A worker at Japan's wrecked nuclear power plant died after the hatch at the back of a truck closed on his head Saturday, the latest mishap at a complex still struggling with the cleanup from the 2011 Fukushima disaster. The…
An oil slick on the Moskva River in Moscow caught fire Wednesday afternoon, sending a plume of heavy black smoke skyward in the southern part of the city. Alarmed Muscovites shared photos and video of the plume on social media,…
A fire broke out on Thursday at Czech refiner Unipetrol's Litvinov plant. Employees were evacuated but no injuries were reported, the company's spokesman said, although he could not give any details regarding the impact of the fire on production at…
At least five people were killed in a fire at a pipeline operated by Mexican state-owned oil firm Petroleos Mexicanos in the northern municipality of Garcia, Nuevo Leon state, the company said. Pemex said on Twitter that the blaze, which…
Three years after an oil platform fire and explosion that killed three men in the Gulf of Mexico, federal prosecutors this week charged Houston-based Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations in a six-count bill of information that alleges multiple safety violations…
This is a selection of live recorded vidoes of the huge China Chemical Blast https://youtu.be/znvV25CIshU https://youtu.be/FuarI7SumeY https://youtu.be/Xc0JaKGSnj0
At least 10 people have been killed after a gas explosion at a coal mine in China’s southwestern Guizhou province, according to state media Wednesday. Three others remain missing after the blast took place at around 7.50 p.m. (1150GMT) Tuesday…
The yellow plume of contaminated wastewater that spilled from an abandoned Colorado mine and flowed downstream toward two other states is three times larger than originally estimated, federal officials say. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency used better measurements to find…
China has sent chemical experts into Tianjin to test for toxic gases after a series of deadly explosions. The team of nuclear and chemical experts is on the ground on Friday in the northern port city of Tianjin, the scene…
Fires are still burning at the site of two massive explosions in the Chinese city of Tianjin, some 36 hours after the blasts. Military chemical experts are testing for toxic gases and rescuers have been told to wear protective clothing.…
