Bihar: Chimney of brick kiln explodes, seven laborers dead

Dec 24, 2022

At least seven laborers died and several more were injured after an explosion in the chimney of a brick kiln in Motihari, the police...

Bihar brick kiln blast death toll goes up to 9

Dec 24, 2022

The death toll due to the explosion in the chimney of a brick kiln in the Narirgir area of Bihar's Ramgarhwa has gone up...

8 killed in building explosion in China

May 26, 2021

Harbin [China], May 26 : At least eight people were killed in an explosion at a building in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province on Wednesday.

Building collapses after explosion in France, 1 dead

Dec 07, 2021

Paris [France], December 7 (ANI/Xinhua): The prefect of the Var region announced Tuesday that a building collapsed following an explosion, at the port of...

New technology for retrofitting non-earthquake-resistant buildings can prevent damage in old settlements

Oct 26, 2022

The technology called semi-confined unreinforced brick masonry (SC-URBM) can resolve the problem of spread of settlements in earthquake-prone areas with constructions that have been...

5 killed, 28 injured in building explosion in Karachi

Oct 22, 2020

Karachi [Pakistan], October 22 : At least five people were killed and 28 others sustained injuries in a massive explosion due to a gas...