List of Explosions

One worker is still missing. 2 August 2021 Democratic Republic of the Congo Kibuba 33 Unknown 33 people were killed when a bus crashed with a tank truck, causing an explosion. 4 August 2021 United States Ellisville, Mississippi 1 0 An explosion at Jarrell Recycling killed one employee. 13 August 2021 Russia Voronezh 2 22 A bus exploded killing two and injuring twenty-two. 10 August 2021 Russia Krasnodar 1 2 One person died and two people were injured by a gas explosion in Krasnodar. 25 August 2021 Colombia Boyacá Department 12 1 12 miners died and 1 more was injured in a dust explosion at a mine.

One person is reported dead, twenty injured and three missing. 30 March 2021 Russia Zelenodolsk 1 4-7 According to preliminary reports, either four or 7 people were injured by a gas explosion which destroyed a flat in the city of Zelenodolsk, in the Tatarstan region of the Russian Federation. Additionally, one person was killed, and one of the injured persons was seriously hurt. 7 April 2021 China Chuzhou, Anhui 6 5 A flash explosion at a power plant in the province of Anhui killed 6 workers.

30 January 2021 Yemen Al Bayda, Yemen 2 90 A gas station exploded in Al Bayda, Yemen killing two and injuring 90; 20 were critically injured. 7 February 2021 United States Gaines Township, Michigan 1 0 An explosion at a baby shower killed a 26-year-old man nearby. 5 February 2021 Germany Memmingen 0 5 Five people were injured by a gas explosion at a Red Cross building in the town of Memmingen, Germany. 8 February 2021 Brazil Natal, Rio Grande de Norte 4 2 A gas explosion destroyed 7 houses, and killed four people in Natal, Brazil. 11 February 2021 Nigeria Oyigbo 4 Unknown Four people died after a fuel tank exploded at a petrol station in Oyigbo.

14 March 2021 Tunisia Gabès 6 1 Six workers were killed and one injured in a tanker explosion at an asphalt plant in Gabes. 28 March 2021 Indonesia Indramayu 1 20 2021 Balongan refinery explosion – The Pertamina-owned, Balongan oil refinery (RU VI), in the district of Indramayu, West Java, suffered a large explosion, and caught fire. 16 March 2021 United States Ontario 2 Unknown Two people were killed after a fireworks explosion in Ontario, California. 26 March 2021 Russia Moskovsky 0 5 In Moskovsky, a suburb of Moscow, a gas explosion injured 4 adults and 1 child. 19 March 2021 Russia Khimki 3 4 A blast killed 3, and injured 4 people in a Moscow suburb.

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22 February 2022 United States Frankfort, Michigan (Crystal Lake) 1 1 A Frankfort, Michigan fireworks disaster led to the death of a 28-year-old local man, where fireworks were to be set off in honor to a deceased friend. 23 February 2022 Libya Ain Zara/Tripoli 2 0 A landmine exploded near a family’s house in Ain Zara in southern Tripoli, killing two children. Another local man, a 27-year-old local man, was transported by helicopter to a Grand Rapids hospital for treatments. 27 February 2022 United States Lexington Township, Minnesota 1 0 A 20-year-old woman was killed after an explosion at her house in Lexington Township, Minnesota.