gas explosion

Whether a mixture of air and gas is combustible depends on the air-to-fuel ratio. For each fuel, ignition occurs only within a certain range of concentration, known as the upper and lower flammability limits. For example, for methane and gasoline vapor, this range is 5-15% and 1.4-7.6% gas to air, respectively. An explosion can only occur when fuel concentration is within these limits{{Citation needed|reason=No source is given.|date=October 2024}}

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• Australian federal MP George Edwards and a gas mechanic were killed on February 4, 1911, when a gasometer exploded on Edwards' property in Turramurra, New South Wales.{{cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/15212549|title=Tragic explosion|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=6 February 1911}}{{cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/15231798|title=The gas explosion|date=14 February 1911|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald}}
• The Pittsburgh gasometer explosion occurred during the morning of November 14, 1927, in the north side of Pittsburgh. A large gasometer exploded, killing 28 people and injuring hundreds.
• The Mather Mine disaster occurred on May 19, 1928, in Mather, Pennsylvania. A methane gas and dust explosion resulted in the deaths of 195 men.{{cite web | url = http://www.usmra.com/saxsewell/05-19-1928_Mather.pdf | title = Final Report On Mather Mine Explosion Pickands-Mather and Company Mather, Pennsylvania May 19, 1928 | publisher = United States Bureau of Mines | access-date = 2013-08-24 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140102194759/http://www.usmra.com/saxsewell/05-19-1928_Mather.pdf | archive-date = January 2, 2014 }}{{cite web | url = https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc12740/m1/122/ | title = Historical Summary of Coal-Mine Explosions in the United States, 1810-1958 | publisher =UNT Digital Library | author = Humphrey, H. B. | year = 1960 | access-date = 2013-08-24 }}
• The New London School explosion occurred on March 18, 1937, when a natural gas leak caused an explosion, destroying the New London School of the city of New London, Texas. The disaster killed three hundred students and teachers.
• The Cleveland East Ohio Gas Explosion occurred on the afternoon of Friday, October 20, 1944. The resulting gas leak, explosion and fires killed 130 people and destroyed a one-square-mile area on Cleveland, Ohio’s east side.

• On October 31, 1963, the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum gas explosion (later known as the Indiana Farmers Coliseum) occurred during the opening night for the Holiday on Ice show, killing 81 and injuring nearly 400.{{cite news| first=Thomas| last=Drabek| title=Disaster in Aisle 13 Revisited| date=1995-05-18| url=http://www.library.ca.gov/CRB/96/05/over_4.html| access-date=2008-10-07| archive-date=2008-10-27| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081027023233/http://www.library.ca.gov/CRB/96/05/over_4.html| url-status=dead}} The cause was an explosion following a propane tank leak.{{cite web |url=http://www2.indystar.com/library/factfiles/accidents/history/coliseum_explosion/coliseum.html |title=1963 Coliseum explosion killed 74 |access-date=2012-05-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504143441/http://www2.indystar.com/library/factfiles/accidents/history/coliseum_explosion/coliseum.html |archive-date=2012-05-04 }}
• On March 1, 1965, the LaSalle Heights Disaster occurred when a gas line fractured in a low-cost residential neighborhood near Montreal, Quebec, killing 28 people and injuring dozens.
• On January 9, 1968, in Reading, Pennsylvania, an explosion killed nine people and demolished two houses. A gas company spokesman said Reading workmen digging in the street to repair a water main had hit a gas line shortly before the explosion.{{cite news| url=http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2019/Albany%20NY%20Knickerbocker%20News/Albany%20NY%20Knickerbocker%20News%201968/Albany%20NY%20Knickerbocker%20News%201968%20-%200264.pdf| title=Explosion Kills 9 in 2 Families| date=10 January 1968| work=The Knickerbocker News}}
• On Saturday, April 6, 1968, the Richmond, Indiana explosion occurred in the middle of downtown Richmond, Indiana. There were two explosions; the first was caused by a natural gas leak, while the second by gunpowder and ammunition inside a sporting goods store. 41 people were killed and more than 150 injured, and four squares of downtown Richmond, Indiana, were heavily damaged by the explosion or subsequent fire.
• Ronan Point was a 23-story council tower block in Newham, east London. On 16 May 1968 a gas explosion caused the collapse of a whole corner of the building. Four people were killed in the collapse, with one dying later of injuries.
• On April 8, 1970, a gas explosion during construction at the Osaka Metro's Tenjimbashisuji Rokuchōme Station in Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan killed 79 people, injured 420 others, and damaged and destroyed 495 buildings.{{cite web |url=http://www.shippai.org/fkd/en/cfen/CB1012037.html |title=Case Details:Gas Explosion at a Subway Construction Site |access-date=2018-06-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180602161050/http://www.shippai.org/fkd/en/cfen/CB1012037.html |archive-date=2018-06-02}}
• On 21 October 1971, Clarkston explosion on 21 October 1971; a build-up of gas under a shopping centre left 22 dead and around 100 injured.
• 23 October 1980, a propane explosion at Escuela Nacional de Marcelino Ugalde (Marcelino Ugalde Primary School), Ortuella, Vizcaya, Spain. According to the local government's official report, 50 schoolchildren and 3 adults were killed and an additional 128 people injured.:es:Ortuella#accidente de 1980 (Spanish language) Retrieved date on February 14, 2016.
• 23 May 1984 Abbeystead disaster - an explosion resulting in 16 deaths and 22 injured from methane entering waterwork pipes.
• 24 March 1986 Loscoe gas explosion - no fatalities but extensive property destruction, this caused the UK Government to legislate on landfill sites and building practices with regard to landfill gas migration.
• In July 1988, 167 people died when Occidental Petroleum's Alpha offshore production platform, on the Piper field in the North Sea, exploded after a gas leak.
• On 25 May 1989, construction equipment clearing debris from the San Bernardino train disaster, which had killed four people and destroyed several houses, accidentally damaged a section of the Calnev Pipeline, which ruptured and exploded, killing two people and destroying 11 houses.
• The 1989 Ufa train disaster was caused by a gas explosion from a leaking pipeline as two trains went by, their sparks igniting the gas. 575 people died.
• On April 7, 1992, LPG leaking from a salt dome storage cavern near Brenham, Texas ignited and exploded, killing three and injuring 21. The blast was felt and heard as far away as Houston.{{cite web|url=https://abc13.com/brenham-explosion-salt-dome/1283045/|title=Salt dome explosion rocked area near Brenham on April 7, 1992|work=ABC 13|date=7 April 2020 }}
• On April 22, 1992, several explosions occurred in Guadalajara, Mexico. The explosions involved gas lines in the sewer systems beneath the downtown district of Analco that continued over four hours, killing 206 people, injuring nearly 500, leaving 15,000 homeless, and destroying several kilometers of streets.
• On April 29, 1995, gas lines a subway construction site in Sangin-dong, Daegu, South Korea exploded after a spark from construction equipment ignited gas from a damaged pipe, killing 101 people and injuring 202.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-04-28-mn-59943-story.html |title=South Korea Gas Explosion Kills 83, Injures Up to 181: Asia: Leak is reportedly ignited by a spark from construction site. Many of the victims were students |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 28, 1995 |agency=AP }}
• The Humberto Vidal Explosion (sometimes also referred to as the Río Piedras Explosion) was a gas explosion that occurred on November 21, 1996, on the Humberto Vidal shoe store located in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, United States. The explosion killed 33 and wounded 69 others when the building collapsed. It is considered one of the deadliest disasters to have occurred on the island.
• On September 11, 1998, in Bucheon, South Korea, an LPG filling station for propane and butane caught fire, causing a massive fire and several very large explosions.:de:Gasunfall in Bucheon{{Circular reference|date=February 2021}} Two storage tanks and several vehicles were destroyed, killing 1 person and injuring 83.
• On December 11, 1998, there was a gas explosion in St. Cloud, Minnesota that killed four people.
• On February 1, 1999, six employees were killed and two dozen more were injured in a gas explosion at Ford's River Rouge complex in Dearborn, Michigan.{{cite web |title=Horrific Ford Rouge power plant explosion happened 20 years ago today |url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2019/02/01/ford-rouge-power-plant-explosion/2731695002/}}
• In December 1999, there was a natural gas explosion which completely destroyed one house and severely damaged four other houses in Larkhall, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It killed the family of four that lived in the house that exploded. Transco Gas was fined £15 million when the cause was found to be a severely corroded gas main directly outside the house.{{Cite news |last=Bowcott |first=Owen |date=2005-08-25 |title=Transco fined £15m for gas pipe error that killed family |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/aug/26/owenbowcott |access-date=2024-10-29 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}

• August 19, 2000, a natural gas transmission pipeline ruptured and a fire killed 12 campers near Carlsbad, New Mexico.{{cite web|url=https://www.nace.org/CORROSION-FAILURES-El-Paso-Natural-Gas-Pipeline-Explosion.aspx|title=Corrosion Failures: El Paso Natural Gas Pipeline Explosion|website=www.nace.org|access-date=3 January 2019|archive-date=4 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104021818/https://www.nace.org/CORROSION-FAILURES-El-Paso-Natural-Gas-Pipeline-Explosion.aspx|url-status=dead}}
• On January 17, 2001, natural gas stored underground in Hutchinson, Kansas, leaked into empty brine caverns. Two explosions resulted from the leak. One destroyed two businesses and damaged 26 others. Another destroyed a trailer park killing two people. Sinkholes and gas leaks formed all around the city and the gas had to be slowly burned off.{{cite web| url=http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Hydro/Hutch/gsa_kc_03/gsa1.pdf| title=Hutchinson Gas Explosions| publisher=Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas}}
• On March 16, 2004, a gas explosion in an apartment building in Arkhangelsk, Russia, killed 58 people. Reportedly, a former gas technician caused the explosion due to a dispute with his former employers.
• On May 11, 2004, the Stockline Plastics Factory in the Maryhill area of Glasgow was destroyed by a gas explosion. The cause was found by a Health and Safety Executive report to be the ignition of gas from a ruptured pipe. Nine people were killed and 37 were injured, 15 seriously.
• On July 30, 2004, the a natural gas pipeline exploded in Ghislenghien, Belgium. The leak was a result of the damage from a previous construction work. The explosion and fire killed 24 people and injured 132.
• The 2009 Viareggio train derailment, in Versilia, Italy, killed 33 people with the explosion of LPG that was contained in one of the train cars.

• September 9, 2010: In San Bruno, California, a suburb of San Francisco, a gas leak and explosion killed eight people. 53 homes were burned down and over 120 homes were damaged.{{Cite news |last1=Lagos |first1=Marisa |last2=Fagan |first2=Kevin |last3=Cabanatuan |first3=Michael |last4=Berton |first4=Justin |title=San Bruno fire levels neighborhood - gas explosion |url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/san-bruno-fire-levels-neighborhood-gas-explosion-3175334.php |access-date=2024-04-12 |work=SFGATE |language=en}}
• On February 10, 2011, in Allentown, Pennsylvania, a gas explosion killed 5 people and levels a city block.{{cite news| title=Blast Kills 5 in Pennsylvania| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/11/us/11allentown.html| work=NY Times| date=10 February 2011| first=Katherine| last=Seelye}}
• On February 5, 2012, in the state of Washington, Josh Powell killed himself and two sons in a gas explosion at their home.{{cite news| title=Official: Missing woman's husband blows up house to kill himself, 2 sons| url=https://www.cnn.com/2012/02/05/us/washington-powell-explosion/index.html| work=CNN| date=6 February 2012}}
• August 14, 2012, Brentwood, New York (Suffolk County, New York; Long Island): A suspected gas explosion levels a house, killing a toddler and wounding up to 17 others.{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com:80/new-york/7-injured-house-explosion-long-island-article-1.1136146|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120817235820/http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/7-injured-house-explosion-long-island-article-1.1136146|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 August 2012|title=Explosion at Long Island home kills 18-month-old boy, injures at least 17 and demolishes house - NY Daily News|date=17 August 2012|access-date=3 January 2019}}
• August 29, 2012, New Milford, Connecticut: An online Associated Press August 29 news article from the Boston Herald stated that, according to the Danbury News-Times, a propane leak explosion killed one man (a friend of the family who lived in the home who was a plumber and had come over to assist), and severely injured the homeowner and the older child of the deceased friend.{{citation needed|date=December 2012}}
• Richmond Hill explosion: a natural gas explosion in the Richmond Hill neighborhood of southern Indianapolis took place on Saturday, November 10, 2012. Two people were killed and about 20 people were injured. The blast caused $4.4 million in damage and 33 homes were damaged severely enough that they needed to be demolished. The explosion was large enough that it registered on IUPUI seismic detectors and was felt for miles. Four people, including the home owner, were charged with felony murder. Prosecutors allege they intentionally caused the explosion for insurance money.{{cite news|first1=Jack|last1=Rinehart|first2=Ebone|last2=Monet|title=36 homes critically damaged in explosion in south side neighborhood|url=http://www.theindychannel.com/news/local-news/36-homes-critically-damaged-in-explosion-in-south-side-neighborhood|access-date=6 July 2014|work=The Indy Channel|issue=Online Article|date=12 November 2012|format=News article and video|quote="Thirty-six homes sustained critical damage in an explosion that killed two people on Indianapolis' south side, inspectors said. The explosion happened Saturday night at a home at 8349 Fieldfare Way in the Richmond Hill subdivision near Sherman Drive between County Line and Stop 11 roads."|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715043055/http://www.theindychannel.com/news/local-news/36-homes-critically-damaged-in-explosion-in-south-side-neighborhood|archive-date=15 July 2014|url-status=dead}}
• On November 23, 2012, in Springfield, Massachusetts, a natural gas explosion destroyed two buildings, including one housing a strip club, damaging a total of 42 buildings. Firefighters, police officers and gas company workers were in the area because of an earlier gas leak. The explosion injured a total of 21 people, including 12 of the firefighters that responded to the gas leak. Astonishingly, there were no deaths relating to the explosion.{{cite web|last=Berry|first=Connor|title=Springfield explosion cause: 'Human error,' Massachusetts fire marshal says|url=http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/11/springfield_explosion_cause_human_error.html|publisher=The Republican|access-date=26 November 2012|date=2012-11-25}}
• The 2013 Rosario gas explosion in Argentina on 6 August 2013 left 21 dead.{{cite web|url= http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1610126-hallan-tres-cuerpos-mas-y-asciende-a-21-el-numero-de-victimas-en-rosario|title= Hallan tres cuerpos más y asciende a 21 el número de víctimas en Rosario|trans-title= Three more bodies are found, and the bodycount in Rosario rises to 21|language= es|author= José Bordón|date= August 13, 2013|publisher= La Nación|access-date= September 11, 2013|archive-date= January 10, 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140110043027/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1610126-hallan-tres-cuerpos-mas-y-asciende-a-21-el-numero-de-victimas-en-rosario|url-status= dead}}
• On March 12, 2014, the East Harlem apartment explosion occurred within two buildings in the East Harlem section of Manhattan in New York City. Eight people were killed and more than 70 were injured.{{cite news| title=8th body found in ruins of East Harlem buildings| work=USA Today| url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/03/13/east-harlem-explosion-gas-leak-bodies/6363235/| date=13 March 2014}}
• On July 31, 2014, the Kaohsiung gas explosions occurred due to gas leak on the gas pipeline beneath the public roads in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.{{Cite web |url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/local/kaohsiung/2014/08/01/413785/Multipul-gas.htm |title=Multipul gas explosions rock Kaohsiung streets - the China Post |access-date=2014-08-01 |archive-date=2014-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140801034106/http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/local/kaohsiung/2014/08/01/413785/Multipul-gas.htm |url-status=dead }}
• 2015 East Village gas explosion: On March 26, 2015, an illegal tap into a gas main triggered an explosion and fire that killed two, injured nineteen and destroyed three buildings.{{cite news |title=East Village Explosion Ignites Fire, Fells Buildings and Injures at Least 19 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/27/nyregion/reports-of-explosion-in-east-village.html |first1=Marc |last1=Santora |first2=Al |last2=Baker |newspaper=The New York Times |date=March 26, 2015}}
• On September 15, 2015, in Pennsville, New Jersey, a main gas line explosion and subsequent fast-moving fire destroyed a modified house building, with a second-story apartment. The building was used as the Law Offices of John Jordan. Kline Construction, a South Jersey Gas Company contractor, was performing work in the area as part of a gas main and renewal project. South Jersey Gas is a natural gas company that serves Salem County, New Jersey, and also has offices in Atlantic County, New Jersey, and Gloucester County, New Jersey. Workers from Kline punctured a gas main nearby causing a gas leak into the basement of the building. As the building's heat source was natural gas, there was a heater with a pilot light in the basement. As the gas built up, the heater's pilot light became the ignition source of the explosion. A year later the company was fined US$300,000 by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities after their investigation found multiple safety violations. No one was injured in the blast or fire. However, the neighboring homes suffered smoke and structural damage as a result.{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/salem/index.ssf/2015/09/nj_fire_caused_by_gas_line_explosion_police_confir.html|title=N.J. fire caused by natural gas explosion, police confirm|website=NJ.com|access-date=3 January 2019|date=2015-09-15}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/salem/index.ssf/2016/11/gas_company_fined_300k_for_violations_that_caused.html|title=Gas company fined $300K for violations that caused N.J. home explosion|website=NJ.com|access-date=3 January 2019|date=November 2016}}
• On 3 June 2016, there was a gas explosion in the Dutch city of Urk. Three houses were completely destroyed, and three people were wounded.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/406889/gewonden-door-gasexplosie-urk|title=Gewonden door gasexplosie Urk|date=3 June 2016|website=Telegraaf|access-date=3 January 2019}}
• On July 3, 2016, a natural gas explosion occurred in the city of Melvindale, Michigan, when a car crashed through a fence at and hit a large natural gas line. Two buildings in the facility's complex caught fire as a result of the explosion - but no injuries were reported at the facility.
• On September 27, 2016, a gas explosion in the Bronx, New York, took the life of a FDNY Chief in the line of duty. After the gas explosion a suspected illegal drug lab was found. Whistleblower NYC Gas Explosions-2009 Floral Park gas explosion and 2014 East Harlem gas explosion provided additional information to authorities regarding this explosion.
• On August 10, 2016, a gas explosion occurred at an apartment building in Silver Spring, Maryland. The explosion killed 7 and injured more than 40 people.{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Officials-Give-Update-Silver-Spring-Apartment-Explosion-390701661.html|title=Natural Gas Explosion Caused Apt. Blast; 3 Victims IDed|website=NBC4 Washington|date=19 August 2016 |access-date=3 January 2019}}
• 2016 Portland gas explosion – On October 2, 2016, a series of gas explosions occurred in Portland, Oregon, from a construction accident caused by Loy Clark Pipelines who was installing a vault in the sidewalk for Comcast for a new building being built for Portland based Bremik Construction. Eight people were injured, one pet cat had gone missing, one building totally leveled and $17.2 million (USD) in damage was done to nearby buildings.
• On July 2, 2017, a gas leak at a home in Manor Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, caused the death of a gas company employee. Three other people were injured.{{cite web|url=https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/it-s-really-gone-homeowner-says-she-s-in-shock/article_3416aa78-5f6d-11e7-8176-a783cd43e6d0.html|title='It's really gone': Homeowner says she's in shock after gas explosion destroys her home in Manor Township |first=Tom |last=Knapp |website=LancasterOnline|date=3 July 2017 |access-date=3 January 2019}}
• On July 10, 2018, a miscommunication between contractors boring a hole for fiber optic cables led to a gas leak and subsequent explosion in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. One person was killed, eleven were injured{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/3ab88b5e1c6f476aae19c3bfa9f3eb25|title=Firefighter killed in gas explosion, fire near Madison|website=Associated Press|date=21 April 2021}} and half of a city block was destroyed.{{Cite web|url=https://madison.com/wsj/business/plan-for-sun-prairie-explosion-site-envisions-housing-entertainment-hotel/article_7a621a60-06a0-5ba6-99d2-c0627af60924.html|title=Plan for Sun Prairie explosion site envisions housing, entertainment, hotel|date=23 December 2019 }}
• On September 13, 2018, in the Massachusetts gas explosions, a set of 60 to 100 fires and explosions caused by natural gas occurred in Lawrence, Andover, and North Andover, Massachusetts. Much of the area was evacuated, one person was killed and several injured.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/13/massachusetts-gas-explosions|title=One dead in Massachusetts after gas explosions ignite dozens of fires|first=Sarah|last=Betancourt|date=14 September 2018|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=3 January 2019}}
• On October 9, 2018, a natural gas pipeline near Prince George, British Columbia, Canada, exploded in a remote location. No one was killed or injured as a direct result of the explosion.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/pipeline/2018/p18h0088/p18h0088.html|title=Pipeline Transportation Safety Investigation Report P18H0088|last=Government of Canada|first=Transportation Safety Board of Canada|date=2020-03-04|website=www.tsb.gc.ca|access-date=2020-04-15}}
• 2019 Paris explosion – on January 12, 2019, in central Paris, a gas explosion in a house with in a bakery killed 4 and injured about 40.[https://orf.at/stories/3107438/ Offenbar Gasleck: Tote und Verletzte nach Explosion in Paris] (German)
• On January 18, 2019, in the Tlahuelilpan pipeline explosion, an illicitly tapped fuel pipeline exploded in Tlahuelilpan, Hidalgo, Mexico, killing at least 66 people and wounding 76 others. It is believed the explosion occurred after the line was ruptured by suspected fuel thieves.{{cite news |title=Mexico pipeline blast kills 66 and injures dozens more |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-46929950 |access-date=19 January 2019 |work=BBC News |date=19 January 2019}}
• On April 10, 2019, a gas explosion occurred in downtown Durham, North Carolina.{{cite web |url=https://www.wunc.org/post/1-fatality-17-injuries-downtown-durham-gas-explosion |publisher=WUNC|title=Coffee Shop Owner Killed, 17 Others Injured in Downtown Durham Gas Explosion|date=10 April 2019}} Two people were killed and 25 were injured.
• On May 10th, 2019, a gas explosion occurred at a gas station and market in Buena Vista, Virginia, killing four people.{{Cite web |last=Burney |first=Laura Taylor & Whitney |date=2019-05-31 |title=Three of the four who died in gas explosion have been buried |url=https://wset.com/news/local/three-of-the-four-who-died-in-gas-explosion-have-been-buried |access-date=2024-08-15 |website=WSET |language=en}}
• On May 19, 2019, a gas explosion occurred at a house in Jeffersonville, Indiana, killing one and injuring two others.{{cite news| url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/05/19/us/indiana-house-explode/index.html| title=A house in Indiana exploded, killing one person| date=19 May 2019| publisher=CNN}}
• On July 6, 2019, around 20 people were injured, two seriously, by an apparent gas explosion at The Fountains shopping plaza in Plantation, Florida, which caused extensive damage to it and surrounding buildings.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-48894648|title=Plantation explosion: Injuries reported at Florida shopping complex|date=6 July 2019|access-date=6 July 2019|work=BBC News}}
• On July 19, 2019, a gas explosion destroyed a house in Christchurch, New Zealand, and damaged surrounding houses. 6 people were injured.{{cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/114357336/christchurch-emergency-services-responding-to-bang-heard-across-city|title=House destroyed, six seriously hurt in massive explosion at Christchurch house|website=stuff.co.nz|date=19 July 2019|access-date=19 July 2019}}
• On August 10, 2019, a gas tanker in Morogoro, Tanzania exploded, killing 75 and injuring at least 55.{{cite news| url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/10/africa/tanzania-oil-tanker-explosion-intl/index.html| title=At least 61 people killed in a fuel tanker explosion in Tanzania| date=11 August 2019| publisher=CNN| first1=Farajl| last1=Mwanza| first2=Ivana| last2=Kottasova}}
• On Sept. 16, 2019, a propane leak caused the LEAP building on Route 2 in Farmington Maine to explode. The blast killed 1 firefighter and injured seven others in the blast. {{cite web | url=https://www.wmtw.com/article/5-years-explosion-killed-farmington-firefighter-michael-bell/62222781 | title=Farmington marks 5 years since explosion that killed a firefighter | date=16 September 2024 }}
• On December 6, 2019, a gas explosion occurred in block of flats in Prešov, Slovakia, pressure wave damaged windows of surrounding buildings. 7 people were killed, and at least 40 people were injured.{{cite news| url=https://p.dw.com/p/3UKtO| title=Slovakia: 7 die in gas explosion, dozens injured| date=6 December 2019| publisher=DW}}

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• On July 30, 2020, a gas explosion destroyed a shabu-shabu restaurant in Kōriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, killing one man and injuring 19.{{cite news|title=(Update 3) 1 Killed, 19 Injured in Fukushima Restaurant Blast|url=https://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2020073001411|newspaper=Jiji Press|date=30 July 2020|access-date=31 July 2020}}
• On August 10, 2020, a gas explosion occurred in Baltimore, Maryland, killing 1 woman and critically injuring two others. At least 5 others were trapped under the rubble of three rowhouses which collapsed in the blast.{{cite news| url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/major-explosion-in-baltimore-adults-and-children-trapped-reports-say| title=1 Dead, 2 Seriously Injured: Major explosion in Baltimore with victims trapped| date=10 August 2020| publisher=Fox Baltimore}}
• On December 20, 2020, a gas explosion destroyed a four-storey building opposite Saint Martha's Hospital in Lisbon, killing two men and injuring five people.{{cite news|title=Prédio desaba em Lisboa após explosão. Encontrado morto músico que estava desaparecido|language=pt|url=https://observador.pt/2020/12/20/explosao-provoca-desabamento-de-predio-no-centro-de-lisboa/|newspaper=Observador|date=20 December 2020|access-date=22 January 2021}}
• On January 20, 2021, a gas explosion in Madrid, Spain, killed 4 people and injured 10 others.
• On February 3, 2021, a gas explosion damaged a home in Springfield, Virginia, and injured three people.{{cite news|title=Multiple people hurt in Fairfax County gas leak explosion|url=https://wtop.com/fairfax-county/2021/02/multiple-people-hurt-in-fairfax-county-gas-leak/|date=3 February 2021|access-date=3 February 2021}}
• On February 17, 2021, a gas explosion demolished a house in Manchester, England. 1 person lost their life and 2 others were injured.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}
• On May 4, 2021, a gas explosion demolished a house in Willesborough, England. 7 people were injured, with two currently in critical condition.{{cite news|title=Seven hurt in Willesborough house explosion|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-56978578|date=4 May 2021|access-date=4 May 2021}}
• On May 16, 2021, at 2:30 A gas explosion near Heysham, Lancashire, demolished 2 houses and severely damaged 1, a child died and 4 adults were injured in result.{{cite news|title=Heysham explosion: Child dies and four adults injured in Lancashire blast|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-57132505|access-date=16 May 2021|publisher=BBC News}}
• On March 16, 2022, a gas explosion destroyed a 8-storey building in Casal de São Brás, Amadora in Lisbon, injuring fifteen people.{{cite news |date=16 March 2022 |title=Um bombeiro ferido com gravidade em explosão de gás na Amadora. Há 15 desalojados |language=pt |newspaper=Observador |url=https://observador.pt/2022/03/16/explosao-de-gas-no-casal-sao-bras-na-amadora-provoca-feridos/ |access-date=17 March 2022}}
• On May 6, 2022, a gas explosion damaged a four-storey building in Madrid, killing two people and injuring eighteen.{{Cite web |title=Explosion in Madrid building kills 2 people, injures 18 |website=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/explosion-madrid-building-injures-17-people-2022-05-06/}}
• On May 6, 2022, the Hotel Saratoga explosion killed 45 people and injured 97 others in Havana, Cuba. The explosion originated from a leak in a gas tanker that was parked outside the hotel.
• On June 26, 2022, a house in Birmingham was destroyed and several other cars and homes were damaged. A woman died and a man was injured. The listing for the home stated that the boiler required repair.{{Cite web |date=2022-06-27 |title=Woman found dead after house destroyed in Birmingham gas explosion |url=https://inews.co.uk/news/birmingham-explosion-kingstanding-woman-dead-house-destroyed-gas-blast-1708699 |access-date=2022-06-28 |website=inews.co.uk |language=en}}
• On August 8, 2022, a house on Galpin Road in the south London suburb of Thornton Heath was completely destroyed at around 7 a.m. A four-year-old girl died, and several others suffered various injuries. Neighbours had reported smelling gas weeks before the explosion, and the family living in the house itself had been in touch with the gas company. On the morning of August 8, just before the explosion, neighbours said that the gas smell was particularly strong.
• On December 24, 2022, in Boksburg, a town on the East Rand of Greater Johannesburg, a gas tanker carrying LPG exploded after catching fire when it got stuck under a bridge about 100 metres from the hospital (Tambo Memorial Hospital){{Cite news |title=Boksburg explosion: Driver warned people to stay away from truck fire before blast killed 15 people |work=News24 |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/boksburg-explosion-driver-warned-people-to-stay-away-from-truck-fire-before-blast-killed-15-people-20221225}}
• On June 21, 2023, a gas explosion in Yinchuan, China, occurred on the eve of the Dragon Boat Festival on a busy street, following a leak of a liquefied petroleum gas tank inside the kitchen of the restaurant, killed 31 people.{{Cite news |date=2023-06-22 |title=Yinchuan: China restaurant gas explosion kills 31 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-65982139 |access-date=2024-02-09 |language=en-GB}}
• On June 21, 2023, a gas explosion in the center of Paris, France, destroyed the Paris American Academy, killed 3 people and injured 50 others.{{Cite web |date=2023-06-22 |title=One person still missing a day after explosion hits central Paris building |url=https://www.france24.com/en/france/20230622-one-person-still-missing-a-day-after-explosion-hits-central-paris-building |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=France 24 |language=en}}
• On February 1, 2024, a gas explosion in Kenya’s capital of Nairobi occurred due to an unlicensed cooking gas-filling plant, killing at least 3 people and injured 280 others.{{Cite web |last1=McCluskey |first1=Mitchell |last2=Cassidy |first2=Amy |last3=Madowo |first3=Larry |last4=Feleke |first4=Bethlehem |last5=Brennan |first5=Eve |date=2024-02-02 |title=Huge gas explosion and fire kills at least 3, injures hundreds in Kenyan capital |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/02/africa/kenya-nairobi-gas-explosion-fire-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=CNN |language=en}}
• On December 29, 2024, a gas explosion at the Police Academy in Cairo, Egypt, killed 3 police officers and injured 2 others.{{Cite news |date=29 December 2024 |title=Gas explosion kills 3 police officers, Egypt interior ministry says |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/gas-explosion-kills-3-police-officers-egypt-interior-ministry-says-2024-12-29/ |access-date=30 December 2024 |work=Reuters}}
• On February 13, 2025, a gas explosion at a Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store in Taichung, Taiwan, killed 4 people and injured 38 others.{{Cite web|title=台中新光三越氣爆已知4死20輕重傷 啟動大量傷患機制【不斷更新】|url=https://www.cna.com.tw/news/asoc/202502130081.aspx|access-date=13 February 2025|agency=Central News Agency|language=zh-tw}}
• On May 4, 2025, a gas explosion at an apartment block in Moscow, Russia, killed 3 people, and injured 15 others, including children.{{Cite web |title=Powerful blast rocks residential building in Moscow VIDEO |url=https://news.az/news/powerful-blast-rocks-residential-building-in-moscow-video |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=news.az |language=en}}

• Boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion (BLEVE) Incidents
• List of pipeline accidents

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