killed in an explosion at an illegal refinery.[366]
25 October 2021	Russia	Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan	0	4	A gas explosion destroyed a five-story apartment building.[367]
25 October 2021	China	Nanjing, Jiangsu	2	9	An explosion at a lab at the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics caused a deadly fire.[368]
2 November 2021	Mexico	Puebla, Mexico	1	15	An explosion at an oil refinery killed one person, injured 15, and destroyed over 30 buildings.[369][370]
6 November 2021	Sierra Leone	Freetown	151	304	Freetown fuel tanker explosion – A fuel tanker explosion killed 151 and injured 304.[371]
7 November 2021	Kazakhstan	Abay District, Karaganda Region	6	2	A methane gas explosion killed six miners.[372]
18 November 2021	Nigeria	Ogere Remo	5	Unknown	Five people were killed when a petrol tanker exploded along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.[373]
18 November 2021	Canada	CFB Comox, Vancouver Island	0	22	16 personnel and 6 civilians were injured in an explosion that destroyed a barracks building that was undergoing renovations.[374]
22 November 2021	United States	Flint, Michigan	2	0	Two people (including a child) were killed in a house explosion.[375]
24 November 2021	United States	Hickory, North Carolina	1	0	An explosion destroyed a house and killed a dog.[376]
25 November 2021	Russia	Kemerovo Oblast, Russia	51	76	Listvyazhnaya mine disaster – Dozens of miners and a number of rescue workers were killed when a coal mine exploded.[377]
10 December 2021	Lebanon	Tyre	1+	Many	A large explosion at a Palestinian refugee camp.[378]
11 December 2021	Italy	Ravanusa, Sicily	9	2	2021 Ravanusa explosion – Nine people were killed, two more injured and 100 were displaced due to a gas explosion in an apartment.[379][380][381]
14 December 2021	Haiti	Cap-Haïtien	90+	Unknown	Cap-Haïtien fuel tanker explosion – A large explosion killed 90 and injured dozens after a fuel tanker exploded.[382][383]
18 December 2021	Pakistan	Karachi	14	Many	An explosion at a public bank killed at least 14 people. It was suspected to have been caused by a gas leak in a sewer.[384]
23 December 2021	India	Ludhiana	2	1+	An explosion outside a courthouse killed two people.[385][386]
26 December 2021	India	Muzaffarpur	6	6	A factory boiler exploded, killing 6 workers.[387]
29 December 2021	United States	Wolf Point, Montana	1	0	A man was killed after a large explosion was reported at a farm on Highway 250. Officials later reported that it was caused by leaking propane which ignited inside.[388]
31 December 2021	United States	Franklin, New Hampshire	1	0	A man was killed after a propane tank exploded inside a house.[389]
31 December 2021	United States	Lessor, Wisconsin	3	1	A garage explosion caused by a pressurized container killed 3 people and injured 1 other person, causing damage to the area's auto repair shop and a building surrounding it on State Highway 47 near Wisconsin 156.[390][391]
31 December 2021	Solomon Islands	Tenaru near Honiara	1	1	A World War II shell buried in the ground undetected for decades exploded.[392]
31 December 2021	Belgium	Turnhout	4	2	4 people were killed when a gas explosion destroyed two apartment blocks.[393] Two women were injured.[394]
1 January 2022	India	Kalathur near Nathampatti	4	7	4 workers were killed in an explosion at a fireworks factory. 7 residents were injured.[395]
7 January 2022	China	Chongqing, Yuzhong District	16	10	Chongqing explosion – 16 people were killed and at least 10 others were injured after a gas explosion occurred in a housing block which contained a canteen.[396][397]
13 January 2022	Canada	Southern Ottawa, Ontario	6	2	Ottawa officials reported an explosion and a major 3-alarm fire on Block 1900, Merivale Road, at Eastway Tank, Pump and Meter Ltd.[398] The explosion killed 6 people, all workers. Also, 2 others were injured, 1 critically.[399]
18 January 2022	United States	The Bronx	1	9	A gas explosion at a home killed a 77-year-old woman and injured 9 others including 5 NYPD officers.[400][401]
18 January 2022	United States	Harbor Springs, Michigan	2	0	A 73-year-old man and his dog were killed after their house exploded.[400][402]
20 January 2022	Ghana	Apeatse	13	59	2022 Bogoso explosion – 13 people were killed when a truck carrying mining explosives collided with a motorcycle destroying much of the village.[403]
12 February 2022	China	Shenyang	1	42	A bus exploded.[404]
14 February 2022	France	Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque	8	30	Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque explosion – a multi-family residential building was destroyed in an explosion killing eight people[405] and injuring thirty others.[406][407]
15 February 2022	United Kingdom	Roker, Sunderland	0	2	Two men were injured in a suspected gas explosion at a block of flats.[408]
18 February 2022	Canada	Ajax, Ontario	2	0	Two workers were killed from fatal injuries after an explosion was reported at a "FixtureThis" site.[409]
21 February 2022	Burkina Faso	Gbomblora	59	100	Gbomblora explosion – A chemical explosion at a gold mine killed 59 and injured 100.[410]
22 February 2022	United States	Frankfort, Michigan (Crystal Lake)	1	1	A fireworks explosion killed a 28-year-old man, where fireworks were to be set off in honor to a deceased friend. Another was hospitalized.[411]
23 February 2022	Libya	Ain Zara, Tripoli	2	0	A landmine exploded near a house, killing two children.[412]
27 February 2022	United States	Lexington Township, Minnesota	1	0	A 20-year-old woman was killed after an explosion at her house.[413]
3 March 2022	United States	Silver Spring, Maryland	Unknown	10	A 2-alarm fire caused an explosion at the Friendly Garden Apartments, injuring 10 people injured from the blast.[414]
31 March 2022	United Kingdom	Wythenshawe, Manchester	1	0	A house explosion killed a man.[415][416]
4 April 2022	Azerbaijan	Baku	3	31	An explosion at a nightclub injured dozens and killed at least 3.[417]
16 April 2022	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	1	7	An oil tank exploded, killing one and injuring seven.[418]
20 April 2022	Poland	Pawłowice, Silesia, Poland	16	30	Mining disaster in the Pniówek mine
23 April 2022	Poland	Jastrzebie Zdroj, Silesia, Poland	10	3+	Mining Disaster in the Zofiówka mine
21 April 2022	Telangana	Nazimabad	1	2	A scooter battery exploded inside a home, killing a man and injuring his wife and grandson.[419]
21 April 2022	Nepal	Lalitpur District, Nepal	2	6	An explosion occurred at the Sagarmatha Oxygen Plant while employees were filling gas in a cylinder. The explosion killed two people and injured six others.[420]
22 April 2022	Nigeria	Imo State/Rivers State	100+	Unknown	2022 Imo-Rivers explosion – An explosion occurred at an illegal bunkering site and killed over 100 people who were burnt beyond recognition.[421]
22 April 2022	Russia	Orenburg	3	0	Three miners were killed in an explosion at Gaisky Ore Mining Plant.[422]
6 May 2022	Spain	Madrid	2	18	2022 Madrid explosion – An explosion in a building killed two people and wounded 18 others.[423]
6 May 2022	Cuba	Havana	32	64	Hotel Saratoga explosion – An explosion on the first few of floors of the Hotel Saratoga, caused by a suspected gas leak, killed 32 people and wounded 64 others.[424]
12 May 2022	Pakistan	Karachi	1	13	One person was killed and 13 others were injured after a chemical plant explosion, with several cars damaged during the blast while the windows of the nearby buildings were shattered.[425]
12 May 2022	Russia	Teysin, Khabarovsk Krai	1	7	One person was killed and seven others were injured after an explosion occurred at a military base.[426]
17 May 2022	Nigeria	Kano	9	1+	A gas explosion caused by welding killed 9 people and injured multiple others including schoolchildren.[427][428]
26 May 2022	United States	Pottstown, Pennsylvania	5	2	Five people were killed and two others were injured after an explosion rocked a house. Four of the dead were children between the ages of 8 and 13 years old.[429]
4 June 2022	Bangladesh	Sitakunda, Chittagong	49	~450	2022 Sitakunda fire – A fire and subsequent explosions at a container depot killed 49 and injured around 450, with $154 million worth of damage.
11 June 2022	United States	La Grange, North Carolina	1	3	A fireworks explosion killed a man and injured two others at a facility structure containing commercial-grade fireworks.[430]
11 June 2022	Syria	Raqqa	11	5	Eleven people, including five children were killed after a landmine explosion.[431]
11 June 2022	Canada	Vancouver, British Columbia	1	2	An explosion caused by an electric bicycle battery killed a man and injured two others near a hotel.[432]
26 June 2022	United Kingdom	Kingstanding, Birmingham	1	5	A house explosion killed a woman and injured 5.[433]
4 July 2022	United Kingdom	Bedford, Bedfordshire	1	2	A suspected gas explosion destroyed a block of flats in the Redwood Grove area. 20 flats were burned and three people were hospitalized, including one firefighter.[434]
6 July 2022	United States	Elberton, Georgia	0	0	The famous Georgia Guidestones was destroyed by a bomb during the early morning hours.[435]
19 July 2022	United States	Clark County, Nevada	0	0	An explosion at the Hoover Dam.[436]
27 July 2022	United States	Hopkins, Minnesota	2	0	An unknown explosion destroyed a house, killing two people.[437]
8 August 2022	United Kingdom	Thornton Heath, London	1	3	A four-year-old girl was killed and three other people were injured in a gas explosion at a house in Galpin's Road, Mitcham.[438]
10 August 2022	United States	Evansville, Indiana	3	1	A massive explosion killed three people, injured another, and destroyed 39 homes in total at the Spring Park neighborhood.[439]
14 August 2022	Armenia	Yerevan	16	61	2022 Yerevan explosion – A massive explosion ripped through a fireworks warehouse in a shopping mall. 16 people were killed and dozens were injured, while 9 people were missing.[440][441][442]
7 October 2022	Ireland	Creeslough, County Donegal	10	8	Creeslough explosion – An explosion occurred at a petrol station, killing 10.[443][444]
12 November 2022	United States	Dallas, Texas	6	0	2022 Dallas airshow mid-air collision – A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra collided at an airshow near the Dallas Executive Airport. The crash scattered debris to a nearby strip mall and onto Highway 67, killing six crew members on board.[445]
23 November 2022	Israel	Jerusalem	1	12	Two explosions were reported at a bus stop and at Ramot's Junction. The explosions killed a 15-year-old boy and injured a dozen more.[446]
9 December 2022	Indonesia	Sawahlunto, West Sumatra	10	4	Ten people were killed and four were injured in an explosion at a coal mine.[447]
9 December 2022	Russia	Moscow	1	Unknown	A huge explosion engulfed the MEGA Khimki Shopping Centre.[448]
9 December 2022	United States	San Antonio	1	Unknown	One person died in an explosion.[449]
10 December 2022	Jersey	St Helier	10	2	2022 St Helier explosion – A suspected gas explosion in a block of flats killed ten and injured nine after the building collapsed.[450]
16 December 2022	Germany	Berlin	0	2	AquaDom explosion – A 14 m (46 ft) tall aquarium containing 1 million litres of water in the Radisson Blu Hotel exploded, injuring two people and throwing huge amounts of water and hundreds of tropical fish into the hotel and nearby Karl-Liebknecht-Straße.[451]
24 December 2022	South Africa	Boksburg	26[452]	22	Boksburg explosion
27 December 2022	United Kingdom	Evesham	0	4	A suspected gas explosion destroyed a property.[453]
12 January 2023	Canada	Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Quebec	3	0	An explosion at a propane store killed three people.[454]
3 March 2023	United States	Frederick, Maryland	1	0	A tanker truck carrying flammable liquid (believed to be gasoline or diesel fuel) struck a tree, overturned, and exploded, sending a large plume of smoke into the air. The driver of the truck died as a result of the accident.[455]
4 March 2023	Bangladesh	Sitakunda, Chittagong	7	17	A fire at an oxygen plant led to an explosion.[456]
7 March 2023	Bangladesh	Gulistan, Dhaka	24	140<	2023 Dhaka Siddique Bazar explosion
13 March 2023	United Kingdom	Morriston, Swansea, Wales	1	3	A gas explosion destroyed a property and caused a power outage which affected 212 properties.[457]
14 March 2023	Colombia	Sutatausa, Cundinamarca Department	21		A coal mine explosion killed 21 workers, while nine others managed to escape.[458]
24 March 2023	United States	West Reading, Pennsylvania	7	10	2023 Pennsylvania chocolate factory explosion
10 April 2023	United States	Berlin, Massachusetts	1	1	A woman in her 80s died and a woman in her 50s was rescued by neighbors after their house exploded causing a 2-alarm fire overnight.[459]
10 April 2023	United States	Dimmitt, Texas	0	1	2023 Texas dairy farm explosion: One person was critically injured and more than 18,000 cows died in an explosion at the South Fork Dairy.[460]
24 April 2023	Pakistan	Kabal Tehsil, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	17	50+	2023 Kabal explosions: Explosions occurred in a Counter Terrorism Department building due to a fire in the basement, where explosives were being kept.[461]
21 June 2023	France	Paris	3[462]	50+	2023 Paris explosion: A suspected gas explosion occurred at the Paris American Academy.[463]
21 June 2023	China	Yinchuan	31	7	2023 Yinchuan gas explosion: A gas explosion at a barbecue restaurant.[464]
22 June 2023	Ukraine	Kyiv	3	5	Three people were killed in a gas explosion at a high-rise residential building in the Dniprovskyi District which also caused a fire that destroyed four apartments and damaged six more.[465]
19 July 2023	South Africa	Johannesburg	1	48	1 person was killed in a suspected gas explosion that damaged five blocks and 34 vehicles.[466]
30 July 2023	Thailand	Mu No, Narathiwat Province	12	121	12 people were killed in an explosion at a fireworks warehouse believed to have been caused by a welding error.[467]
11 August 2023	United States	Plum, Pennsylvania	6	60	A house explosion killed six people, injured 60 others, including 57 firefighters, and destroyed three structures while damaging multiple others.[468]
14 August 2023	Dominican Republic	San Cristóbal	32	59	32 people were killed and 59 others were injured in an explosion at a commercial district that destroyed four buildings and damaged nine others.[469]
15 August 2023	Russia	Makhachkala, Dagestan	35	115	A petrol station exploded following a fire that started at an opposite car park, killing at least 35 people and injuring more than 100 others.[470]
26 August 2023	Romania	Crevedia	2	56	A liquefied petroleum gas station exploded twice, killing a couple and injuring dozens including 42 firefighters and law-enforcement officials.[471]
31 August 2023	Serbia	Smederevo	1	2	2023 Smederevo explosion
23 September 2023	Benin	Seme-Podji	35	12+	A warehouse for smuggled fuel from Nigeria caught fire and exploded, killing at least 35 people including a child and injuring more than a dozen.[472]
23 September 2023	Nagorno-Karabakh	Berkadzor	170	290+	Nagorno-Karabakh fuel depot explosion: A fuel storage facility exploded while refugees from the 2023 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes were lining up to obtain fuel for their vehicles to use in fleeing to Armenia.[473][474]
28 September 2023	Uzbekistan	Tashkent	1	162	Tashkent explosion: A warehouse near the airport in the Sergeli district exploded, killing one person and injuring 162 others[475]
28 September 2023	Democratic Republic of Congo	Goma	1	11	A Congolese soldier accidentally discharged his RPG-7 at the Stade de l'Unité while members of the Goal football team were training inside.[476]
2 October 2023	Nigeria	Emohua, Rivers State	18-37	25	An illegal homemade refinery ignited a nearby oil reservoir. Among the dead was a pregnant woman.[477]