disaster incidents

17 Injured, 3 Seriously, After Planned Detonation Of Seized Illegal Fireworks Ends In Explosion Unknown at this time what caused an explosion says cops who deliberately intended to detonate the explosives and obviously screwed it up...

Mecca crane collapse: 107 dead at Saudi Arabia's Grand Mosque When I first saw this story, the death toll was "only" 52. :(

Some massive explosions happened earlier in Tianjin, China. At least 7 dead and hundreds injured. Amazing that more aren't dead, though some are still missing (including two firefighters): http://en.people.cn/n/2015/0813/c90000-8935126.html Here is a video of the explosion from a few different...

The recent crash in Russia was reported as a crash landing, or crashed attepting to land. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24980055 http://edition.cnn.com/2013/11/17/world/europe/russia-jetliner-crash/ Recent video released suggests something rather more dramatic...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2013/07/06/quebec-train-derailment-fire.html Ouch. A good friend of mine (my boyfriend's childhood best friend) lives in that town. :( He sent an email a few hours ago saying he's okay and he had been evacuated, and that the explosions occurred...

The bridge of Interstate 35W in Minneapolis near the University of Minnesota collapsed during rush hour. The bridge was undergoing renovations, but no word yet on what caused it. Lots of cars in the water, a huge mess. Hope Minnesota JREFers are all OK.

I hope none of you guys (Totovader, and others) were caught in this, it is a very heavily travelled bridge. http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=261140