Substance behind Beirut blasts was used in Oklahoma City bombing
Ammonium nitrate is an odorless crystalline substance that has caused numerous industrial explosions over the decades.
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"Beirut is gone": Residents emerge from rubble stunned and wounded
Explosions killed at least 100 people and injured more than 4,000. The number of dead was expected to rise as rescuers sifted through the rubble.
Lebanon assesses aftermath of massive Beirut explosions
Smoke was still rising from the port, where towering grain silos had been shattered.
Powerful explosion rocks Beirut
Huge explosions rocked Lebanon's capital city, killing dozens of people and injuring thousands more, and sending an enormous blast wave across the city. The blast was seen around the city, and eyewitnesses suffered injuries likened to war wounds. CBS News foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata reports.
Massive explosions rock Beirut
At least two explosions rocked the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Tuesday, killing and wounding dozens of people, shaking buildings and sending huge plumes of smoke billowing into the sky. CBS News foreign correspondent Chris Livesay joins CBSN with the latest.
Massive explosions in Beirut leave dozens dead, over 3,000 wounded
Lebanese media showed images of people trapped under rubble, some bloodied, after the huge explosions.
Explosion hits another power plant in Iran
The incident is the latest in a string of fires and explosions at military and civilian sites across Iran in recent weeks.
Fire erupts on board Navy ship in San Diego, injuring 17 sailors
All sailors are accounted for and everyone injured is in stable condition. An investigation is underway.
Fire aboard Navy ship in California
A three-alarm blaze broke out Sunday morning aboard the USS Bonhomee Richard at Naval Base San Diego. Several sailors were injured. CBSN has the latest.
Iran reports 2nd mysterious "incident" near a nuclear facility
"No need for concern," Iran's atomic energy agency says, revealing previously unreported construction was ongoing at the sensitive Natanz nuclear facility.
Hand sanitizer left in hot vehicles can explode, experts warn
Not only that – the heat makes them less effective, scientists point out.
5 hurt in Huntington Beach explosions
Two firefighters and two restaurant employees were treated for minor injuries following the blasts Saturday night during the annual event at Old World Village in Huntington Beach. A third restaurant employee had moderate to severe injuries. CBSN Los Angeles Greg Mills reports.
Implosions topple cranes at collapsed New Orleans hotel
Officials set off thundering explosions Sunday to topple two cranes looming precariously over a partially collapsed hotel in New Orleans, but most of one crane appeared to be left dangling atop the ruined building while the other crashed down. The explosions set off massive clouds of dust, but officials say everything went exactly as expected.
Several firefighters hurt in LA explosion
An explosion Saturday at a hash oil manufacturer in downtown Los Angeles injured at least 12 firefighters who had gone inside and on the roof to try to knock down a fire and then had to run for their lives when a ball of flames shot out the building. CBSN Los Angeles' Joy Benedict has the latest.
Several Los Angeles firefighters hurt while fleeing explosion
More than 230 firefighters were called to battle the blaze.
Fire breaks out at Southern California refinery
Investigators are trying to figure out how a tremendous explosion and fire broke out at the largest fuel refinery on the West Coast. Mola Lenghi reports.
Huge explosion rocks paper mill in Maine
Officials at the mill, some 70 miles north of Portland, said there were no major injuries and all employees have been accounted for.
Investigation into cause of explosion at Southern California oil refinery
Firefighters raced to contain a blaze at the Marathon Petroleum Refinery in Carson, the largest facility on the West Coast.
2 killed in massive warehouse explosion in Houston
The explosion at Watson Grinding and Manufacturing was felt across the city around 4:30 a.m. local time.
Florida ATM bomber makes off with cash after third explosion
A masked man spray painted over security cameras outside a bank in Tampa, before strapping a bomb to a drive-up ATM.
Massive petrochemical plant explosion in Spain kills 1
The civil protection agency in the Catalonia region called the blast a "chemical accident" and warned people in parts of the city of 800,000 and in nearby towns to refrain from going outside as a precaution.
"The most scared I've ever been": 15 injured in plant explosion
Investigators are still trying to determine what caused the explosion at an aircraft manufacturing facility.
1 feared dead after Philadelphia house explosion
More than 120 firefighters were called in to battle flames that engulfed as many as four-row houses.
Beached sperm whale found with 220 pounds of trash in stomach
"All this material was in a huge ball in the stomach and some of it it looked like it had been there for some time," researchers said.
60,000 forced to evacuate after explosions at chemical plant
Residents around a facility in East Texas were evacuated after a massive blast, while in South Carolina people around another plant were warned to stay indoors.
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