Large Explosions

On December 28, 1944, while transporting ammunition to Mindoro, Philippines, Burke was hit by a Japanese kamikaze aircraft, and disintegrated in a tremendous explosion with the loss of all on board (68 crew). John Burke was one of three Liberty Ships and one of forty-seven ships sunk by kamikaze attack during World War II.

Major explosion and fire at Jebel Ali Port, Dubai, UAE. Details unknown at this time 7-7-2021

Los Alamos and Dept of Defense nuclear weapons explosion shallow depth underwater shot (150 ft.), June 8, 1958, at Enewetak with a yield of 8 kilotons

07-04-2021 A large explosion has hit near an oil platform in the Caspian Sea off the coast of Azerbaijan, according to witnesses and reports from local media. The fire and explosion were visible from the coast of Baku.

07-04-2021 A large explosion has hit near an oil platform in the Caspian Sea off the coast of Azerbaijan, according to witnesses and reports from local media. Recent reports suggest it may have been a mud volcano

Last Enola Gay member remembers the bomb "Dutch" Van Kirk, the last surviving crew member of the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima reminisces

Massive explosion at gas station in Novosibirsk, Russia; at least 26 injured 6-14-2020

Atom bomb "Fat Man" destroys Nagasaki as viewed from a B-29 Superfortress accompanying the Bockscar flown by Major Charles W

1986 Space Shuttle Challenger explosion: CNN's live broadcast

The 1947 Texas City disaster was an industrial accident that occurred on April 16, 1947, in the Port of Texas City, Texas, at Galveston Bay. It was the deadliest industrial accident in United States history and one of history's largest non-nuclear explosions. A mid-morning fire started on board the French-registered vessel SS Grandcamp (docked in the port) and detonated her cargo of about 2,300 tons (about 2,100 metric tons) of ammonium nitrate.[1] This started a chain reaction of fires and explosions in other ships and nearby oil-storage facilities, ultimately killing at least 581 people, including all but one member of the Texas City fire department.

On 4 August 2020, a large amount of ammonium nitrate stored at the port of the city of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, exploded, causing at least 207 deaths, 7,500 injuries, and US$15 billion in property damage, and leaving an estimated 300,000 people homeless.

The AN602, also known as the Tsar Bomba was a hydrogen aerial bomb and is the most powerful nuclear weapon ever created and tested.