BLOOMFIELD — A fire that triggered an explosion at a chemical plant on Newberry Road Thursday was likely sparked by extreme ...

A new report investigating last year's BioLab 0fire has revealed what officials are calling a “disturbing” lack of safeguards in how the plant stored corrosive chemicals.

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Fifty-five vehicles and 232 personnel responded to the incident at the plant. The explosion was so powerful that windows at a storage warehouse more than 2 miles from the factory were blown out.

BEIJING — A huge explosion rocked a chemical plant in China’s eastern Shandong province around noon Tuesday, killing at least five people and injuring 19, according to state broadcaster CCTV.

The incident prompted the government to tighten laws covering chemical storage. Another explosion in 2015 at a chemical plant in Shandong killed 13 people. Source: News Agencies.

An explosion at a fireworks factory in the southern Chinese province of Hunan killed nine people and injured 26 others, the state-run Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday. A team from the ministry of ...

BEIJING — A huge explosion rocked a chemical plant in China’s eastern Shandong province around noon Tuesday, killing at least five people and injuring 19, according to state broadcaster CCTV.