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This is a list of accidental explosions and facts about each one, grouped by the time of their occurrence. It does not include explosions caused by [[list of terrorist incidents|terrorist attacks]] or arson, as well as intentional explosions for civil or military purposes. It may still include entries for which the cause is unclear or still under investigation. For a list based on power or death toll see [[largest artificial non-nuclear explosions]] or the explosions section of [[List of accidents and disasters by death toll#Explosions|list of accidents and disasters by death toll]]. This list also contains notable explosions that would not qualify for the articles mentioned above and is more detailed, especially for the latest centuries.

==Prior to 2000==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! width=120|Date
! Country
! Location
! data-sort-type=number | Dead
! data-sort-type=number | Injured
! class=unsortable|Details
|-
| 11 March 1597
| {{flag|Kingdom of Ireland|1542}}
| [[Dublin]]
| {{sort|126|126–200}}
| Hundreds
| '''[[Dublin gunpowder explosion]]''' – 140 barrels of [[gunpowder]], needed by the English army then fighting the [[Nine Years' War (Ireland)|Nine Years' War]] (1593–1603), exploded on the [[quays of Dublin]] and on [[Winetavern Street]], destroying many buildings.
|-
| 30 May 1626
| China ([[Ming dynasty]])
| [[Beijing]]
| {{sort|20000|20,000}}
| Unknown
| '''[[Wanggongchang Explosion]]''' – A [[Shenjiying]] armory of gunpowder and ammunition exploded during the late reign of the [[Tianqi Emperor]]. 
|-
| 12 September 1634
| {{flagicon|SMOM}} [[History of Malta under the Order of Saint John|Malta]]
| [[Valletta]]
| 22
| Unknown
| '''[[1634 Valletta explosion]]''' – A gunpowder factory blew up, damaging several buildings including a church and a college.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Spiteri|first1=Stephen C.|date=2012|title=Hospitaller Gunpowder Magazines|url=https://issuu.com/arkitettura/docs/arx_occ_papers_2_2012|journal=Arx – International Journal of Military Architecture and Fortification|volume=Occasional Papers|issue=2|page=6|author-link1=Stephen C. Spiteri}}</ref>
|-
| 12 October 1654
| {{flag|Dutch Republic}}
| [[Delft]]
| {{sort|00100|100+}}
| Thousands
|'''{{ill|Delft Explosion|nl|Delftse donderslag}}''' – A gunpowder magazine blew up, destroying a large part of the city.
|-
| 18 August 1769
|{{flag|Republic of Venice}}
|[[Brescia]]
| {{sort|00400|c. 400–3,000}} (reports vary) 
| 800+
|'''[[Brescia explosion]]''' – A gunpowder store blew up after being hit by lightning, destroying a large part of the city.
|-
| 31 August 1794
|{{flag|France}}
|[[Paris]]
| 1000+
| 700+
| A gunpowder store blew up in Grenelle.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}
|-
| 18 July 1806
|{{flagicon|UK}} [[Malta Protectorate|Malta]]
|[[Birgu]]
| {{sort|00150|c. 150–240}}
| {{sort|00100|c. 100}}
|'''[[1806 Birgu polverista explosion]]''' – A gunpowder magazine blew up, destroying part of the city's fortifications and many buildings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.maltaramc.com/regsurg/rs1800_1809/rmo1806.html|title=Explosion Polverista Vittoriosa|website=Medical Officers of the Malta Garrison|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222050937/http://maltaramc.com/regsurg/rs1800_1809/rmo1806.html|archive-date=22 February 2017}}</ref>
|-
| 12 January 1807
|{{flag|Netherlands}}
|[[Leiden]]
| 151
| Unknown
|'''[[Leiden gunpowder disaster]]''' – A ship carrying [[black powder]] for the [[Dutch Army]] during the [[War of the Fourth Coalition]] exploded.
|-
| 3 November 1810
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| [[Cork (city)|Cork]]
| 22
| 40+
| '''[[Cork gunpowder explosion]]'''
|-
| 28 February 1844
|{{flag|United States|1837}}
|[[Potomac River]]
| 6
| 16–20
| '''[[USS Princeton Disaster of 1843|USS ''Princeton'' Disaster of 1843]]''' – A gun on board [[USS Princeton (1843)|USS ''Princeton'']] exploded during a demonstration. The disaster endangered U.S. President [[John Tyler]] and killed several members of his [[Cabinet of the United States|Cabinet]].
|-
| 23 October 1844
|{{flag|United States|1837}}
| near [[New Albany, Indiana]]
| 56–100+
| Unknown
|'''[[Lucy Walker steamboat disaster|''Lucy Walker'' steamboat disaster]]''' – The ''Lucy Walker'' blew up in a [[boiler explosion]] on the [[Ohio River]]. The incident led to the [[Federal government of the United States|U.S. federal government]] establishing steamboat safety regulations, including the [[Steamboat Inspection Service]].
|-
| 14 July 1847
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|[[Faversham]], [[England]]
| 18
| Unknown
|'''[[Faversham explosives industry#1847 Explosion|Faversham guncotton explosion]]''' – A [[guncotton]] factory in Faversham, one of the [[British Empire]]'s primary munitions centers exploded.
|-
| 6 October 1854
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|[[Newcastle upon Tyne]] and [[Gateshead]], [[England]]
|{{sort|00053|{{circa}} 53 (in fire and explosion)}}
|{{sort|00400|{{circa}} 400–500 (in fire and explosion)}}
|'''[[Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead]]''' – During a large fire, a [[bonded warehouse]] used to store combustibles such as [[Sulfur|sulphur]] and [[Sodium nitrate|nitrate of soda]] exploded, killing onlookers and destroying the neighborhood.
|-
| 17 July 1856
|{{flag|United States|1851}}
|[[Whitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania|Whitemarsh Township]]
| 59–67
|{{sort|00100|{{circa}} 100}}
|'''[[Great Train Wreck of 1856]]''' – Two [[Steam locomotive|steam trains]] traveling on the [[North Pennsylvania Railroad]] collide head-on, causing the deadliest railroad crash at that time.
|-
| 17 September 1862
|{{flag|United States|1861}}
|[[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]]
| 78
| Unknown
|'''[[Allegheny Arsenal]] explosion''' – A [[Union Army]] ordnance depot exploded, causing the largest civilian casualty of the [[American Civil War]].
|-
| 27 April 1865
|{{flag|United States|1863}}
| near [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]], [[Tennessee]]
|{{sort|01198|1,198}}
|{{sort|00760|{{circa}} 760}}
|'''[[Sultana (steamboat)|''Sultana'']] steamboat disaster''' – An overloaded side-wheel steamboat carrying Union soldiers from [[American Civil War prison camps|Confederate prison camps]] burned down and sank in the [[Mississippi River]] after its four boilers exploded. The ''Sultana'' disaster remains the worst maritime disaster in American history.
|-
| 25 May 1865
|{{flag|United States|1863}}
|[[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]], [[Alabama]]
|{{sort|00300|{{circa}} 300}}
| Unknown
|'''[[Mobile magazine explosion]]''' – A former [[Confederate States Army|Confederate Army]] ordnance depot exploded.
|-
| 12 December 1866
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|[[Stairfoot]], [[England]]
| 361
| Unknown
|'''[[Oaks explosion]]''' – A [[Coal mining|colliery]] in [[South Yorkshire]] suffered a series of explosions, causing one of the worst mining disasters in British history.
|-
| 9 July 1872
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|[[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]]
| 18
| 16+
|'''[[Tradeston Flour Mills explosion]]''' – A mill owned by Matthew Muir & Sons company suffered a dust explosion.
|-
| 13 May 1873
|{{flag|Canada|1868}}
|[[Westville, Nova Scotia|Westville]], [[Nova Scotia]]
| 70
| Unknown
|'''[[Drummond Mine explosion]]''' – Canada's largest colliery exploded after a coal fire grew out of control.
|-
| 10 October 1874
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|[[Regent's Park]], [[London]], [[England]]
| 4
| Unknown
|'''[[Regent's Canal#Explosion of the barge Tilbury under the Macclesfield Bridge|Regent's Park explosion]]''' – The barge ''Tilbury'', carrying both petroleum and gunpowder, exploded, killing its crew and causing extensive damage.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Weinreb, Ben |author2=[[Christopher Hibbert|Hibbert, Christopher]] |title=[[The London Encyclopaedia]] |edition=reprint |year=1992 |publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]] |page=664}}</ref>
|-
|4 September 1885
|{{flag|Canada|1868}}
|[[Douro-Dummer|Douro, Ontario]]
|2
|0
|'''[[1885 Dynamite explosion]]''' – A wagon load of dynamite exploded during transport.
|-
| 3 May 1887
|{{flag|Canada|1868}}
|[[Nanaimo]], [[British Columbia]]
| 150
| Unknown
|'''[[1887 Nanaimo mine explosion]]''' – A coal mine exploded in an explosives accident and killed 150 miners, including 53 [[Chinese Canadians|Chinese Canadian]] laborers.
|-
|-
| 15 July 1890
|{{flag|United States|1890}}
|[[Kings Mills, Ohio|Kings Mills]], [[Ohio]]
| 11
| About 100
|'''1890 Kings Mills powder explosion''' – Freight cars on the [[Little Miami Railroad]] collided with cars containing gunpowder and cartridges from the King Powder Company and the [[Peters Cartridge Company]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Schiffer, Thomas D.|title=Peters & King: The Birth & Evolution of the Peters Cartridge Co. & the King Powder Co.|year=2002| location= Iowa, Wisc.|publisher=Krause|pages=62–68|isbn=0-87349-363-X}}</ref>
|-
| 26 August 1892
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|[[Aberkenfig]], [[Wales]]
| 112
| Unknown
|'''[[Parc Slip Colliery]] explosion''' – A coal mine operated by [[John Brogden and Sons]] exploded.
|-
| 16 February 1896
|{{flag|South African Republic}}
|[[Braamfontein]]
| 70–75
|{{sort|00200|200+}}
|'''[[Braamfontein Explosion]]''' – A freight train loaded with [[dynamite]] explodes in a [[Siding (rail)|railway siding]] in a [[Johannesburg]] suburb.
|-
| 30 April 1896
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|[[Micklefield]], England
| 63
| Unknown
|'''[[Peckfield Colliery disaster]]'''
|-
|30 January 1900
|{{flag|United States|1896}}
|near [[Trenton, Michigan|Trenton]], [[Michigan]]
|1
|2
|'''[[Sibley Quarry explosion]]'''
|-
|1 May 1900
|{{flag|United States|1896}}
|[[Scofield, Utah]]
|200–246
|Unknown
|'''[[Scofield Mine disaster]]''' – A coal mine was destroyed in a dust explosion, killing 200 workers from either the explosion or from asphyxiation after being trapped in the mine.
|-
|10 March 1906
|{{flag|France}}
|[[Courrières]]
|1,099
|Unknown
|'''[[Courrières mine disaster]]''' – A coal dust explosion caused the worst mining disaster in [[Europe]] and led to a national outcry in France.
|-
|21 December 1910
|[[United Kingdom]]
|[[Westhoughton]], [[England]]
|344
|Unknown
|[[Pretoria Pit disaster]] - Underground explosion occurred at the [[Hulton Colliery Company|Hulton Colliery Bank Pit No. 3]], known as the Pretoria Pit, then in the [[Historic counties of England|historic county]] of [[Lancashire]]. A total of 344 men and boys lost their lives.
|-
| 7 March 1913
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[Baltimore, Maryland]]
| {{sort|00033|33}}
| 60
| '''[[Alum Chine explosion]]''' – Dynamite exploded aboard the ''SS Alum Chine'' in Baltimore Harbor.
|-
| 14 October 1913
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| [[Senghenydd]], Wales
| {{sort|00439|439}}
| Unknown
| '''[[Senghenydd colliery disaster]]''' – A coal dust explosion occurred at a coal mine in the [[South Wales Coalfield]].
|-
| 15 December 1914
| {{flag|Japan}}
| [[Hōjō, Fukuoka]], [[Kyushu]]
| 687
| Unknown
| '''[[Hōjō Coal Mine Disaster]]''' – A [[Mitsubishi]] coal mine in the [[Chikuhō coalfield]] exploded, causing Japan's worst mining disaster.
|-
| 2 April 1916
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| [[Faversham|Faversham, England]]
| 115
| Unknown
| '''[[Faversham explosives industry#The Great Explosion|Faversham Great Explosion]]''' – 200 tons of [[TNT]] manufactured by an [[British Admiralty|Admiralty]] factory for use in [[World War I]] exploded.
|-
|6 December 1917
| {{flag|Canada|1868}}
| [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]]
| 1,950
| 9,000
| '''[[Halifax Explosion]]''' – The {{SS|Mont-Blanc}}, a French cargo ship loaded with [[high explosives]] sailing between [[New York City]] and [[Bordeaux]], exploded after colliding with the Norwegian ship {{SS|Imo}}. The disaster was the largest man-made explosion of the time and caused extensive damage to [[Richmond, Nova Scotia|Richmond]], [[Dartmouth, Nova Scotia|Dartmouth]], and the [[Miꞌkmaq]] neighborhood of [[Tufts Cove, Nova Scotia|Tufts Cove]].
|-
|4-6 December 1918
| {{flag|United States|1868}}
| [[Sayreville, New Jersey]]
| ~100
| 100+
| '''[[T. A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant explosion]]''' – Munitions explosion at an ammunition plant in New Jersey
|-
|14 January 1921
| {{flag|Germany}}
| [[Ludwigshafen]]
| 500–600
| 2,000
| '''[[Oppau explosion]]''' – A [[Silo|tower silo]] loaded with 4,000 tons of [[ammonium nitrate]] and [[ammonium sulfate]] exploded at a [[BASF]] plant.
|-
|1 March 1924
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[Nixon, New Jersey]]
| 20
| 2
| '''[[1924 Nixon Nitration Works disaster]]''' – An ammonium nitrate processing plant managed by [[Lewis Nixon (naval architect)|Lewis Nixon]] exploded, destroying the town of Nixon.
|-
|10 March 1930
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| [[Allerton Bywater]], [[Yorkshire]], England
| 5
| 1
| '''[[Allerton Bywater colliery explosion]]'''
|-
|18 March 1937
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[New London, Texas]]
| 295+
| 300+
| '''[[New London School explosion]]'''
|-
|26 April 1942
| {{flagicon|Republic of China|1928}} [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|China]]
| [[Benxihu Colliery]], [[Liaoning Province]]
| 1,549
| Unknown
| '''[[Benxihu Colliery|1942 Benxihu Colliery disaster]]''' – Explosion at a coal mine in the Japanese-occupied colliery.<ref name="mining-technology.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.mining-technology.com/features/feature-world-worst-coal-mining-disasters-china/|title = The world's worst coal mining disasters|date = 15 May 2014}}</ref>
|-
|11 April 1944
| {{flag|British India}}
| [[Bombay]]
| 800+
| 3,000+
| '''[[1944 Bombay Explosion]]''' – A British [[Fort ship]] exploded in [[Mumbai Harbour|Bombay Harbour]].
|-
|4 July 1944
| {{flag|Denmark}}
| [[Aarhus]]
| 39
| 250
| '''[[1944 explosion in Aarhus]]'''
|-
|17 July 1944
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[Port Chicago, California]]
| 320
| 390+
| '''[[Port Chicago disaster]]''' – Munitions intended for the [[Pacific War|Pacific Front of World War II]] exploded during loading on a ship at a [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] magazine, killing hundreds of workers and numerous [[African Americans]]. One month later the unsafe conditions that caused the disaster lead to a [[mutiny]].
|-
|20 October 1944
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[Cleveland, Ohio]]
| 131
| 225
| '''[[Cleveland East Ohio Gas explosion]]''' 
|-
|27 November 1944
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| [[Staffordshire|Staffordshire, England]]
| ~70
| ~20
| '''[[RAF Fauld explosion]]''' – An underground [[Royal Air Force]] ordnance depot exploded, causing the United Kingdom's largest ever explosion.
|-
|9 May 1945
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[Sunnyside, Utah]]
| 23
| Unknown
| Gas explosion at the Sunnyside Fuel Company's #1 mine.
|-
|25 May 1945
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[Aberdeen, Maryland]]
| 12
| ~50
| '''[[1945 Edgewood Arsenal explosion]]'''
|-
|21 May 1945
| {{flag|Australia}}
| [[Wagga Wagga, New South Wales]]
| 26
| unknown
| [[Army Recruit Training Centre|Kapooka Army Base]] soldiers received instructions for demolition work in a bunker which was 3 metres (9.8&nbsp;ft) below the ground when an explosion took place, resulting in Australia's largest military funeral.
|-
|31 August 1945
| {{flag|Italy}}
| [[Ancona, Italy|Ancona]]
| 100+
| Unknown
| Train explosion. The cause of the event was unclear, but reports from the [[Liverpool Daily Post]] said that smoke was reported before the explosion.
|-
|14 September 1945
| {{flag|Canada|1868}}
| [[Montreal, Quebec]]
| 11
| 42+
| Explosion at a warehouse.
|-
|16 April 1947
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[Texas City, Texas]]
| 581
| 5,000+
| '''[[Texas City disaster]]'''
|-
|18 August 1947
| {{flag|Spain}}
| [[Cádiz]]
| 147+
| 5,000+
| '''[[Cádiz Explosion]]'''
|-
|25 May 1950
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[Chicago]]
| 34
| 50
| '''[[1950 Chicago streetcar crash]]'''
|-
|11 June 1955
| {{flag|France}}
| [[Le Mans]]
| 84
| 180
| '''[[1955 Le Mans disaster]]'''
|-
|7 August 1956
| {{flag|Colombia}}
| [[Cali]]
| 1,300–4,000
| 4,000–12,000
| '''[[Cali explosion]]'''
|-
|1 July 1959
| {{flag|Mexico}}
| [[Coatzacoalcos]]
| 12
| 100
| Pipeline explosion.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9PhjAAAAIBAJ&pg=5618,7145313&dq=pipeline+explosion&hl=en|title=The Sydney Morning Herald – Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com|access-date=11 October 2020}}</ref>
|-
|9 May 1960
| {{flag|China}}
| [[Datong]], [[Shanxi]] province
| 684
| Unknown
| Explosion at a coal mine.<ref name="mining-technology.com"/>
|-
|24 October 1960
| {{flag|Soviet Union}}
| [[Baikonur Cosmodrome]]
| 92–126
| 120
| '''[[Nedelin catastrophe]]'''
|-
|31 October 1963
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[Indianapolis]]
| 81
| 400
| '''[[1963 Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum gas explosion]]''' – Caused by a leak stemming from improperly stored liquefied petroleum gas tanks at the [[Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum]]. 
|-
|1 March 1965
| {{flag|Canada}}
| [[LaSalle, Quebec]]
| 28
| 39
| '''[[LaSalle Heights disaster]]'''
|-
|30 December 1970
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[Leslie County, Kentucky]]
| 39
| Unknown
| '''[[Hurricane Creek mine disaster]]'''
|-
|21 October 1971
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| [[Clarkston, East Renfrewshire|Clarkston, Scotland]]
| 22
| 100
| '''[[Clarkston explosion]]'''
|-
|30 August 1972
|{{flag|Australia}}
|[[Taroom]], [[Queensland]]
|3
|0
|'''[[1972 Taroom explosion]]'''
|-
|10 February 1973
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[Staten Island, New York]]
| 40
| 0
| '''[[1973 Staten Island gas explosion]]'''
|-
|27 |28 April 1973
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[Roseville, California]]
| 0
| 48
| '''[[1973 Roseville Yard Disaster]]'''
|-
|27 March 1974
| {{flag|Portuguese Mozambique}}
| [[Magude, Maputo Province|Magude]]
| 70
| 200
| '''[[Magude train disaster]]'''
|-
|1 June 1974
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| [[North Lincolnshire]]
| 28
| 36
| '''[[Flixborough Disaster]]'''
|-
| 1 February 1976
| {{flag|Poland}}
| [[Gdansk]]
| 17
| 11
| Gas explosion caused the collapse of a 2-storey residential building.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.trojmiasto.pl/wiadomosci/Wspomnienie-17-ofiar-eksplozji-gazu-w-Gdansku-n84779.html | title=Wspomnienie 17 ofiar eksplozji gazu w Gdańsku | date=29 October 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|9 March  1976
|{{flag|United States}}
|[[Oven Fork, Kentucky]]
|26
|unknown
|[[Scotia Mine|'''Scotia Mine disaster''']]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Talbott |first=Tim |title=Scotia Mine Disaster |url=https://explorekyhistory.ky.gov/items/show/238 |access-date=2023-06-27 |website=ExploreKYHistory}}</ref>
|-
|11 November 1977
| {{flag|South Korea}}
| [[Iksan]]
| 59
| 1343
| '''[[Iri station explosion]]'''
|-
|17 February 1978
| {{flag|France}}
| [[Paris]]
| 12
| 60
| A gas leak in rue Raynouard caused 3 explosions in 40 minutes.
|-
|11 July 1978
| {{flag|Spain}}
| [[Alcanar]]
| 217
| 200+
| '''[[Los Alfaques disaster]]'''
|-
| 15 February 1979
| {{flag|Poland}}
| [[Warsaw]]
| 49
| 135
| '''[[1979 Warsaw gas explosion]]'''
|-
|18 September 1980
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[Damascus, Arkansas]]
| 1
| 21
| '''[[1980 Damascus Titan missile explosion]]'''
|-
|24 October 1980
| {{flag|Spain}}
| [[Ortuella]]
| 67
| 100+
| An explosion alleged to have been caused by a welding accident at the Marcelino Ugalde School. Most of the dead were children.<ref>{{citation|title=Explosion kills 67 at school in Spain|newspaper=The Christian Science Monitor|date=24 October 1980 |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1980/1024/102419.html}}</ref>
|-
|16 November 1980
| {{flag|Thailand}}
| [[Dusit District]], [[Bangkok]]
| 60
| 400
| A series of explosions at an army munitions depot.<ref>"Blast at Thai Army Depot Said to Kill 21 and Hurt 200", ''The New York Times'', 16 November 1980, p. A4</ref>
|-
|25 November 1980
| {{flag|Turkey}}
| Danaciobasi, [[Kırıkkale Province]]
| 105
| unknown
| Explosion at an engagement party.<ref>"97 Women Killed in Turkish Blast", ''The New York Times'', 25 November 1980, p. A4</ref>
|-
| 9 December 1980
| {{flag|Poland}}
| [[Karlino]]
| 0
| 1
| '''[[Karlino oil eruption]]''' 
|-
|13 February 1981
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[Louisville, Kentucky]]
| 0
| 4
| '''[[Louisville sewer explosions]]'''
|-
|27 May 1983
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[Benton, Tennessee]]
| 11
| 1
| '''[[Benton fireworks disaster]]'''
|-
| 23 May 1984
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| [[Lancashire]]
| 16
| 28
| '''[[Abbeystead disaster]]'''
|-
| 7 September 1984
| {{flag|Malta}}
| off [[Qala, Malta|Qala]]
| 7
| 1
| '''[[C23 tragedy]]'''
|-
| 19 November 1984
| {{flag|Mexico}}
| [[Mexico City]]
| 500–600
| 5,000–7,000
| '''[[San Juanico disaster]]'''
|-
| 28 January 1986
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[Atlantic Ocean]], off the coast of [[Florida]]
| 7
| 0
| '''[[Space Shuttle Challenger disaster]]'''
|-
| 4 May 1988
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[Henderson, Nevada|Henderson]]
| 2
| 372
| '''[[PEPCON disaster]]'''
|-
| 4 June 1988
| {{flag|Union of Soviet Socialist Republics}}
| [[Arzamas]]
| 91
| {{sort|01500|1,500}}
| '''[[Arzamas train disaster]]'''
|-
|21 June 1988
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|[[Poole]], [[Dorset]]
|0
|14
|[[1988 Poole explosion|'''Poole explosion''']]
|-
| 6 July 1988
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| [[Aberdeen, Scotland|Aberdeen]]
| 167
| Unknown
| '''[[Piper Alpha|Piper Alpha explosion]]'''
|-
|12 December 1988
|{{flag|Mexico}}
|[[La Merced (neighborhood)|La Merced]], [[Mexico City]]
|62+
|83+
|'''[[Mexico City fireworks disaster]]'''
|-
|23 December 1988
|{{flag|United States}}
|[[Memphis, Tennessee]].
|9
|10
|'''[[Memphis tanker truck disaster]]'''
|-
| 4 June 1989
| {{flag|Union of Soviet Socialist Republics}}
| [[Iglinsky District]]
| 575
| 800
| '''[[Ufa train disaster]]'''
|-
| 5 July 1990
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[Channelview, Texas]]
| 17
| 5
| '''[[1990 ARCO explosion]]'''
|-
| 22 April 1992
| {{flag|Mexico}}
| [[Guadalajara]]
| 252–1,000+
| 500–1,500+
| '''[[1992 Guadalajara explosions]]'''
|-
| 22 September 1993
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[Mobile, Alabama]]
| 47
| 103
| '''[[Big Bayou Canot rail accident]]'''
|-
| 1 August 1994
| {{flag|China}}
| [[Guangxi]]
| 77
| 230
| '''[[1994 Kenpeng mine disaster]]'''
|- 
| 13 December 1994
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[Woodbury County, Iowa|Woodbury County]]
| 4
| 18
| '''[[Port Neal fertilizer plant explosion]]'''
|-
| 3 February 1995
| {{flag|Malta}}
| [[Cospicua]]
| 9
| Unknown
| An explosion on the Libyan tanker ''[[Um El Faroud]]'' killed nine dockyard workers.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.divesitedirectory.co.uk/dive_site_malta_wreck_faroud.html |title=Um el Faroud – Diving Malta, Europe, dive site directory |access-date=23 December 2020 |archive-date=15 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115202919/http://www.divesitedirectory.co.uk/dive_site_malta_wreck_faroud.html}}</ref>
|-
| 17 April 1995
| {{flag|Poland}}
| [[Gdansk]]
| 22
| 12
| Explosion that caused the collapse of the two lowest floors of a 10-story building.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1995/04/19/Death-toll-in-gas-blast-in-Poland-rises/9720798264000/ | title=Death toll in gas blast in Poland rises - UPI Archives }}</ref> <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gdansk.pl/wiadomosci/Wybuch-eksplozja-tragedia-wiezowca-Strzyza-Wrzeszcz-1995-trzy-wersje-jak-doszlo-do-tragedii,a,169201 | title=HISTORIA. Wybuch wieżowca na Strzyży 29 lat temu - trzy wersje, jak doszło do tragedii }}</ref>
|-
| 3 November 1995
| {{flag|Argentina}}
| [[Río Tercero, Córdoba]]
| 7
| 365
| ''' [[Río Tercero explosion]]'''
|-
| 21 November 1996
| {{flag|Puerto Rico}}
| [[Río Piedras, Puerto Rico]]
| 33
| 69
| '''[[Humberto Vidal explosion]]'''
|-
| 14 February 1998
| {{flag|Cameroon}}
| [[Yaoundé]]
| 200+
| Unknown
| ''' [[Yaoundé train explosion]]'''
|-
| 18 October 1998
| {{flag|Nigeria}}
| Jesse, Nigeria
| {{sort|01082|1,082}}
| unknown
| '''[[1998 Jesse pipeline explosion]]'''
|-
| 25 September 1998
| {{flag|Australia}}
| [[Longford, Victoria|Longford]]
| 2
| 8
| '''[[Esso Longford gas explosion]]'''
|-
| 23 June 1999
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[Pasadena, Texas|Pasadena]]
| 2
| 3
| '''[[Phillips explosion of 1999]]'''<ref name="plasticsnews">{{cite news|title=Explosion Kills Two at Phillips K-Resin Plant|url=http://www.plasticsnews.com/article/19990628/NEWS/306289997/explosion-kills-two-at-phillips-k-resin-plant|date=28 June 1999|access-date=23 September 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 23 June 1999
| {{flag|Nigeria}}
| [[Akute-Odo]], [[Ogun State]]
| 15
| unknown
|Pipeline explosion.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2006/5/12/timeline-of-nigeria-pipeline-disasters|title = Timeline of Nigeria pipeline disasters}}</ref>
|-
| 9 August 1999
| {{flag|Canada}}
| [[Calgary]]
| 2
| 0
| '''[[Hub Oil explosion]]'''
|-
| 26 September 1999
| {{flag|Mexico}}
| [[Celaya]]
| 63
| 348
| '''[[Celaya fireworks disaster]]'''
|-
| 10 November 1999
| {{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}
| [[Mbandaka Airport]]
| 6
| Unknown 
| An [[Antonov AN-12]] plane owned by the Congolese military full of cluster bombs exploded on the ground at [[Mbandaka Airport]], killing six.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19991110-0|title = ASN Aircraft accident Antonov An-12 registration unknown Mbandaka Airport (MDK)}}</ref>
|}

== 2000s ==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! width=120|Date
! Country
! width=190|Location
!data-sort-type="number"|Dead
!data-sort-type="number"|Injured
!class=unsortable|Details
|-
| 7 February 2000
| {{flag|Nigeria}}
| [[Ogwe]], [[Abia State]]
| 17
| Unknown
| A pipeline explosion killed 17.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2006/5/12/timeline-of-nigeria-pipeline-disasters|title=Timeline of Nigeria pipeline disasters|website=aljazeera.com|access-date=11 October 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 11 March 2000
| {{flag|Ukraine}}
| [[Luhansk]]
| 81
| 8
| Methane gas explosion at a coal mine.<ref name="emerald.com">{{Cite journal|url=https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/dpm.2001.07310aac.005/full/html|doi = 10.1108/dpm.2001.07310aac.005|title = Fires and explosion|journal = Disaster Prevention and Management|year = 2001|volume = 10}}</ref>
|-
| 13 March 2000
| {{flag|China}}
| [[Pingxiang]], [[Jiangxi Province]]
| 33
| 10
| Explosion at a fireworks factory.<ref name="emerald.com"/>
|-
| 20 March 2000
| {{flag|Nigeria}}
| [[Isioma]], [[Abia State]]
| 50
| Unknown
|Pipeline explosion.<ref name="auto1"/>
|-
| 22 March 2000
| {{flag|Russia}}
| [[Leninsk-Kuznetsky (city)|Leninsk-Kuznetsky]], [[Kemerovo Oblast]]
| 12
| unknown
| Gas explosion.<ref name="emerald.com"/>
|-
| 14 April 2000
| {{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}
| [[Kinshasa]]
| 109
| 258
| Ammunition explosion at [[N'djili Airport]] which also destroyed five aircraft.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20000414-3|title = ASN Aircraft accident Canadair CL-44D4-2 TN-235 Kinshasa-N'Djili Airport (FIH)}}</ref><ref name="emerald.com"/>
|-
| 22 April 2000
| {{flag|China}}
| [[Shanxi]]
| 40
| 1
| Gas explosion at Yongcai coal mine.<ref name="emerald.com"/>
|-
| 13 May 2000
| {{flag|Netherlands}}
| [[Enschede]]
| 20+
| 175+
| '''[[Enschede fireworks disaster]]''' – Explosion at a fireworks warehouse.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/large-explosion-at-dutch-fireworks-warehouse-kills-20-276571.html|title=Large explosion at Dutch fireworks warehouse kills 20|date=13 May 2000|website=The Independent|access-date=11 October 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 21 June 2000
| {{flag|Nigeria}}
| Okuedjeba, [[Warri]] 
| 28
| Unknown
| [[Pipeline transport|Pipeline]] explosion .<ref name="auto1"/>
|-
| 12 July 2000
| {{flag|Nigeria}}
| [[Warri]]
| 300
| Unknown
| Pipeline explosion caused by oil thieves.<ref name="auto1"/>
|-
| 16 July 2000
| {{flag|Nigeria}}
| [[Ijalla]], [[Warri]]
| 150
| Unknown
| Pipeline explosion.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200007310600.html|title=Nigeria: Month of Death: Pipeline Explosions in Delta State Kill More Than 500|first1=Fola|last1=Adekeye|date=31 July 2000}}</ref>
|-
| 23 July 2000
| {{flag|Nigeria}}
| [[Sapele]], Delta
| 40
| Unknown
| Pipeline explosion.<ref name="auto1"/>
|-
| 24 July 2000
| {{flag|Nigeria}}
| [[Sapele, Nigeria|Sapele]], [[Delta State]]
| 15
| Unknown
| Pipeline explosion.<ref name="auto1"/>
|-
| 19 August 2000
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[Carlsbad, New Mexico]]
| 12
| 0
| Pipeline explosion killed 12 campers and destroyed three vehicles, causing $998,296 in damages.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/PAR0301.pdf |title=Natural Gas Pipeline Rupture and Fire Near Carlsbad, New Mexico August 19, 2000 |date= |access-date=2021-11-27}}</ref>
|-
| 5 November 2000
| {{flag|Nigeria}}
| [[Oyo State]]
| 100–200
| Unknown
| '''[[Ibadan road tanker explosion]]'''
|-
| 30 November 2000
| {{flag|Nigeria}}
| [[Lagos]]
| 60
| Unknown
| Pipeline explosion caused by oil thieves.<ref name="auto1"/>
|-
| 6 March 2001
| {{flag|China}}
| [[Fanglin]], [[Jiangxi]] province
| 41–60
| 30
| Fireworks explosion at a school kill that killed children and destroyed the building.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/mar/07/2|title = 'Fireworks blast' kills 41 at China school|website = [[TheGuardian.com]]|date = 7 March 2001}}</ref>
|-
| 6 May 2001
| {{flag|Ukraine}}
| [[Donetsk]]
| 10
| 26
| Explosion at a coal mine.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://neftegaz.ru/en/news/oil/437931-ukraine-gas-explosion-kills-10-miners/|title = Ukraine gas explosion kills 10 miners| date=12 May 2001}}</ref>
|-
| 21 September 2001
| {{flag|France}}
| [[Toulouse]]
| 31
| 2500
| '''[[Toulouse chemical factory explosion]]'''
|-
| 23 September 2001
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[Brookwood, Alabama]]
| 13
| 0
| 13 miners were killed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://usminedisasters.miningquiz.com/saxsewell/JimWalter.htm|title = Jim Walter Resources Mine Explosions}}</ref>
|-
| 5 November 2001
| {{flag|Nigeria}}
| [[Imo State]]
| 15
| Unknown
| A pipeline leak caused an explosion.<ref name="auto1"/>
|-
| 6 December 2001
| {{flag|Uganda}}
| [[Busesa]], [[Iganga District]]
| 38
| 79
| Oil tanker explosion.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1696111.stm|title=Dozens die in Ugandan fuel fire|date=7 December 2001}}</ref>
|-
| 27 January 2002
| {{flag|Nigeria}}
| [[Lagos]]
| 1,100+
| 5,000+
| '''[[2002 Lagos armoury explosion]]'''
|-
| 29 January 2003
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[Kinston, North Carolina]]
| 6
| 36
| '''[[West Pharmaceutical Services explosion]]'''
|-
| 14 April 2003
| {{flag|Canada}}
| [[Toronto]]
| 7
| 4
| '''[[2003 Etobicoke gas explosion]]'''
|-
| 19 June 2003
| {{flag|Nigeria}}
| [[Abia state]]
| 105
| unknown
| Pipeline explosion.<ref name="auto1"/>
|-
| 20 January 2004
| {{flag|Algeria}}
| [[Skikda]]
| 27
| 74
| An explosion at a LNG complex destroyed three trains.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ogj.com/pipelines-transportation/article/17292920/algerian-lng-complex-explosion-caused-by-gas-pipeline-leak/|title = StackPath| date=18 February 2004 }}</ref>
|-
| 18 February 2004
| {{flag|Iran}}
| [[Nishapur]]
| 295
| 460
| '''[[Nishapur train disaster]]'''
|-
| 16 March 2004
| {{flag|Russia}}
| [[Arkhangelsk]]
| 58
| 17
| '''[[2004 Arkhangelsk explosion]]'''
|-
| 22 April 2004
| {{flag|North Korea}}
| [[Ryongchon County]]
| 54
| 1,249
| '''[[Ryongchon disaster]]'''
|-
| 11 May 2004
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| [[Glasgow]]
| 9
| 33
| '''[[Stockline Plastics factory explosion]]'''
|-
| 24 May 2004
| {{flag|Romania}}
| [[Mihăilești, Buzău|Mihăilești]]
| 18
| 13
| '''[[Mihăilești explosion]]'''
|-
| 30 July 2004
| {{flag|Belgium}}
| [[Ghislenghien]]
| 24
| 132
| A high-pressure natural gas pipeline operated at a pressure of {{convert|70|bar|psi|abbr=off}} ruptured following recent third-party damage.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hln.be/nieuws/binnenland/gasramp-in-gellingen-is-vandaag-precies-15-jaar-geleden~ac1c4b1e/|title=Gasramp in Gellingen is vandaag precies 15 jaar geleden|date=30 July 2019|via=www.hln.be|work=Het Laatste Nieuws|language=nl}}</ref>
|-
| 3 November 2004
| {{flag|Denmark}}
| [[Seest]]
| 1
| 24
| '''[[Seest fireworks disaster]]'''
|-
| 24 February 2005
| {{flag|China}}
| [[Fuxin]]
| 214
| Unknown
| '''[[2005 Sunjiawan mine disaster]]'''
|-
| 23 March 2005
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[Texas City, Texas]]
| 15
| 170
| '''[[Texas City refinery explosion]]'''
|-
| 2 October 2005
| {{flag|Tajikistan}}
| 
| 21
| Unknown
| A bus running on liquefied gas exploded when it collided with another bus.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/tajikistan-bus-explosion-kills-21-people-1.1183110/|title = Tajikistan bus explosion kills 21 people| newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]}}</ref>
|-
| 13 November 2005
| {{flag|China}}
| [[Jilin City|Jilin]]
| 6
| Unknown
| '''[[2005 Jilin chemical plant explosions]]'''
|-
| 11 December 2005
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| [[Hemel Hempstead]]
| 0
| 43
| '''[[Buncefield fire]]'''
|-
| 8 February 2006
| {{flag|Russia}}
| [[Grozny]]
| 13
| 28
| '''[[Chechnya Spetsnaz base explosion]]'''
|-
| 12 May 2006
| {{flag|Nigeria}}
| Atlas Creek Island
| 150
| Unknown
| '''[[2006 Atlas Creek pipeline explosion]]'''
|-
| 18 October 2006
| {{flag|Indonesia}}
| [[Sidoarjo]], [[East Java]]
| 7
| Unknown
| A pipeline exploded because of a [[Sidoarjo mud flow|mud volcano]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/23/world/asia/23iht-blast.3642098.html|title=Indonesia gas blast linked to volcanic mud |first1=Raymond|last1=Bonner|first2=Muktita|last2=Suhartono|newspaper=The New York Times|date=23 October 2006|access-date=11 October 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 6 December 2006
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[Milwaukee]]
| 3
| 47
| '''[[2006 Falk Corporation explosion]]'''
|-
| 26 December 2006
| {{flag|Nigeria}}
| [[Abule Egba]]
| 300–500
| Unknown
| '''[[2006 Abule Egba pipeline explosion]]'''
|-
| 2 February 2007
| {{flag|Philippines}}
| [[Tigbao, Zamboanga del Sur|Tigbao]], [[Zamboanga del Sur]]
| 50+
| Unknown
| A burning chemical truck exploded as a bus was passing beside it.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 6, 2007 |title='Pure negligence,' not terrorism, blamed for Zambo tanker explosion |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2007/02/06/383710/145pure-negligence146-not-terrorism-blamed-zambo-tanker-explosion |access-date=September 29, 2022 |work=[[The Philippine Star]]}}</ref>
|-
| 22 March 2007
| {{flag|Mozambique}}
| [[Maputo]]
| 103
| 515
| '''[[2007 Maputo arms depot explosion]]'''
|-
| 1 May 2007
| {{flag|Spain}}
| [[Palencia]]
| 9
| 30
| Explosion in a residential building<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.elnortedecastilla.es/palencia/quince-anos-catastrofe-20220430201923-nt.html?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.elnortedecastilla.es%2Fpalencia%2Fquince-anos-catastrofe-20220430201923-nt.html | title=Quince años de una catástrofe que hizo temblar a Palencia | date=30 April 2022 }}</ref> <ref>{{cite news | url=https://elpais.com/elpais/2007/05/01/actualidad/1178007424_850215.html | title=Seis muertos y tres desaparecidos al desplomarse un edificio de Palencia por una explosión de gas | newspaper=El País | date=May 2007 }}</ref>
|-
| 26 July 2007
| {{flag|Syria}}
| [[Al-Muslimiyah]]
| 15
| 50
| '''[[July 2007 Syrian arms depot explosion]]'''
|-
| 14 September 2007
| {{flag|Romania}}
| [[Zalău]]
| 2
| 15
| '''[[Zalău explosion]]'''
|-
| 13 October 2007
| {{flag|Ukraine}}
| [[Dnipro]]
| 9
| 21+
| Building explosion.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-explosion/nine-dead-after-explosions-in-ukraine-apartment-idUSL1356127520071013/|title=Nine dead after explosions in Ukraine apartment|work=Reuters|date=13 October 2007}}</ref>
|-
| 19 October 2007
| {{flag|Philippines}}
| [[Makati]]
| 11
| 129
| '''[[2007 Glorietta explosion]]'''
|-
| 20 December 2007
| {{flag|Sierra Leone}}
| [[Freetown]]
| 18
| Unknown
| '''[[2007 Freetown explosion]]'''
|-
| 9 January 2008
| {{flag|Russia}}
| [[Kazan]]
| 10
| 4
| '''[[2008 Kazan gas explosion]]'''
|-
| 1 February 2008
| {{flag|Turkey}}
| [[Istanbul]]
| 22
| 100
| '''[[Istanbul fireworks explosion]]'''
|-
| 7 February 2008
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[Port Wentworth, Georgia]]
| 14
| 40
| '''[[2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion]]'''
|-
| 15 March 2008
| {{flag|Albania}}
| [[Gërdec]]
| 26
| 300
| '''[[2008 Gërdec explosions]]'''
|-
| 15 May 2008
| {{flag|Nigeria}}
| [[Lagos]]
| 39
| Unknown
| '''[[2008 Ijegun pipeline explosion]]'''
|-
| 3 July 2008
| {{flag|Bulgaria}}
| [[Chelopechene, Sofia Province|Chelopechene]], [[Sofia Province]]
| 0
| 3 
| '''[[2008 Chelopechene explosions]]'''
|-
| 10 August 2008
| {{flag|Canada}}
| [[Toronto]]
| 2
| 0
| '''[[Toronto propane explosion]]'''
|-
| 26 August 2008
| {{flag|China}}
| [[Yizhou District, Hechi|Yizhou]]
| 20
| 60
| '''[[2008 Guangxi chemical plant explosions]]'''
|-
| 15 November 2008
| {{flag|Romania}}
| [[Petrila]]
| 13
| 13
| '''[[Petrila Mine disaster]]'''
|-
| 3 December 2008
| {{flag|Spain}}
| [[Barcelona]]
| 6
| 42
| Gas explosion in a social housing building at a shantytown.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rtve.es/noticias/20081209/el-fallecimiento-de-una-nina-de-once-anos-eleva-a-seis-las-victimas-mortales-de-la-explosion-de-gava/204634.shtml | title=El fallecimiento de una niña de once años eleva a seis las víctimas mortales de la explosión de Gavá | date=9 December 2008 }}</ref>
|-
| 24 December 2008
| {{flag|Ukraine}} 
| [[Yevpatoria]]
| 27
| 5
| '''[[2008 Yevpatoria gas explosion]]'''
|-
| 30 May 2009
| {{flag|China}} 
| [[Chongqing]]
| 30
| 59
| '''[[2009 Chongqing mine blast]]'''
|-
| 10 August 2009
| {{flag|Slovakia}} 
| [[Trenčín Region]]
| 20
| 9
| '''[[2009 Handlová mine blast]]'''
|-
| 23 October 2009
| {{flag|Puerto Rico}} 
| [[Bayamón, Puerto Rico|Bayamón]]
| 0
| 3
| '''[[2009 Cataño oil refinery fire]]'''
|-
| 1 November 2009
| {{flag|Benin}}
| [[Porga]]
| 60+
| Unknown
| A tanker truck overturned and exploded while residents were siphoning its fuel.{{cn|date=February 2024}}
|-
| 21 November 2009
| {{flag|China}} 
| [[Hegang]]
| 108
| 29
| '''[[2009 Heilongjiang mine explosion]]'''
|-
| 2 December 2009
| {{flag|Ukraine}}
| [[Kyiv]]
| 1
| 0
| '''[[List of unusual deaths|Vladimir Likhonos]]''', 25, a student of [[Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute|Kyiv Polytechnic Institute]], was killed when his chewing gum exploded. He had a habit of dipping his chewing gum in [[citric acid]] to increase the gum's sour taste. On his work table police found about 100g of unidentified explosive powder which he used for chemistry studies. It resembled citric acid and it is thought he confused the two. The explosive was found to be four times stronger than [[TNT]] and the explosion was possibly triggered either by reacting with Likhonos' saliva or the pressure exerted by him chewing on the gum and explosive powder.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-20107572.html |title=Exploding bubble gum kills student|work=[[Irish Examiner]]| date=11 December 2009| access-date =8 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.zhitomir.info/news_50877.html |title=Нелепая смерть из-за жвачки. Фото, подробности |publisher=Zhitomir.info| date=9 December 2009| access-date =8 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.kyivpost.com/article/content/ukraine-politics/exploding-gum-kills-kyiv-polytech-student-54589.html|title=Exploding gum kills Kyiv Polytech student|date=9 December 2009}}</ref>
|}

== 2010s ==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:10%;"|Date
! style="width:10%;"|Country
! style="width:10%;"|Location
!data-sort-type="number" style="width:5%;"|Dead
!data-sort-type="number" style="width:5%;"|Injured
!Details
|-
| 7 February 2010
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[Middletown, Connecticut]]
| 6
| 50
| '''[[2010 Connecticut power plant explosion]]'''
|-
| 2 April 2010
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[Anacortes, Washington]]
| 7
| 0
| '''[[2010 Tesoro Anacortes Refinery disaster]]'''
|-
| 5 April 2010
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[Raleigh County, West Virginia]]
| 20
| 0
| '''[[Upper Big Branch Mine disaster]]'''
|-
| 8 May 2010
| {{flag|Russia}}
| [[Mezhdurechensk, Kemerovo Oblast]]
| 91
| 99
| '''[[Raspadskaya mine explosion]]'''
|-
| 17 May 2010
| {{flag|Turkey}}
| [[Zonguldak Province]]
| 30
| 0
| '''[[2010 Zonguldak mine disaster]]'''
|-
| 2 July 2010
| {{flag|Democratic Republic of Congo}}
| [[South Kivu]]
| 230
| 196
| '''[[2010 South Kivu fuel tank explosion]]'''
|-
| 28 July 2010
| {{flag|China}}
| [[Nanjing]]
| 13
| 300
| '''[[2010 Nanjing chemical plant explosion]]'''
|-
| 9 September 2010
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[San Bruno, California]]
| 8
| 58
| '''[[2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion]]'''
|-
|19 November 2010
| {{flag|New Zealand}}
| [[West Coast, New Zealand|Westcoast]]
| 29
| 2
| '''[[Pike River Mine disaster]]'''
|-
| 1 December 2010
| {{flag|Nigeria}}
| [[Lagos State]]
| 20
| Unknown
| '''[[Alakija tanker explosion]]'''
|-
| 19 December 2010
| {{flag|Mexico}}
| [[San Martín Texmelucan]]
| 29
| 52
| '''[[2010 Puebla oil pipeline explosion]]'''
|-
| 9 February 2011
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[Allentown, Pennsylvania]]
| 5
| Unknown
| A gas explosion leveled a house.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.phillytrib.com/news/state_and_region/neighbors-still-haunted-10-years-after-deadly-gas-explosion/article_89d10a57-8d42-5c99-9ad7-355e0018fbf2.html|title=Neighbors still haunted 10 years after deadly gas explosion|first1=Andrew|last1=Wagaman|first2=Anthony|last2=Salamone|website=The Philadelphia Tribune|date=15 February 2021}}</ref>
|-
| 16 February 2011
| {{flag|Tanzania}}
| [[Dar es Salaam]]
| 20-32
| 300
| '''[[2011 Dar es Salaam explosions]]'''
|-
| 11 July 2011
| {{flag|Cyprus}}
| [[Zygi]]
| 13
| 62
| '''[[Evangelos Florakis Naval Base explosion]]'''
|-
|29 July 2011
|{{flag|Ukraine}}
|[[Luhansk]]
|26
|2
|[[2011 Ukraine mine accidents|'''Suhodolskaya-Vostochnaya explosion''']]
|-
| 12 September 2011
| {{flag|Kenya}}
| [[Nairobi]]
| 100
| 116
| '''[[2011 Nairobi pipeline fire]]'''
|-
| 12 November 2011
| {{flag|Iran}}
| [[Bid Kaneh]]
| 17
| Unknown
| '''[[Bid Kaneh explosion]]'''
|-
| 10 February 2012
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[Ocala, Florida]]
| 2 (a woman and a horse)
| 1
| '''[[List of unusual deaths|Erica Marshall]]''', a 28-year-old British [[veterinarian]], died when the horse she was treating in a [[hyperbaric oxygen]] chamber kicked the wall, released a spark from its [[horseshoe]]s, and triggered an explosion. The horse was also killed by the explosion. Another worker, Sorcha Moneley, was seriously injured.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/9079168/Equine-expert-killed-as-horse-shoe-sparks-explosion-heard-30-miles-away.html | work=The Daily Telegraph | title=Equine expert killed as horse shoe sparks explosion heard 30 miles away | date=13 February 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513152933/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/9079168/Equine-expert-killed-as-horse-shoe-sparks-explosion-heard-30-miles-away.html | archive-date=13 May 2014 | df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/17/10434135-officials-horses-metal-shoes-sparked-fatal-blast-in-oxygen-chamber?lite |title=Officials: Horse's metal shoes sparked fatal blast in oxygen chamber|date=17 February 2012|work=NBC News|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104015140/http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/17/10434135-officials-horses-metal-shoes-sparked-fatal-blast-in-oxygen-chamber?lite |archive-date=4 January 2013}}</ref>
|-
| 27 February 2012
| {{flag|Russia}}
| [[Astrakhan]]
| 10
| 12
| '''[[2012 Astrakhan gas explosion]]'''
|-
| 4 March 2012
| {{flag|Republic of the Congo}}
| [[Brazzaville]]
| 300+
| 2,500+
| '''[[Brazzaville arms dump blasts]]'''
|-
| 12 July 2012
| {{flag|Nigeria}}
| [[Okobie]]
| 121
| 75
| '''[[Okobie road tanker explosion]]'''
|-
| 12 July 2012
| {{flag|China}}
| [[Yan'an]]
| 36
| 3
| '''[[Shaanxi bus–tanker crash]]'''
|-
|27 August 2012
|{{flag|India}}
|[[Chala, Kannur|Chala]]
|20
|21
|'''[[Chala LPG tanker disaster]]'''
|-
| 5 September 2012
| {{flag|Turkey}}
| [[Afyonkarahisar]]
| 25
| 7
| '''[[2012 Afyonkarahisar arsenal explosion]]'''
|-
| 5 September 2012
| {{flag|India}}
| [[Sivakasi]]
| 40
| 70
| '''[[Sivakasi factory explosion]]'''
|-
| 18 September 2012
| {{flag|Mexico}}
| [[Reynosa]]
| 30
| 46
| Pipeline explosion.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.deseret.com/2012/9/20/20436944/mexico-blast-a-blow-to-pemex-s-improving-safety|title=Mexico blast a blow to Pemex's improving safety|agency=Associated Press|date=20 September 2012|website=Deseret News|access-date=11 October 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 1 November 2012
| {{flag|Saudi Arabia}}
| [[Riyadh]]
| 26
| 135
| '''[[2012 Riyadh truck crash]]'''
|-
| 31 January 2013
| {{flag|Mexico}}
| [[Mexico City]]
| 37
| 126
| '''[[Torre Ejecutiva Pemex explosion]]'''
|-
| 17 April 2013
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[West, Texas|West]]
| 15
| 160 / 200
| '''[[West Fertilizer Company explosion]]'''
|-
| 29 April 2013
| {{flag|Czech Republic}}
| [[Prague]]
| 0
| 43
| '''[[2013 Prague explosion]]'''
|-
| 7 May 2013
| {{flag|Mexico}}
| [[Ecatepec de Morelos]]
| 27
| 36
| '''[[2013 Ecatepec de Morelos gas tanker explosion]]'''
|-
| 25 May 2013
| {{flag|Pakistan}}
| [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]]
| 18
| 7
| '''[[2013 Pakistan gas bus explosion]]'''
|-
| 31 May 2013
| {{flag|Philippines}}
| [[Taguig]]
| 3
| 5
| '''[[2013 Serendra explosion]]'''
|-
| 13 June 2013
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[Geismar, Louisiana]]
| 2
| 114
| '''[[Williams Olefins Plant explosion]]'''
|-
| 6 July 2013
| {{flag|Canada}}
| [[Lac-Mégantic, Quebec|Lac-Mégantic]]
| 47
| 1<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/cook-at-lac-mégantic-café-escaped-death-twice-1.1333496|title=Cook at Lac-Mégantic café escaped death twice|publisher=CBC News|access-date=11 July 2013}}</ref>
| '''[[Lac-Mégantic rail disaster]]'''
|-
| 6 August 2013
| {{flag|Argentina}}
| [[Rosario, Santa Fe|Rosario]]
| 22
| 60
| '''[[2013 Rosario gas explosion]]'''
|-
| 22 November 2013
| {{flag|China}}
| [[Qingdao]]
| 62
| Unknown
| '''[[2013 Qingdao oil pipeline explosion]]'''
|-
| 10 December 2013
| {{flag|Egypt}}
| [[Gharbia Governorate]]
| 13
| 6
| '''[[Kafr Elle Zayat fuel truck explosion]]'''
|-
| 9 January 2014
| {{flag|Japan}}
| [[Yokkaichi, Mie|Yokkaichi]], [[Mie Prefecture]]
| 5
| 17
| '''[[Mitsubishi Materials chemical plant explosion]]'''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-25664195|title=Explosion at Japan chemical factory|date=19 September 2018|work=BBC News}}</ref>
|-
| 7 January 2014
| {{flag|Nigeria}}
| [[Apapa]]
| 15
| Unknown
| '''[[Kirikiri tanker explosion]]'''
|-
| 27 February 2014
| {{flag|Qatar}}
| [[Doha]]
| 12
| 30+
| Suspected gas explosion at a [[Turkish cuisine|Turkish restaurant]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-26369367/|title = Doha, Qatar blast kills 12 and injures at least 30|work = BBC News|date = 27 February 2014}}</ref>
|-
| 12 March 2014
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[New York City]]
| 8
| 70
| '''[[2014 East Harlem gas explosion]]'''
|-
| 13 May 2014
| {{flag|Turkey}}
| [[Soma, Manisa|Soma]]
| 301
| 80
| '''[[Soma mine disaster]]'''
|-
| 27 June 2014
| {{flag|India}}
| [[Nagaram, East Godavari district|Nagaram]]
| 22
| 30
| '''[[2014 GAIL pipeline explosion]]'''
|-
| 28 June 2014
| {{flag|India}}
| [[Alang]], [[Gujarat]]
| 5
| 6
| Explosion at a [[ship breaking]] yard.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/06/5-killed-in-alang-port-shipbreaking-yard-blast-in-gujarat/|title=5 killed in Alang Port Shipbreaking yard blast in Gujarat|website=biharprabha.com}}</ref>
|-
| 31 July 2014
| {{flag|Taiwan}}
| [[Kaohsiung]]
| 32
| 321
| '''[[2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions]]'''
|-
| 2 August 2014
| {{flag|China}}
| [[Kunshan]]
| 146
| 114
| '''[[2014 Kunshan explosion]]'''
|-
| 31 August 2014
| {{flag|France}}
| [[Rosny-sous-Bois]]
| 6
| 0
| Explosion in an apartment building.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/09/01/we-were-trembling-fear-survivor-recounts-paris-explosion|title='We were trembling from fear': Survivor recounts Paris explosion|website=sbs.com.au}}</ref>
|-
| 1 October 2014
| {{flag|Bulgaria}}
| [[Gorni Lom]]
| 15
| 3
| '''[[2014 Gorni Lom explosions]]'''
|-
| 22 November 2014
| {{flag|Malaysia}}
| [[Sarawak]]
| 4
| 30
| '''[[2014 Selantik coal mine explosion]]'''
|-
| 4 March 2015
| {{flag|Ukraine}}
| [[Donetsk]]
| 34
| 14
| '''[[2015 Zasyadko mine disaster]]'''
|-
| 26 March 2015
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[New York City]]
| 2
| 19
| '''[[2015 East Village gas explosion]]'''
|-
| 4 June 2015
| {{flag|Ghana}}
| [[Accra]]
| 256
| Unknown
| '''[[2015 Accra explosion]]'''
|-
| 27 June 2015
| {{flag|Taiwan}}
| [[New Taipei City]]
| 15
| 497
| '''[[Formosa Fun Coast explosion]]'''
|-
| 3 July 2015
| {{flag|South Korea}}
| [[Ulsan]]
| 6
| 0
| Explosion at a [[chemical plant]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2015/07/116_182136.html|title=Explosion at chemical plant in Ulsan kills six|date=3 July 2015|website=[[The Korea Times]]}}</ref>
|-
| 24 July 2015
| {{flag|Italy}}
| [[Modugno]]
| 7
| Unknown 
| A large explosion which triggered other explosions and a fire at a fireworks factory.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33657412|title=Italy fireworks blast 'kills seven'|date=24 July 2015|work=BBC News}}</ref>
|-
| 12 August 2015
| {{flag|China}}
| [[Tianjin]]
| 173
| 801
| '''[[2015 Tianjin explosions]]''' – Occurred at a hazardous goods warehouse operated by Ruihai Logistics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/12/tianjin-explosion-china-sets-final-death-toll-at-173-ending-search-for-survivors|title=Tianjin explosion: China sets final death toll at 173, ending search for survivors|agency=Associated Press|date=12 September 2015|website=The Guardian}}</ref>
|-
| 25 August 2015
| {{flag|Afghanistan}}
| [[Herat]]
| 11
| 18
| Gas explosion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/138790.aspx|title=11 dead in gas explosion in western Afghanistan city |website=english.ahram.org.eg}}</ref>
|-
| 31 August 2015
| {{flag|China}}
| [[Dongying]], [[Shandong|Shandong province]]
| 13
| 25
| A chemical plant owned by the Shandong Binyuan Chemical Company exploded.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/c9dfe791c0c84a2c858e4c61012f6476/|title=Chinese chemical factory blast death toll rises to 13|date=6 September 2015|newspaper=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref>
|-
| 12 September 2015
| {{flag|India}}
| [[Petlawad]]
| 105
| 150
| '''[[Petlawad explosion]]'''
|-
| 13 September 2015
| {{flag|Pakistan}}
| [[Multan]]
| 11
| 79
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/956092/seven-killed-20-wounded-in-multan-blast/|title=At least eleven killed, several injured in Multan blast|date=13 September 2015|website=The Express Tribune}}</ref>
|-
| 15 January 2016
| {{flag|China}}
| [[Tongxu County]], [[Henan Province]]
| 10
| 7
| An illegal fireworks plant exploded.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/10-killed-in-powerful-blast-at-fireworks-plant-in-china-1265987|title=10 Killed In Powerful Blast At Fireworks Plant In China|website=NDTV.com}}</ref>
|-
| 16 January 2016
| {{flag|Italy}}
| [[Arnasco]]
| 5
| 1
| Suspected gas explosion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/r-five-people-killed-by-suspected-gas-blast-in-italian-town-2016-1?IR=Tv|title=Five people killed by suspected gas blast in Italian town|website=Business Insider}}</ref>
|-
| 25 February 2016
| {{flag|Russia}}
| [[Vorkuta]]
| 36
| 9
| '''[[Vorkuta mine disaster]]'''
|-
| 10 April 2016
| {{flag|India}}
| [[Paravur, Kollam|Paravur]]
| 111
| 350+
| '''[[Puttingal temple fire]]'''
|-
| 20 April 2016
| {{flag|Mexico}}
| [[Coatzacoalcos]]
| 24
| 136
| Explosion at the major Clorados 3 petrochemical plant of Petroquimica Mexicana de Vinilo.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-pemex-idUSKCN0XH2N2|title=Mexico's Pemex puts blast death toll at 24, blames leak|first=Lizbeth|last=Diaz|date=22 April 2016|newspaper=Reuters}}</ref>
|-
|4 May 2016
|{{flag|Ukraine}} ({{flag|Luhansk People's Republic}})
|[[Luhansk]]
|10
|4
|Coal mine explosion.<ref>{{cite web|title=Coal mine explosion in Ukraine kills one, at least 9 missing|url=https://www.trtworld.com/europe/coal-mine-explosion-in-ukraine-kills-one-at-least-9-missing-1186|access-date=8 September 2021|website=Coal mine explosion in Ukraine kills one, at least 9 missing}}</ref>
|-
| 28 June 2016
| {{flag|Canada}}
| [[Mississauga]]
| 2
| 13
| A huge [[2016 Mississauga Explosion|explosion]] completely destroyed a house and damaged 24 others. Thousands of residents were evacuated.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cp24.com/news/some-residents-affected-by-mississauga-explosion-allowed-home-1.2966223|title=Some residents affected by Mississauga explosion allowed home|first1=Codi|last1=Wilson|first2=Chris|last2=Fox|date=29 June 2016|website=cp24.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/mississauga-house-explosion-1.3656811|title=Explosion destroys home, kills 1 person in Mississauga, Ont.|website=CBC News}}</ref> Police later concluded the incident was a double suicide.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/mississauga-house-explosion-ruled-double-suicide-1.3222046|title=Mississauga house explosion ruled double suicide|date=30 December 2016|website=ctvnews.ca}}</ref>
|-
| 11 August 2016
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[Silver Spring, Maryland]]
| 7
| 68
| Gas explosion at the Flower Branch Apartments.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/accidentreports/pages/par1901.aspx|title=April 2019 NTSB finding on Flower Branch Apartment blast|website=ntsb.gov}}</ref> The blast displaced more than 90 residents.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/firefighters-rescue-multiple-people-from-burning-apartment-complex/2016/08/11/42c76bb4-5f7a-11e6-af8e-54aa2e849447_story.html|first1=Keith L.|last1=Alexander|first2=Bill|last2=Turque|first3=Michael S.|last3=Rosenwald|title=Huge fire and explosion levels Md. apartment complex; two dead, more than 30 injured|date=11 August 2016|newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-maryland-blast-idUSKCN10O0XC|title=Fourth body found at site of Maryland apartment blast|work=Reuters |date=14 August 2016}}</ref> The NTSB found that the blast was caused by failure of an indoor mercury service regulator with an unconnected vent line that allowed natural gas into the meter room where it accumulated and ignited from an unknown ignition source.<ref name="auto"/>
|-
| 11 August 2016
| {{flag|China}}
| [[Dangyang]], [[Hubei Province]]
| 22
| 4
| '''[[2016 Dangyang explosion]]''' – Explosion caused by a high-pressure steam pipe at a power plant.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-blast-idUSKCN10M155|title=China power plant blast kills at least 21 -state media|work=Reuters |date=11 August 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 10 September 2016
| {{flag|Bangladesh}}
| [[Tongi]]
| 25
| 70
| A boiler exploded, causing a fire in a factory.<ref>{{citation|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2016/09/11/tampaco-packaging-factory-fire-in-tongi-claims-another-life|title=Tampaco packaging factory fire in Tongi claims another life|publisher=bdnews24.com|date=11 September 2016|access-date=23 September 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 11 September 2016
| {{flag|Benin}}
| [[Tori-Bossito|Tori]]
| 8
| 0
| <ref>{{citation|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-benin-blast-idUSKCN11H0K4?il=0|title=Eight dead in Benin burning waste blast: mayor|date=11 September 2016|publisher=reuters.com|access-date=23 September 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 1 November 2016
| {{flag|Pakistan}}
| [[Gadani]], [[Balochistan Province]]
| 14
| 59
| Gas cylinder explosion aboard an oil tanker that caused a major fire at a ship-breaking yard.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1293624/rescue-workers-struggle-to-put-out-fire-at-gadani-shipbreaking-yard|title=Rescue workers struggle to put out fire at Gadani shipbreaking yard|date=1 November 2016|access-date=23 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1217107/casualties-feared-fire-erupts-gadani-shipbreaking-yard/|title=At least 14 killed, 59 injured in Gadani shipbreaking yard fire – The Express Tribune|date=1 November 2016|access-date=23 November 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 17 November 2016
| {{flag|Mozambique}}
| [[Caphiridzange]], [[Tete Province]]
| 80
| Unknown
| '''[[Caphiridzange explosion]]''' – Fuel tanker explosion.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mozambique-accident-idUSKBN13C2GI|title=Mozambique death toll rises to 73 after fuel truck explodes: government|date=17 November 2016|access-date=23 November 2016|newspaper=Reuters}}</ref>
|-
| 10 December 2016
| {{flag|Bulgaria}}
| [[Hitrino]]
| 7
| 29
| '''[[Hitrino train derailment]]''' – Explosion caused by the derailment of a train carrying [[propane]] and [[butane]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bulgaria-expolosion-idUSKBN13Z05T?il=0|title=Death toll in Bulgarian cargo train explosion climbs to seven|first=Tsvetelia|last=Tsolova|date=10 December 2016|newspaper=Reuters}}</ref>
|-
| 11 December 2016
| {{flag|Kenya}}
| [[Nakuru County]]
| 43
| 50+
| '''[[2016 Naivasha Traffic Fireball]]''' – An oil tanker exploded on a main highway near [[Naivasha]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-kenya-accident-idUSKBN13Z0TK?il=0|title=Oil truck fireball kills at least 42 in central Kenya: aid worker|first=Anthony|last=Githonga|date=11 December 2016|newspaper=Reuters}}</ref>
|-
| 20 December 2016
| {{flag|Mexico}}
| [[Tultepec]]
| 42
| 84
| '''[[2016 San Pablito Market fireworks explosion]]''' – Explosion at a fireworks market.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.milenio.com/estados/que-otras-explosiones-han-sucedido-en-tultepec|title=¿Qué otras explosiones han sucedido en Tultepec?|website=milenio.com|date=20 December 2016 |access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 23 February 2017
| {{flag|Pakistan}}
| [[Lahore]]
| 10
| 31
| '''[[2017 Lahore explosion]]'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1316527/9-killed-in-explosion-in-lahores-defence-area|title=10 killed in explosion in Lahore's Defence area|first= Imran|last=Gabol|date=23 February 2017|website=dawn.com}}</ref>
|-
| 5 June 2017
| {{flag|China}}
| [[Linyi, Shandong]]
| 8
| 9
| An explosion at a chemical plant.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.manufacturing.net/safety/news/13127235/8-killed-in-east-china-chemical-plant-explosion-fire/|title = 8 Killed in East China Chemical Plant Explosion, Fire|date = 5 June 2017}}</ref>
|-
| 25 June 2017
| {{flag|China}}
| [[Dafang County]]
| 12
| 12
| '''[[Qishanyan Tunnel explosion]]'''
|-
| 25 June 2017
| {{flag|Pakistan}}
| [[Bahawalpur]]
| 219
| 34
| '''[[2017 Bahawalpur explosion]]'''
|-
| 1 September 2017
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[Crosby, Texas]]
| 0
| Unknown
| '''[[2017 Arkema plant explosion]]'''
|-
| 26 September 2017
| {{flag|Ukraine}}
| [[Kalynivka, Vinnytsia Oblast|Kalynivka]]
| 0
| Unknown
| '''[[2017 Kalynivka ammunition depot explosion]]'''
|-
| 7 October 2017
| {{flag|Ghana}}
| [[Accra]]
| 7+
| 192+
| '''[[Atomic Junction Gas Explosion]]'''
|-
| 26 October 2017
| {{flag|Indonesia}}
| [[Tangerang]]
| 49
| 46
| '''[[Tangerang fireworks disaster]]'''
|-
| 1 November 2017
| {{flag|India}}
| [[Unchahar]]
| 38
| 90+
| '''[[NTPC power plant explosion]]'''
|-
| 20 November 2017
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[New Windsor, New York]]
| 1
| 100+
| Explosion from [[hexamethyldisiloxane]] reaction subsequently ignited at the New Windsor Verla International Cosmetics plant, a manufacturing plant specializing in nail polish. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://abc7ny.com/amp/new-windsor-explosion-in-video-of-ny-plant-cosmetics/2713727/|title=Video shows explosion inside New Windsor Cosmetics Plant|date=29 November 2017|website=ABC 7 New York (WABC-TV)}}</ref>
|-
|25 February 2018
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|[[Leicester]]
|5
|5
|'''[[2018 Leicester explosion]]'''
|-
| 22 March 2018
| {{flag|Czech Republic}}
| [[Kralupy nad Vltavou]]
| 6
| 2
| Explosion at a chemical factory.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/1271576/world|title=6 dead in chemical factory explosion in Czech Republic|date=22 March 2018|website=Arab News}}</ref>
|-
|27 June 2018
|{{flag|Nigeria}}
|[[Lagos–Ibadan Expressway]]
|12+
|Unknown
|'''[[Otedola bridge fire accident]]''' – Explosion after an oil tanker fell on a bridge, burning 55 cars.
|-
| 6 August 2018
| {{flag|Italy}}
| [[Bologna]]
| 2
| 145
| '''[[2018 Borgo Panigale explosion]]'' – An LPG tanker exploded on the A14 motorway after colliding with a car carrier and another semi-trailer truck near [[Bologna Airport]], causing a section of the motorway to collapse.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2018/08/07/145-injured-in-bologna-blaze-four-badly_5a9a9aff-813e-4ae2-992a-ffee2997f620.html|title=145 injured in Bologna blaze, four badly – English|date=7 August 2018|website=ansa.it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=August 6, 2019 |title=Un anno fa l'esplosione a Panigale, il ricordo fa ancora male: 'È venuto giù tutto' |trans-title=The Panigale Explosion One Year On, Memories Still Hurt: 'Everything Came Down' |url=https://www.bolognatoday.it/cronaca/esplosione-panigale-Bologna-a14.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806090529/https://www.bolognatoday.it/cronaca/esplosione-panigale-Bologna-a14.html |archive-date=August 6, 2019 |access-date=February 4, 2024 |work=Bologna Today |language=Italian}}</ref>
|-
| 3 September 2018
| {{flag|South Africa}}
| [[Cape Town]]
| 8
| 0
| Explosion at a Rheinmetall munition depot.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/09/killed-south-africa-munition-depot-explosion-180903163340229.html|title=Eight killed in South Africa munition depot explosion|website=aljazeera.com}}</ref>
|-
| 10 September 2018
| {{flag|Nigeria}}
| [[Lafia]]
| 35
| 100+
| A gas depot exploded.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/nigerian-gas-tanker-explosion-kills-at-least-35-1.4818038|title=Nigerian gas tanker explosion kills at least 35 |website=cbc.ca}}</ref>
|-
| 13 September 2018
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[Merrimack Valley, Massachusetts]]
| 1
| 25+
| '''[[Merrimack Valley gas explosions]]'''
|-
| 6 October 2018
| {{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}
| [[Kongo Central]]
| 39–50
| 100+
| '''[[Mbuba road tanker explosion]]'''
|-
| 13 October 2018
| {{flag|Nigeria}}
| [[Aba, Abia|Aba]]
| 30
| Unknown
| Pipeline explosion. Oil thieves were suspected be the cause.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2018/10/nigeria-dozens-petrol-thieves-killed-aba-pipeline-blast-181013132945716.html|title=Nigeria: Dozens of 'petrol thieves' killed in Aba pipeline blast|website=aljazeera.com|access-date=22 March 2019}}</ref>
|-
| 16 November 2018
| {{flag|Zimbabwe}}
| [[Beitbridge]]
| 42
| 20 
| Explosion of a gas cylinder on a bus.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-46242382 |title=Zimbabwe bus: At least 42 killed in suspected gas explosion |access-date=16 June 2020 |agency=BBC News |date=16 November 2018}}</ref>
|-
|5 December 2018
|{{flag|Dominican Republic}}
|[[Santo Domingo]]
|8
|103
|A fire and explosion at a factory owned by Polyplas destroyed a warehouse and multiple houses and vehicles around it.<ref>{{cite news|date=6 December 2018|title=Gas leak blamed in deadly blast at Dominican Republic blow molder|url=https://www.plasticsnews.com/article/20181206/NEWS/181209947/gas-leak-blamed-in-deadly-blast-at-dominican-republic-blow-molder|access-date=9 March 2021|website=Plastics News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Dominican factory explosion claims 8th fatality|url=https://www.efe.com/efe/english/world/dominican-factory-explosion-claims-8th-fatality/50000262-3839760|access-date=9 March 2021|website=efe.com}}</ref>
|-
| 31 December 2018
| {{flag|Russia}}
| [[Magnitogorsk]]
| 39
| 17
| '''[[2018 Magnitogorsk building collapse]]'''
|-
| 12 January 2019
| {{flag|France}}
| [[Paris]]
| 4
| 47
| '''[[2019 Paris explosion]]'''
|-
|18 January 2019
| {{flag|Mexico}}
| [[Hidalgo (state)|Hidalgo]]
| 135
| 52
| '''[[2019 Tlahuelilpan pipeline explosion]]'''
|-
|21 January 2019
| {{flag|Pakistan}}
| [[Hub, Balochistan]]
| 26
| 16
| '''[[2019 Hub accident]]'''
|-
|20 February 2019
| {{flag|Bangladesh}}
| [[Dhaka]]
| 80
| 50+
| '''[[February 2019 Dhaka fire]]'''
|-
|27 February 2019
| {{flag|Egypt}}
| [[Cairo]]
| 25
| 50
| '''[[Ramses Station rail disaster]]'''
|-
| 21 March 2019
| {{flag|China}}
| [[Yancheng]]
| 78
| 617
| '''[[2019 Xiangshui chemical plant explosion]]'''
|-
| 10 April 2019
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[Durham, North Carolina]]
| 2
| 25
| '''[[2019 Durham gas explosion]]'''
|-
|25 April 2019
|{{flag|Ukraine}} ({{flag|Luhansk People's Republic}})
|[[Lutuhyne]]
|17–19
|Unknown
|An explosion ripped through a mine owned by 'Skhidcarbon', located in [[Russian separatist forces in Donbas|separatist]]-controlled territory.<ref>{{cite news|title=Death Toll Raised To 17 At Separatist-Controlled Mine In Eastern Ukraine|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/death-toll-raised-to-17-at-separatist-controlled-mine-in-eastern-ukraine/29907344.html|access-date=8 September 2021|newspaper=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|date=27 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Massive explosion in coal mine near occupied Luhansk, Eastern Ukraine, 19 died|url=https://112.international/ukraine-top-news/massive-explosion-in-mine-near-occupied-luhansk-eastern-ukraine-19-died-39229.html|access-date=8 September 2021|website=112.international}}</ref>
|-
| 22 June 2019
| {{flag|Nigeria}}
| [[Oyigbo]]
| 12
| Unknown
| Pipeline explosion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-06/23/c_138167185.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624173316/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-06/23/c_138167185.htm|archive-date=24 June 2019|title=At least 12 bodies recovered following pipeline explosion in Nigeria|website=xinhuanet.com}}</ref>
|-
| 2 July 2019
| {{flag|Nigeria}}
| [[Benue State]]
| 50+
| 101
| A fuel tanker exploded after overturning.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Adebayo |first1=Bukola |last2=Babajide |first2=Johnson |title=Nigeria oil tanker explosion kills at least 50 people |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/02/africa/nigeria-benue-oil-tanker-explosion-intl/index.html |access-date=3 July 2019 |work=CNN |date=2 July 2019}}</ref>
|-
| 10 August 2019
| {{flag|Tanzania}}
| [[Morogoro]]
| 89
| 55
| '''[[Morogoro tanker explosion]]'''
|-
|4 September 2019
|{{flag|India}}
|[[Gurdaspur]]
|23
|13
|Explosion at a fireworks factory.<ref>{{cite news|author=Sugam Pokharel and Swati Gupta|date=5 September 2019|title=Explosion at an Indian firecracker factory kills 23 people|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/05/asia/india-firecracker-factory-explosion-intl-hnk/index.html|access-date=2 June 2021|website=CNN}}</ref>
|-
|20 November 2019
|{{flag|Italy}}
|[[Messina|Messina, Sicily]]
|5
|2
|An explosion occurred at a fireworks factory due to an interaction between welding equipment and gunpowder.<ref>{{cite web|title=Italy: Deadly fireworks depot explosion rocks Sicily|date=20 November 2019|url=https://www.dw.com/en/italy-deadly-fireworks-depot-explosion-rocks-sicily/a-51341365|access-date=2 June 2021|website=Deutsche Welle}}</ref>
|-
| 3 December 2019
| {{flag|Sudan}}
| [[Khartoum]]
| 23
| 45
| A tanker exploded at a factory.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3040451/explosion-and-fire-factory-sudan-causes-least-23-deaths|title=Explosion and fire at factory in Sudan cause at least 23 deaths|date=3 December 2019|website=South China Morning Post}}</ref>
|-
| 4 December 2019
| {{flag|Poland}}
| [[Szczyrk]]
| 8
| 0
| An explosion caused the collapse of a building.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dw.com/en/polish-ski-resort-gas-blast-wrecks-house-8-missing/a-51536992 | title=Polish ski resort 'gas' blast wrecks house – DW – 12/05/2019 | website=[[Deutsche Welle]] }}</ref>
|-
| 5 December 2019
| {{flag|Nigeria}}
| [[Lagos]]
| 7
| Unknown
| An explosion caused by oil thieves.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/-nigeria-pipeline-explosion-death-toll-climbs-to-7/1665651|title=Nigeria: Pipeline explosion death toll climbs to 7|website=aa.com.tr}}</ref>
|-
| 6 December 2019
| {{flag|Slovakia}}
| [[Prešov]]
| 7
| Unknown
| Gas explosion at an apartment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/slovakia-7-die-in-gas-explosion-dozens-injured/a-51559162|title=Slovakia: 7 die in gas explosion, dozens injured |website=DW.COM}}</ref>
|}

== 2020s ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:10%;"|Date
! style="width:10%;"|Country
! style="width:10%;"|Location
!data-sort-type="number" style="width:5%;"|Dead
!data-sort-type="number" style="width:5%;"|Injured
!Details
|-
| 14 January 2020
| {{flag|Spain}}
| [[Tarragona]]
| 3
| 7
| '''[[Chemical Industries of Ethylene Oxide explosion]]''' – Two explosions and a fire in a petrochemical complex.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tres muertos y siete heridos en la explosión en la petroquímica de Tarragona|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/sociedad/20200114/muerto-heridos-explosion-petroquimica-tarragona-7806644|website=El Periódico|date=14 January 2020|language=es}}</ref>
|-
| 23 January 2020
| {{flag|Peru}}
| [[Villa El Salvador]]
| 34
| 28
| '''[[2020 Villa El Salvador explosion]]''' – A [[gas tanker|fuel truck]] transporting [[liquefied petroleum gas]] exploded, affecting at least 20 homes.
|-
| 24 January 2020
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[Houston]]
| 2
| 18
| '''[[2020 Houston explosion]]''' – A manufacturing plant explosion scattered rubble and debris for a half-mile.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sternitzky-Di Napoli |first1=Daniela |title=2 people killed in explosion that rocked northwest Houston |url=https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2020/01/24/large-explosion-causes-buildings-home-to-rattle-in-west-houston-police-say/ |access-date=24 January 2020 |work=KPRC-TV}}</ref>
|-
| 15 March 2020
| {{flag|Nigeria}}
| [[Lagos]]
| 23
| Unknown
| '''[[Abule-Ado explosion]]''' – A gas pipeline exploded after being hit by truck, destroying over 100 homes and dozens of vehicles.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/nigeria-gas-explosion-17-dead-rescue-efforts-200316062153076.html |title=Nigeria gas explosion: 17 dead, rescue efforts under way |publisher=Al Jazeera |date=16 March 2020 |access-date=2021-11-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-54208394 |title=What caused the blast that destroyed a girls' school |work=BBC News |access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 29 April 2020
| {{flag|South Korea}}
| [[Icheon]]
| 38
| 10+
| '''[[2020 Icheon fire]]''' – [[Warehouse]] explosion.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-52472799 |title=South Korea fire: Dozens killed in warehouse blaze in Icheon |work=BBC News |date=29 April 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 3 June 2020
| {{flag|India}}
| [[Gujarat]]
| 10
| 77
| '''[[2020 Dahej chemical plant explosion]]'''
|-
| 8 June 2020
| {{flag|Nigeria}}
| [[Niger Delta]]
| 7
| Unknown
| An explosion at an oil facility of the state-run NNCP company.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.voanews.com/africa/explosion-nigeria-oil-facility-kills-seven |title=Explosion at Nigeria Oil Facility Kills Seven |website=VOA News |date=8 July 2020 |access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 14 June 2020
| {{flag|China}}
| [[Wenling]]
| 19
| 170+
| A fuel tanker crashed and exploded. Several buildings were severely damaged.<ref>{{cite news |title=China explosion: Tanker truck blows up, killing 19 people |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-53039831 |access-date=15 June 2020 |publisher=BBC News |date=14 June 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 21 June 2020
| {{flag|Ukraine}}
| [[Kyiv]]
| 5
| 5
| Gas explosion in a residential building.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/ukrinform-rescue-works-at-scene-of-explosion-in-kyiv-multi-storey-building-completed.html |title=Rescue works at scene of explosion in Kyiv multi-storey building completed |date=23 June 2020 |website=KyivPost}}</ref> The explosion was caused by negligence during verification of gas counters.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.unian.ua/incidents/vibuh-budinku-na-poznyakah-gerashchenko-nazvav-osnovnu-versiyu-prichini-vibuhu-novini-kiyeva-11051801.html |title=Геращенко назвав основну версію причини вибуху у багатоповерхівці на Позняках |website=УНІАН |language=uk}}</ref>
|-
| 30 June 2020
| {{flag|Iran}}
| [[Tehran]]
| 19
| 6+
| '''[[2020 Iran explosions]]''' – A gas explosion severely damaged the Sina At'har health center.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.voanews.com/middle-east/19-killed-gas-explosion-clinic-iranian-capital |title=19 Killed in Gas Explosion at Clinic in Iranian Capital |website=VOA News|date=30 June 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 6 July 2020
| {{flag|Colombia}}
| [[Pueblo Viejo, Magdalena|Pueblo Viejo]]
| 7
| 50
| A gas truck exploded after it overturned.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hazardexonthenet.net/article/179537/Fuel-truck-explosion-kills-seven-people--injures-over-50-in-Colombia.aspx |title=Fuel truck explosion kills seven people, injures over 50 in Colombia |website=HazardEx}}</ref>
|-
| 30 July 2020
| {{flag|Japan}}
| [[Kōriyama]], [[Fukushima Prefecture]]
| 1
| 19
| '''[[Kōriyama explosion]]'''<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-japan-explosion-idUKKCN24V0HU |title=Japan restaurant blast kills one, injures more than a dozen – reports |date=30 July 2020 |publisher=Reuters}}</ref>
|-
| 3 August 2020
| {{flag|North Korea}}
| [[Hyesan]]
| 15
| Unknown
| A gas explosion burned several homes and caused at least 10 other explosions.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.voanews.com/east-asia-pacific/north-korean-border-city-rocked-apparent-deadly-explosion |title=North Korean Border City Rocked by Apparent Deadly Explosion |website=VOA News|date=5 August 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 4 August 2020
| {{flag|Lebanon}}
| [[Beirut]]
| 218
| 7,500
| '''[[2020 Beirut explosion]]''' – An explosion damaged the [[port of Beirut]], causing $15+ billion in damages. 300,000 people were also displaced.<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 August 2020 |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-blast-casualties-idUSKBN25Q08H |title=Beirut port blast death toll rises to 190|work=Reuters |access-date=15 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=ECHO Factsheet – Lebanon (Last updated 08/12/2020) – Lebanon |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/lebanon/echo-factsheet-lebanon-last-updated-08122020 |access-date=15 January 2021 |website=ReliefWeb |date=14 December 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 4 August 2020
| {{flag|China}}
| [[Xiantao]], [[Hubei]] province
| 6
| 4
| Explosion at an organic silicon workshop.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.asiaone.com/china/6-killed-4-hurt-explosion-chemical-plant-hubei |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807023131/https://www.asiaone.com/china/6-killed-4-hurt-explosion-chemical-plant-hubei |archive-date=7 August 2020 |title=6 killed, 4 hurt in explosion at chemical plant in Hubei |date=5 August 2020 |website=AsiaOne}}</ref>
|-
|10 August 2020
| {{flag|Russia}}
| [[Volgograd]]
| 0
| 13
| '''[[2020 Volgograd explosion]]''' – Explosion at a gas station caused by a fire.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-explosion-volgograd-today-blast-injuries-gas-station-a9663636.html |title=Huge explosion rips through gas station in Russia |date=10 August 2020 |website=The Independent |access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 21 August 2020
| {{flag|United States}}
| [[Corpus Christi, Texas]]
| 5
| 5
| A propane pipeline explosion in the [[Port of Corpus Christi]] sank a dredging vessel killing five of its crew.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.argusmedia.com/en/news/2135257-port-of-corpus-reopens-after-pipeline-fire-update |title=Port of Corpus reopens after pipeline fire: Update |date=24 August 2020 |website=Argus Media |access-date=11 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kiiitv.com/article/news/local/fifth-worker-dies-from-his-injuries-after-aug-21-pipeline-explosion-in-corpus-christis-inner-harbor/503-1df3616b-e750-45fb-9761-346351d87399 |title=Fifth worker dies from his injuries after Aug. 21 pipeline explosion in Corpus Christi's inner harbor |date=7 December 2020 |website=KIII-TV}}</ref>
|-
| 4 September 2020
| {{flag|Bangladesh}}
| [[Fatullah]], [[Narayanganj district]]
| 31
| 40
| '''[[2020 Narayanganj explosion]]''' – An explosion at a mosque due to leakage of a [[Titas Gas]] pipeline killed worshipers, including a child.<ref>{{cite news |title=Blast at Narayanganj mosque: Death toll rises to 31 |publisher=The Financial Express |url=https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/national/blast-at-narayanganj-mosque-death-toll-rises-to-31-1599746796 |date=10 September 2020 |access-date=10 September 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 23 September 2020
| {{flag|Nigeria}}
| [[Kogi State]]
| 28+
| Unknown
| Explosion of an oil tanker that also set two motorcycles, five cars, and three tricycles on fire.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nigeria-accident-idUSKCN26E36E |title=Nigerian gas tanker explosion kills at least 28 |work=Reuters |date=24 September 2020 |access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 28 September 2020
| {{flag|China}}
| [[Tianmen]]
| 5
| 1
| Explosion during the testing of new equipment at a chemical plant in Yuekou Industrial park.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3103403/chemical-plant-explosion-central-china-kills-5-people |title=Chemical plant blast in central China kills 5 people |date=28 September 2020 |website=South China Morning Post |access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 8 October 2020
| {{flag|Nigeria}}
| [[Lagos]]
| 8
| Unknown
| An explosion at a gas station burned down 25 homes and 16 shops.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nairametrics.com/2020/10/08/breaking-gas-station-explodes-in-ipaja-lagos-claims-property-and-valuables/ |title=Update: Gas station explodes in Ipaja, Lagos, claims 8 lives, razes 25 houses, 16 lock-up shops |date=8 October 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 11 October 2020
| {{flag|Iran}}
| [[Ahvaz]], [[Khuzestan Province]]
| 5
| 9
| Gas explosion.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-blast-idUSKBN26W068 |title=Gas explosion hits market, kills at least five in southwest Iran |date=11 October 2020 |access-date=11 October 2020 |work=Reuters}}</ref>
|-
| 12 October 2020
| {{flag|Nigeria}}
| [[Oriade]]
| 9
| Unknown
| A tanker fell over and exploded along the Ilesa-Akure highway.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://guardian.ng/news/tanker-explosion-kills-nine-in-osun/ |title=Tanker explosion kills nine in Osun |date=13 October 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 21 October 2020
| {{flag|Pakistan}}
| [[Karachi]]
| 5+
| 27
| Explosion at an apartment building.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1586486/blast-case-lodged-against-responsible-persons-on-bank-managers-complaint |title=Blast kills at least 5 people in Karachi |publisher=Dawn |date=21 October 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 4 November 2020
| {{flag|India}}
| [[Ahmedabad]]
| 12
| 9
| '''[[2020 Ahmedabad chemical factory blast]]'''
|-
| 16 November 2020
| {{flag|Mexico}}
| [[Nayarit]]
| 14
| 0
| Gas pipeline explosion on a busy highway.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/gas-explosion-nayarit-mexico-b1723943.html |title=Highway gas explosion kills at least 14 motorists in Mexico |newspaper=The Independent |date=16 November 2020 |access-date=16 November 2020}}</ref> The explosion occurred when a car collided with the gas-pipe.<ref>{{cite web |date=16 November 2020 |title=Gritos y temor: el momento exacto de la explosión en la carretera Tepic – Guadalajara que dejó 14 muertos |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/11/17/revelan-momento-exacto-de-la-explosion-en-la-carretera-tepic-guadalajara-que-dejo-13-muertos/ |access-date=18 November 2020 |website=infobae |language=es-ES}}</ref>
|-
| 19 November 2020
| {{flag|India}}
| [[West Bengal]]
| 5
| 4
| Explosion at a recycling plant.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/kolkata/five-dead-four-injured-in-an-explosion-inside-a-factory-in-west-bengal/story-BVUxY4GA4ve9S8HYNGkLoM.html |title=Five dead, four injured in an explosion inside a factory in West Bengal |date=19 November 2020 |website=Hindustan Times}}</ref>
|-
| 3 December 2020
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| [[Bristol]]
| 4
| 1
| '''[[Avonmouth explosion]]''' – Explosion at a silo holding treated [[biosolid]]s at a wastewater treatment plant.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.kwqc.com/2020/12/03/firefighters-respond-to-explosion-near-english-city-of-bristol/ |title=Police: 4 die after explosion at UK wastewater plant |agency=Associated Press |website=KWQC}}</ref>
|-
| 19 December 2020
| {{flag|Turkey}}
| [[Gaziantep]]
| 12
| 50
| '''[[Gaziantep hospital fire]]''' – An oxygen ventilator exploded in an intensive care unit of the private Sanko University Hospital.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55376008 |title=Covid-19: Explosion kills nine coronavirus patients in Turkey |work=BBC News |date=19 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2020/12/19/10-patients-die-after-explosion-in-Turkish-hospitals-COVID-19-wing/9831608409166/ |title=10 patients die after explosion in Turkish hospital's COVID-19 wing |website=UPI}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/turkey/turkey-death-toll-from-fire-in-icu-rises-to-12/2084035 |title=Turkey: Death toll from fire in ICU rises to 12 |website=Anadolu Agency |access-date=21 December 2020 |archive-date=21 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201221131112/https://www.aa.com.tr/en/turkey/turkey-death-toll-from-fire-in-icu-rises-to-12/2084035}}</ref>
|-
| 23 December 2020
| {{flag|Pakistan}}
| [[New Karachi Town]]
| 10
| 28
| A boiler exploded in an ice factory. The explosion destroyed the factory and severely damaged two nearby factories.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/762996-explosion-flattens-karachi-ice-factory-eight-killed-30-wounded |title=Explosion flattens Karachi ice factory: Eight killed, 30 wounded |website=The News International}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1597416 |title=Police launch probe into New Karachi ice factory explosion as death toll rises to 10 |first=Imtiaz |last=Ali |date=23 December 2020 |website=Dawn}}</ref>
|-
| 23 December 2020
| {{flag|Nigeria}}
| [[Jebba]]
| 16
| Unknown
| A fuel tanker exploded after hitting a building. The explosion destroyed 30 homes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2020/12/23/breaking-16-killed-30-houses-razed-in-kwara-fuel-truck-explosion/ |title=16 Killed, 30 Houses Razed in Kwara Fuel Truck Explosion |date=23 December 2020}}</ref>  
|-
| 2 January 2021
| {{flag|Afghanistan}}
| [[Kabul]]
| 5
| Unknown
| A gas cylinder exploded near a [[bakery]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.khaama.com/bakery-gas-cylinder-explosion-kills-5-people/|title = Bakery 'Gas Cylinder Explosion' Kills 5 People|newspaper = The Khaama Press News Agency|date = 3 January 2021|last1 = Alim|first1 = Mohammad Haroon}}</ref>
|-
|10 January 2021
|{{flag|China}}
|[[Qixia, Shandong|Qixia]]
|10
|11
|'''[[Qixia gold mine accident]]''' – A gold mine exploded and collapsed.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-55793578|title = China mine rescue: Nine found dead during rescue in Shandong province|work = BBC News|date = 25 January 2021}}</ref>
|-
| 20 January 2021
| {{flag|Spain}}
| [[Madrid]]
| 4
| 10
| '''[[2021 Madrid explosion]]''' – A gas explosion severely damaged a building.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/madrid/2021/01/20/60083a6c21efa0e94a8b4571.html|title=Cuatro muertos en una fuerte explosión en Madrid que ha destrozado un edificio en la calle Toledo|language=Spanish|publisher=[[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]]|date=20 January 2021|access-date=20 January 2021}}</ref>
|-
| 21 January 2021
| {{flag|India}}
| [[Shivamogga]]
| 8
| Unknown
| '''2021 Shivamogga explosion''' – A truck loaded with [[blasting gelatin]] exploded.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/eight-killed-in-karnataka-as-truck-with-gelatin-sticks-explodes/articleshow/80396903.cms|title=Eight killed in Karnataka as truck with gelatin sticks explo ..|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=22 January 2021|access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>
|-
|27 January 2021
|{{flag|Cameroon}}
|[[Dschang]]
|53
|29
|'''[[Dschang bus-truck crash]]''' – A bus collided with a truck carrying fuel causing an explosion.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mb.com.ph/2021/01/28/53-killed-in-cameroon-bus-blaze/|title = 53 killed in Cameroon bus blaze| website=[[Manila Bulletin]] | date=28 January 2021}}</ref>
|-
|12 February 2021
|{{flag|India}}
|[[Virudhunagar district]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
|19
|30
|Explosion at a fireworks factory.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/india-fireworks-factory-explosion-kills-at-least-19/a-56557328|title=India: Fireworks factory explosion kills at least 19 |website=DW.COM}}</ref>
|-
|13 February 2021
|{{flag|Afghanistan}}
|[[Herat Province]]
|40
|17
| An explosion of oil tankers at the Islam-Qala customs post that damaged or destroyed more than 500 oil tankers.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/13/world/asia/afghanistan-fuel-tanker-explosion.html|title=Exploding Fuel Tanker Ignites Enormous Fire on Afghanistan-Iran Border|newspaper=The New York Times|date=13 February 2021|last1=Zucchino|first1=David|last2=Timory|first2=Asad}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/458089/Huge-blaze-on-Afghan-border-didn-t-damage-Iran-s-customs-post|title = Huge blaze on Afghan border didn't damage Iran's customs post|date = 14 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/02/1084772|title = Fire at Afghan-Iranian border hits vital humanitarian assistance: UN migration agency|date = 16 February 2021}}</ref>
|-
|13 February 2021
|{{flag|Afghanistan}}
|[[Balkh Province]]
|30
|Unknown
|An explosion occurred at a [[Taliban]] [[Improvised explosive device|bomb-making]] class. Thirty militants (including six foreigners) were killed, and an unknown number were injured.<ref>{{cite web|last=King|first=Lorraine|date=16 February 2021|title=30 Taliban fighters killed after explosion at bomb-making class in Afghan mosque|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/thirty-taliban-fighters-killed-after-23507642|access-date=18 February 2021|website=mirror}}</ref>
|-
| 23 February 2021
| {{flag|India}}
| [[Chikkaballapur]], [[Karnataka]]
| 6
| Unknown
| A truck loaded with blasting gelatin exploded.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/many-feared-dead-in-a-quarry-blast-in-chikkaballapur-karnataka/article33909892.ece/|title=Six dead in gelatine stick explosion near quarry in Karnataka|newspaper=The Hindu|date=23 February 2021}}</ref>
|-
|24 February 2021
|{{flag|Afghanistan}}
|[[Uruzgan Province]]
|10
|0
|An explosion of a minivan's engine caused a fire.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/officials-engine-explosion-fire-kill-10-afghan-civilians-76082647|title = Officials: Engine explosion, fire kill 10 Afghan civilians|website = [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]}}</ref>
|-
|7 March 2021
|{{flag|Equatorial Guinea}}
|[[Bata, Equatorial Guinea|Bata]]
|107+
|615+
|'''[[2021 Bata explosions]]''' – Four explosions at a military base.<ref>{{cite web|date=7 March 2021|title=Varios muertos y centenares de heridos por unas explosiones en Bata, Guinea Ecuatorial|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/internacional/20210307/6265415/guinea-ecuatorial-explosiones-bata-muertos-heridos-cuartel-armeria.html|access-date=7 March 2021|website=La Vanguardia|language=es}}</ref>
|-
|12 March 2021
|{{flag|Pakistan}}
|[[Marwar]], [[Balochistan, Pakistan|Balochistan]]
|6
|2
|Natural gas explosion in a coal mine.<ref>https://wkow.com/2021/03/12/gas-explosion-kills-6-coal-miners-in-southwest-pakistan/ {{dead link|date=November 2021}}</ref>
|-
|14 March 2021
|{{flag|Tunisia}}
|[[Gabès]]
|6
|1
|Tanker explosion at an asphalt plant.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/6-killed-following-tanker-explosion-in-tunisia-1.77821440|title = 6 killed following tanker explosion in Tunisia| date=14 March 2021}}</ref>
|-
|28 March 2021
|{{flag|Indonesia}}
|[[Indramayu]], [[West Java]]
|1
|20
|'''[[2021 Balongan refinery explosion]]''' – The [[Pertamina]]-owned Balongan oil refinery (RU VI) suffered a large explosion and caught fire.<ref>{{cite web|date=29 March 2021|title=Breaking News: Pertamina's Balongan Refinery Exploded|url=https://republika.co.id/share/qqp7di440|access-date=28 March 2021|website=Republika Online|language=id}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Massive fire engulfs Indonesian oil refinery after explosion|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/29/massive-fire-engulfs-indonesian-oil-refinery-after-explosion|date=29 March 2021|access-date=29 March 2021|work=[[The Guardian]]|agency=[[Agence France-Presse]]}}</ref>
|-
|7 April 2021
|{{flag|China}}
|[[Chuzhou]], [[Anhui]]
|6
|5
|Flash explosion at a power plant.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/china-flash-explosion-at-power-plant-kills-6-workers/2200909|title=China: Flash explosion at power plant kills 6 workers|website=aa.com.tr}}</ref>
|-
|9 April 2021
|{{flag|China}}
|[[Hebei|Hebei province]]
|10
|Unknown, 7 trapped
|Mining accident.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/north-china-explosion-kills-amid-mining-safety-crackdown-76965687/|title = Mining accidents kill 10 in China amid safety crackdown|website = [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]}}</ref>
|-
|19 April 2021
|{{flag|Nigeria}}
|[[Agatu]], [[Benue State]]
|12
|Unknown
|A gas tanker truck leaked and exploded, destroying shops and homes.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/tori-56798239/|title = Benue 'black day' tanker explosion kill pipo, burn over 70 houses|work= BBC News Pidgin}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/africa/2021-04/19/c_139891078.htm|title=Toll rises to 12 in tanker explosion in north-central Nigeria |website=xinhuanet.com}}</ref>
|-
|24 April 2021
|{{flag|Iraq}}
|[[Baghdad]]
|82
|110
|'''[[Baghdad hospital fire]]''' – An oxygen tank at Ibn al-Khatib hospital exploded, starting a fire.   
|-
|2 May 2021
|{{flag|Afghanistan}}
|[[Kabul]]
|7
|14
|Dozens of oil tankers caught on fire then exploded.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/2/afghanistan-roaring-tanker-fire-kills-7-injures-14-in-kabul|title=Afghanistan: Roaring tanker fire kills 7, injures 14 in Kabul|website=aljazeera.com}}</ref> 
|-
|13 June 2021
|{{flag|China}}
|[[Checheng Road Subdistrict]]
|25
|138
|'''[[2021 Shiyan pipeline explosion]]''' – A gas pipeline blew up underneath a vegetable market.
|-
|14 June 2021
|{{flag|United States}}
|[[Rockton, Illinois]]
|0
|2
|'''[[2021 Rockton fire|2021 Rockton explosion]]''' – A massive chemical explosion was reported at the Chemtool chemical plant caused by a scissor lift accident (a replacement of insulation on an elevated heat transfer piping network) which ended up striking a piece of piping with sufficient mechanical force causing the release of mineral oil. At least 70 people were evacuated safely. A mandatory evacuation was later ordered, while witnesses from 75 miles away saw smoke across portions of northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/rockton-il-chemical-plant-fire-likely-caused-by-scissor-lift-accident/2541335/|title=Reports of a Scissor Lift Accident in the Rockton Chemitool Explosion}}</ref>
|-
|19 June 2021
|{{flag|United States}}
|[[Fort Deposit, Alabama]]
|10
|Unknown
|A van collided with a S.U.V. causing the van to explode, setting fire to other cars.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/20/us/alabama-van-crash-fire-victims.html|title = 9 Children and 1 Adult Are Killed in Alabama Crash|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 20 June 2021|last1 = Lukpat|first1 = Alyssa|last2 = Vigdor|first2 = Neil}}</ref> This incident occurred due to [[Tropical Storm Claudette]].
|-
|27 June 2021
|{{flag|Bangladesh}}
|[[Maghbazar]], [[Dhaka]]
|11
|100+
|'''[[2021 Moghbazar explosion]]''' – Gas explosion at a three-story building.<ref>{{cite news|title=মগবাজারে বিস্ফোরণের ঘটনায় বিদায় নিলেন রাসেলও|url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/capital/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A3%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%98%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%93|language=bn|date=1 July 2021|access-date=2 July 2021|location=Dhaka}}</ref>
|-
|17 July 2021
|{{flag|Kenya}}
|between [[Kisumu]] and [[Busia County|Busia]]
|13
|24
|A tanker truck exploded after hitting another car.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kenyan fuel tanker explodes killing at least 13 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-57879278 |access-date=19 July 2021 |agency=BBC |date=18 July 2021}}</ref>
|-
| 27 July 2021
| {{flag|Germany}}
| [[Leverkusen]]
| 7
| 31
| '''[[2021 Leverkusen explosion]]''' – An explosion occurred at Chempark, an industrial park for chemical factories, sending a pall of smoke over the city.<ref>{{cite web|date=27 July 2021|title=Two dead and 31 injured after explosion at German chemical site|url=https://www.itv.com/news/2021-07-27/several-injured-and-extreme-threat-declared-after-explosion-at-german-chemical-site|access-date=24 October 2021|website=ITV News}}</ref>
|-
| 2 August 2021
| {{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}
| [[Kibuba]]
| 33
| Unknown 
| A bus crashed with a [[tank truck]], causing an explosion.<ref>{{cite news |title=Deadly crash between bus and fuel truck leaves dozens dead in DRC |url=https://www.trtworld.com/africa/deadly-crash-between-bus-and-fuel-truck-leaves-dozens-dead-in-drc-48866 |access-date=4 August 2021 |agency=TRTworld |date=2 August 2021}}</ref>
|-
|13 August 2021
|{{flag|Russia}}
|[[Voronezh]]
|2
|22
|'''[[:ru:Взрыв автобуса в Воронеже|Voronezh Bus Explosion]]'''.<ref>{{cite web|date=13 August 2021|title=Two people die after explosion on Russian bus|url=https://www.euronews.com/2021/08/13/two-people-die-after-explosion-on-russian-bus|access-date=15 August 2021|website=euronews}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=13 August 2021|title=Russia bus explosion kills 2, injures 22; cause under review|url=https://apnews.com/article/europe-business-explosions-russia-e86290af6d1e3796bdc3e2c095028d55|access-date=15 August 2021|website=AP NEWS}}</ref> 
|-
|14 August 2021
|{{flag|Lebanon}}
|[[Akkar District]]
|28
|70
|'''[[2021 Akkar explosion]]''' – Fuel tanker explosion.<ref>{{cite news |title=Breaking News: Multiple dead and injured in massive fuel explosion in Akkar North Lebanon (Video Footage) |url=https://www.ualm.org.au/breaking-news-multiple-dead-and-injured-in-massive-fuel-explosion-in-akkar-north-lebanon-video-footage/ |access-date=14 August 2021 |agency=UALM |date=15 August 2021}}</ref>
|-
|23 August 2021
|{{flag|Kazakhstan}}
|[[Jambyl Region]]
|13
|98
|Explosion at a military base.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rferl.org/amp/31430094.html|title=Thirteen Dead, Nearly 100 Injured In Blasts At Kazakh Military Base|website=rferl.org}}</ref>
|-
|25 August 2021
|{{flag|Colombia}}
|[[Boyacá Department]]
|12
|1
|Dust explosion at a mine.<ref>{{cite web|date=25 August 2021|title=12 mineros fallecen tras una explosión en Colombia|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/internacional/20210825/8-mineros-fallecen-4-desaparecen-colombia-12014185|access-date=26 August 2021|website=elperiodico|language=es}}</ref>
|-
|8 September 2021
|{{flag|Russia}}
|[[Noginsk]]
|7
|19
|Apartment explosion.<ref>{{cite web|title=Death toll in Moscow suburban gas explosion climbs to seven, source says|url=https://tass.com/emergencies/1335597|access-date=10 September 2021|website=TASS}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=8 September 2021|title=Deadly Apartment Block Explosions Rock 2 Russian Cities|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/09/08/deadly-apartment-block-explosions-rock-2-russian-cities-a74992|access-date=10 September 2021|website=The Moscow Times}}</ref>
|-
|20 September 2021
|{{flag|Canada}}
|[[Beauceville, Quebec]]
|6
|5
|Explosion at a lumber plant.<ref>{{cite web|date=21 September 2021|title=Three dead after Monday's explosion at Beauceville, Que. lumber plant, police say|url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/three-dead-after-monday-s-explosion-at-beauceville-que-lumber-plant-police-say-1.5594556|access-date=19 October 2021|website=Montreal}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Update: 6 killed in Canadian lumber plant explosion|url=https://www.woodworkingnetwork.com/news/canadian-news/update-6-killed-canadian-lumber-plant-explosion|access-date=19 October 2021|website=Woodworking Network}}</ref>
|-
|22 October 2021
|{{flag|Russia}}
|[[Lesnoy, Shilovsky District, Ryazan Oblast|Lesnoy]], [[Shilovsky District|Shilovsky]], [[Ryazan Oblast]]
|17
|0
|[[:ru:Взрыв в пороховом цехе завода «Эластик»|Explosion]] at a gunpowder factory.<ref>{{cite news|author=Katharina Krebs and Toyin Owoseje|title=Explosion at Russian gunpowder workshop kills 17 – report|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/22/europe/russia-gunpowder-plant-explosion-death-toll-intl/index.html|access-date=23 October 2021|website=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|work=Reuters|date=22 October 2021|title=Huge blast kills 16 at Russian chemicals plant|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/up-5-feared-dead-after-fire-russian-gunpowder-plant-reports-2021-10-22/|access-date=23 October 2021}}</ref>
|-
|25 October 2021
|{{flag|Nigeria}}
|[[Yenagoa|Yenagoa, Nigeria]]
|25+
|Unknown 
|Explosion at an illegal refinery.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Owolabi|first=Tife|date=24 October 2021|title=At least 25, including minors, died in illegal refinery blast in Nigeria|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/least-25-including-minors-died-illegal-refinery-blast-nigeria-2021-10-24/|access-date=2 November 2021}}</ref>
|-
|6 November 2021
|{{flag|Sierra Leone}}
|[[Freetown]]
|151
|304
|'''[[Freetown fuel tanker explosion]]'''<ref>{{Cite web|date=12 December 2021|title=Weekly bulletin on outbreaks and other emergencies, Week 50: 6 – 12 December 2021|url=https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/350534/OEW50-0612122021.pdf|access-date=23 December 2021|website=[[World Health Organization]]}}</ref>
|-
|7 November 2021
|{{flag|Kazakhstan}}
|[[Abay District, Karaganda Region|Abay District]], [[Karaganda Region]]
|6
|2
|Methane gas explosion at a mine.<ref>{{cite news|title=Blast At Mine In Kazakhstan Leaves Six Dead, Two Seriously Injured|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/kazakhstan-mining-accident/31549680.html|access-date=7 November 2021|newspaper=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|date=7 November 2021}}</ref>
|-
|18 November 2021
|{{flag|Nigeria}}
|[[Ogere Remo]]
|5
|Unknown 
|A petrol tanker exploded along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-11-18|title=5 burnt to death as tanker explodes on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway|url=https://www.sunnewsonline.com/5-burnt-to-death-as-tanker-explodes-on-lagos-ibadan-expressway/|access-date=2021-11-29|website=The Sun Nigeria}}</ref>
|-
|25 November 2021
|{{flag|Russia}}
|[[Kemerovo Oblast]], [[Russia]]
|51
|76
|'''[[Listvyazhnaya mine disaster]]''' –  Coal mine explosion.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-11-25|title=Death toll soars to 52 in Russian coal mine accident – reports|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59421319|access-date=2021-11-26}}</ref>
|-
|11 December 2021
|{{flag|Italy}}
|[[Ravanusa]], [[Sicily]]
|9
|2
|'''[[2021 Ravanusa explosion]]''' – 100 were displaced due to a gas explosion in an apartment.<ref>{{Cite web|agency=Agence France-Presse|date=2021-12-12|title=Sicily apartment block explosion leaves at least four dead|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/12/sicily-apartment-block-explosion-ravanusa|access-date=2021-12-12|website=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Parrinello|first=Antonio|date=2021-12-12|title=Rescuers search for survivors after explosion in Sicily|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/twelve-missing-sicily-building-collapses-ansa-2021-12-11/|access-date=2021-12-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thelocal.it/20211215/last-person-missing-found-dead-in-sicily-building-explosion/|title=Last person missing found dead in Sicily building explosion|work=The Local|date=15 December 2021}}</ref>
|-
|14 December 2021
|{{flag|Haiti}}
|[[Cap-Haïtien]]
|90+
|Unknown
|'''[[Cap-Haïtien fuel tanker explosion]]''' – Fuel tanker explosion.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fuel truck explosion in Haiti kills at least 50 |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/fuel-truck-explosion-haiti-kills-around-40-people-prime-minister-says-2021-12-14/ |access-date=14 December 2021 |work=Reuters |date=14 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Haiti truck blast: Death toll rises to 90, but still 'incomplete' |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/20/haiti-truck-blast-death-toll-rises-to-90-but-still-incomplete |access-date=23 December 2021 |agency=Al Jazeera |date=20 December 2021}}</ref>
|-
|18 December 2021
|{{flag|Pakistan}}
|[[Karachi]]
|14
|Unknown
|Explosion at a bank suspected to have been caused by a gas leak in a sewer.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-12-18|title=Explosion at Pakistan bank kills at least 14|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-59712276|access-date=2021-12-18}}</ref>
|-
|26 December 2021
|{{flag|India}}
|[[Muzaffarpur]]
|6
|6
|Factory boiler explosion.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-12-26|title=Factory boiler blast kills 6 in eastern India, injures 6|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/india-patna-bihar-ahmedabad-gujarat-b1982499.html|access-date=2021-12-28|website=The Independent}}</ref>
|-
|7 January 2022
|{{flag|China}}
|[[Chongqing]], [[Yuzhong District]]
|16
|10
| '''[[Chongqing explosion]]''' – Gas explosion in a housing block which contained a [[Cafeteria|canteen]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explosion in China's Chongqing kills 16: state media|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/8/update-2-explosion-in-chinas-chongqing-kills-16-state-media|access-date=2022-01-09|website=aljazeera.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-01-08|title=Death toll rises to 16 in building collapse in China's Chongqing city|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/death-toll-in-chinas-chongqing-explosion-rises-to-16|access-date=2022-01-09|website=straitstimes.com}}</ref>
|-
|13 January 2022
|{{flag|Canada}}
|Southern [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]]
|6
|2
| Explosion and fire on Block 1900, [[Merivale Road (Ottawa)|Merivale Road]], at Eastway Tank, Pump and Meter Ltd.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explosion causing a major 3-alarm fire at Ottawa's southern portion|date=13 January 2022|url=https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/major-fire-engulfs-merivale-road-building-after-explosion-1.5738942|access-date=2022-01-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Pritchard|first=Trevor|date=January 15, 2022|title=The Merivale explosion — what we know, and how it all happened|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/merivale-explosion-timeline-ottawa-1.6315807|website=cbc.ca}}</ref>
|-
| 20 January 2022
| {{flag|Ghana}}
| [[Apeatse]]
| 13
| 59
| '''[[2022 Bogoso explosion]]''' – A truck carrying mining explosives collided with a motorcycle destroying much of the village.<ref>{{cite news |title=Almost entire town leveled after explosives delivery truck crash in Ghana |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/20/africa/ghana-explosion-emergency-intl/index.html |access-date=22 January 2022 |agency=CNN |date=21 January 2022}}</ref>
|-
|14 February 2022
|{{flag|France}}
|[[Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque]]
|8
|30
| '''[[Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque explosion]]''' – a [[Multifamily residential|multi-family residential building]] was destroyed in an explosion.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explosion à Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque: un 8e mort extrait des décombres de l'incendie par les secours |url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/occitanie/pyrenees-orientales/perpignan/explosion-a-saint-laurent-de-la-salanque-un-8e-mort-extrait-des-decombres-de-l-incendie-par-les-secours-2462719.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215122342/https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/occitanie/pyrenees-orientales/perpignan/explosion-a-saint-laurent-de-la-salanque-un-8e-mort-extrait-des-decombres-de-l-incendie-par-les-secours-2462719.html |archive-date=2022-02-15 |access-date=2022-02-15 |website=France 3 Occitanie |date=15 February 2022 |language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=February 14, 2022 |title=Explosion et incendies à Saint-Laurent-de-la Salanque: au moins sept morts, dont deux enfants |url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/faits-divers/incendie/pyrenees-orientales-au-moins-un-mort-dans-un-incendie-a-saint-laurent-de-la-salanque-19b5e676-8d71-11ec-8bdb-e762c05259aa |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215005242/https://www.ouest-france.fr/faits-divers/incendie/pyrenees-orientales-au-moins-un-mort-dans-un-incendie-a-saint-laurent-de-la-salanque-19b5e676-8d71-11ec-8bdb-e762c05259aa |archive-date=February 15, 2022 |access-date=February 19, 2022 |website=Ouest-France |language=fr}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |author=Dalal Mawad |author2=Anaelle Jonah |author3=Joseph Ataman |author4=Allegra Goodwin |date=2022-02-14 |title=Two children among seven killed in French Pyrenees explosion |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/two-children-among-seven-killed-in-french-pyrenees-explosion-1.5780662 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214180737/https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/two-children-among-seven-killed-in-french-pyrenees-explosion-1.5780662 |archive-date=2022-02-14 |access-date=2022-02-19 |work=CTVNews}}</ref>
|-
| 21 February 2022
| {{flag|Burkina Faso}}
| [[Gbomblora]]
| 59
| 100
| '''[[Gbomblora explosion]]''' – Chemical explosion at a gold mine.<ref>{{cite news |title=Gold mining site blast reportedly kills 59 in Burkina Faso |url=https://apnews.com/article/ouagadougou-burkina-faso-business-africa-explosions-b5b0fa4859f23efe15282ec4d8dd5673 |access-date=21 February 2022 |work=associated press |date=21 February 2022}}</ref>
|-
|20 April 2022
|{{flag|Poland}}
|[[Pawłowice, Pszczyna County|Pawłowice]], Silesia
|16
|30
|[[:pl:Katastrofa górnicza w kopalni Pniówek|'''Mining disaster in the Pniówek mine''']]
|-
|23 April 2022
|{{flag|Poland}}
|[[Jastrzębie-Zdrój]], [[Silesian Voivodeship|Silesia]]
|10
|3+
|[[:pl:Katastrofa górnicza w kopalni Zofiówka (2022)|'''Mining Disaster in the Zofiówka mine''']]
|-
|22 April 2022
|{{flag|Nigeria}}
|[[Imo State]]/[[Rivers State]]
|100+
|Unknown
|'''[[2022 Imo-Rivers explosion]]''' – An explosion occurred at an illegal bunkering site.<ref>{{Cite web |agency=Reuters |date=2022-04-23 |title=More than 100 killed at Nigerian illegal oil refinery blast |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/23/more-than-100-killed-at-nigerian-oil-refinery-blast |access-date=2022-04-24 |website=The Guardian}}</ref>
|-
|6 May 2022
|{{flag|Cuba}}
|[[Havana]]
|32
|64
|'''[[Hotel Saratoga explosion]]''' – Explosion on the first few floors of the [[Hotel Saratoga, Havana|Hotel Saratoga]], caused by a suspected gas leak.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Patrick Oppmann, Karol Suarez and Jorge Engels |title=At least 32 dead after a massive explosion destroyed a hotel in Havana, Cuba |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/06/americas/hotel-saratoga-cuba-explosion/index.html |access-date=2022-05-06 |website=CNN |date=6 May 2022 |archive-date=6 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506183548/https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/06/americas/hotel-saratoga-cuba-explosion/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|17 May 2022
|{{flag|Nigeria}}
|[[Kano (city)|Kano]]
|9
|1+
|Gas explosion caused by welding.<ref>{{Cite web |first=Nimi |last=Princewill |title=Death toll in blast near school in Kano, Nigeria rises to nine |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/17/africa/explosion-kills-four-nigeria-intl/index.html |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=CNN|date=17 May 2022}}</ref>
|-
|26 May 2022
|{{flag|United States}}
|[[Pottstown, Pennsylvania]]
|5
|2
|House explosion.<ref>{{cite news |title=Deadly explosion rocks Pottstown, killing five including four children|url=https://6abc.com/pottstown-house-explosion-pa-montgomery-county-hale-street/11899768/|work=WPVI|date=26 May 2022}}</ref>
|-
|4 June 2022
|{{flag|Bangladesh}}
|[[Sitakunda]], [[Chittagong]]
|49
|~450
|'''[[2022 Sitakunda fire]]''' – Fire and subsequent explosions at a container depot.
|-
|4 June 2022
|{{flag|India}}
|[[Hapur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
|13
|20
|[[Hapur chemical plant explosion|'''Hapur chemical plant explosion''']]: A major explosion and fire occurred at a chemical plant.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-06-05 |title=Hapur factory explosion: Unit operator arrested, toll rises to 13 |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/explosion-at-up-factory-fir-against-firm-owner-operator/articleshow/92018119.cms |access-date=2024-08-22 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref>
|-
|14 August 2022
|{{flag|Armenia}}
|[[Yerevan]]
|16
|61
|'''[[2022 Yerevan explosion]]''' – A massive explosion ripped through a fireworks warehouse in a shopping mall.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Death toll from explosion at Yerevan market rises to 6; more than a dozen still missing |url=http://arka.am/en/news/incidents/death_toll_from_explosion_at_yerevan_market_rises_to_6_more_than_a_dozen_still_missing_/ |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=arka.am}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Death toll in fireworks depot blast in Armenia reaches 7 |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/death-toll-fireworks-depot-blast-armenia-reaches-88390635 |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=ABC News|archive-date=15 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815171518/https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/death-toll-fireworks-depot-blast-armenia-reaches-88390635 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Число жертв взрыва в ТЦ "Сурмалу" достигло 16: без вести пропали 9 граждан |url=https://www.panorama.am/ru/news/2022/08/16/%D0%A7%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%BE-%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B2-17/2719511 |website=panorama.am |access-date=17 August 2022 |language=ru}}</ref>
|-
|7 October 2022
|{{flag|Ireland}}
|[[Creeslough]], [[County Donegal]]
|10
|8
|'''[[Creeslough explosion]]''' – Explosion at a petrol station.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-08 |title=Death toll from Donegal blast reaches 10, two teenagers and child among dead |url=https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/search-efforts-continue-at-petrol-station-blast-site-as-three-deaths-confirmed-1374402.html |access-date=2022-10-11 |website=breakingnews.ie}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Maguire |first=Stephen |date=2022-10-08 |title=Donegal explosion: Death toll rises to 10 as search operation ends |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2022/10/08/donegal-explosion-latest/ |access-date=2022-10-11 |website=Irish Times}}</ref>
|-
|9 December 2022
|{{flag|Indonesia}}
|[[Sawahlunto]], [[West Sumatra]]
|10
|4
|Explosion at a coal mine.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://apnews.com/article/indonesia-c27006cfa8213992600a18a6701059f0 | title=10 miners killed in Indonesia coal mine explosion, 4 rescued | website=[[Associated Press]] | date=9 December 2022}}</ref>
|-
|10 December 2022
|{{flag|Jersey}}
|[[St Helier]]
|10
|2
|'''[[2022 St Helier explosion]]''' – Suspected gas explosion in a block of flats that led to the building's collapse.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tenth person dies following explosion which destroyed Jersey block of flats |url=https://www.itv.com/news/channel/2022-12-26/tenth-person-dies-following-jersey-explosion |access-date=26 December 2022}}</ref>
|-
|16 December 2022
|{{flag|Germany}}
|[[Berlin]]
|0
|2
|'''[[AquaDom|AquaDom explosion]]''' – A {{cvt|14|m}} tall aquarium containing 1 million litres of water in the [[Radisson Blu]] Hotel exploded, injuring two people and throwing huge amounts of water and hundreds of tropical fish into the hotel and nearby [[Karl-Liebknecht-Straße]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=16 December 2022 |title=Berlin's giant AquaDom aquarium containing 1,500 fish explodes|work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63996982 |access-date=16 December 2022}}</ref>
|-
|24 December 2022
|{{flag|South Africa}}
|[[Boksburg]]
|26<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-28 |title=Boksburg blast death toll rises to 26 |url=https://www.enca.com/news/boksburg-blast-death-toll-rises-26 |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=eNCA}}</ref>
|22
|'''[[Boksburg explosion]]'''
|-
|20 February 2023
|{{flag|United States}}
|[[Bedford, Ohio]]
|1
|13
|'''[[2023 Bedford explosion]]'''
|-
|4 March 2023
|{{flag|Bangladesh}}
|[[Sitakunda]], [[Chittagong]]
|7
|17
|A fire at an [[oxygen plant]] led to an explosion.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2023-03-07|title=Sitakunda blast: Case filed against 16 including 3 owners|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/nation/2023/03/06/sitakunda-oxygen-plant-blast-injured-suffer-from-hearing-loss|work=[[Dhaka Tribune]]|access-date=2023-03-08}}</ref>
|-
|7 March 2023
|{{flag|Bangladesh}}
|[[Gulistan, Dhaka|Gulistan]], [[Dhaka]]
|24
|140
|'''[[2023 Dhaka Siddique Bazar explosion]]'''
|-
|14 March 2023
|{{flag|Colombia}}
|[[Sutatausa]], [[Cundinamarca Department]]
|21
|
|Coal mine explosion.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-03-16 |title=Colombian mine blast death toll rises to 21, president says|work=Aljazeera |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/16/colombian-mine-blast-death-toll-rises-to-21-president-says |access-date=2023-08-15}}</ref>
|-
|24 March 2023
|{{flag|United States}}
|[[West Reading, Pennsylvania]]
|7
|10
|'''[[2023 Pennsylvania chocolate factory explosion]]'''
|-
|10 April 2023
|{{flag|United States}}
|[[Dimmitt, Texas|Dimmitt]], [[Texas]]
|0
|1
|'''[[2023 Texas dairy farm explosion]]''': More than 18,000 cows died in an explosion at the South Fork Dairy.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dimmitt dairy farm explosion 'by far the deadliest barn fire for cattle overall'|date=11 April 2023 |url=https://www.newschannel10.com/2023/04/11/reports-upwards-18000-cattle-lost-explosion-dimmitt-dairy-farm/}}</ref>
|-
|24 April 2023
|{{flag|Pakistan}}
|[[Kabal Tehsil]], [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]
|17
|50+
|'''[[2023 Kabal explosions]]''': Explosions occurred in a [[Counter Terrorism Department (Pakistan)|Counter Terrorism Department]] building due to a fire in the basement, where explosives were being kept.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/24/several-killed-in-bomb-attack-at-pakistan-police-station|title=At least 12 killed in blasts at Pakistan counterterrorism office|website=aljazeera.com}}</ref>
|-
|21 June 2023
|{{flag|China}}
|[[Yinchuan]]
|31
|7
|'''[[2023 Yinchuan gas explosion]]''': Gas explosion at a barbecue restaurant.<ref>{{Cite web|title=At least 31 dead after gas explosion at China barbecue restaurant|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/22/dozens-killed-in-china-after-explosion-at-barbecue-restaurant|date=22 June 2023|website=Aljazeera|access-date=22 June 2023}}</ref>
|-
|30 July 2023
|{{flag|Thailand}}
|[[Mu No]], [[Narathiwat Province]]
|12
|121
|Explosion at a fireworks warehouse believed to have been caused by a welding error.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explosion at Thailand fireworks warehouse kills at least 12 people |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/30/asia/thailand-warehouse-explosion-intl/index.html |last1=Kocha |first1=Olam |last2=Rebane |first2=Teele |date=30 July 2023 |website=CNN |access-date=15 August 2023}}</ref>
|-
|12 August 2023
|{{flag|United States}}
|[[Plum, Pennsylvania|Plum]], Pennsylvania
|6
|60
|House explosion that destroyed three structures while damaging multiple others.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Plum house explosion: 6th person dies; cause of blast remains unknown |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/plum-borough-house-explosion-rustic-ridge-5-dead-3-injured-homes-destroyed-recovery-cleanup/ |date=16 August 2023 |website=CBS |access-date=21 August 2023}}</ref>
|-
|14 August 2023
|{{flag|Dominican Republic}}
|[[San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic|San Cristóbal]]
|32
|59
|Explosion at a commercial district that destroyed four buildings and damaged nine others.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Death Toll Rises To 32 In Dominican Republic Explosion |url=https://www.barrons.com/news/death-toll-rises-to-32-in-dominican-republic-explosion-f40b30ca |date=19 August 2023 |website=Barron's |access-date=21 August 2023}}</ref>
|-
|15 August 2023
|{{flag|Russia}}
|[[Makhachkala]], [[Dagestan]]
|35
|115
|A petrol station exploded following a fire that started at an opposite car park.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Massive explosion at a gas station in Russia's Dagestan kills 35 and injures scores more |url=https://apnews.com/article/russia-explosion-dagestan-0565233354e942ad1481eb5ade1aa53c |date=15 August 2023|website=AP |access-date=15 August 2023}}</ref>
|-
|23 September 2023
|{{flag|Benin}}
|[[Seme-Podji]]
|35
|12+
|A warehouse for smuggled fuel from Nigeria caught fire and exploded.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dozens killed in Benin after fuel depot explodes into flames |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/24/dozens-killed-after-benin-fuel-depot-explodes-into-flames |date=24 September 2023 |website=Aljazeera |access-date=24 September 2023}}</ref>
|-
|23 September 2023
|{{flag|Nagorno-Karabakh}}
|[[Berkadzor]]
|170
|290+
|'''[[Nagorno-Karabakh fuel depot explosion]]''': A fuel storage facility exploded while refugees from the [[2023 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes]] were lining up to obtain fuel for their vehicles to use in fleeing to Armenia.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/26/nagorno-karabakh-blast-fuel-depot-armenia-azerbaijan |title=
Nagorno-Karabakh: at least 20 killed and hundreds injured after fuel depot blast |date=25 September 2023 |website=The Guardian |access-date=26 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/2382581/world |title=Death toll from fuel depot blast in Karabakh rises to 170 — media |date=29 September 2023 |website=Arab News |access-date=29 September 2023}}</ref> 
|-
|28 September 2023
|{{flag|Uzbekistan}}
|[[Tashkent]]
|1
|162
|'''[[Tashkent explosion]]''': A warehouse near the airport in the [[Sergeli]] district exploded.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-09-28 |title=Powerful blast in Uzbek capital kills one, injures 162|work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/powerful-explosion-has-occurred-near-airport-tashkent-uzbekistan-report-2023-09-28/ |access-date=2023-09-29}}</ref>
|-
|2 October 2023
|{{flag|Nigeria}}
|[[Emohua]], [[Rivers State]]
|18-37
|25
|An illegal homemade refinery ignited a nearby oil reservoir.<ref>{{Cite news |date=3 October 2023 |title=At least 18 killed in blast at illegal oil refinery in Nigeria: Report|work=Aljazeera |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/3/several-killed-in-blast-at-illegal-oil-refinery-in-nigeria-report |access-date=4 October 2023}}</ref>
|-
|30 November 2023
|{{flag|Russia}}
|[[Rostov Oblast]]
|12
|8
|Accidental explosion possibly caused by a misfire of a RPG-7 grenade launcher at the Kuzmin military training ground just after their lunch break.<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 November 2023 |title=12 Russian Soldiers Killed in Explosion Accident at Training Facility – Reports|work=The Moscow Times |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/11/30/12-russian-soldiers-killed-in-explosion-accident-at-training-facility-reports-a83274|access-date=30 November 2023}}</ref>
|-
|18 December 2023
|{{flag|Guinea}}
|[[Kaloum]], [[Conakry]]
|24
|454
|'''[[Conakry oil depot explosion]]''': Explosion at an oil terminal.<ref>{{Cite news |date=27 December 2023 |title=Guinea Fuel Depot Fire Completely Extinguished: Government |work=Barron's |url=https://www.barrons.com/news/guinea-fuel-depot-fire-completely-extinguished-government-eab56fdc |access-date=29 December 2023}}</ref>
|-
|24 December 2023
|{{flag|Indonesia}}
|[[Morowali Regency]], [[Central Sulawesi]]
|18
|44
|Explosion at the furnace of a nickel processing plant inside the [[Morowali Industrial Park]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=26 December 2023 |title=Death toll rises to 18 in furnace explosion at Chinese-owned nickel plant in Indonesia |work=Associated Press |url=https://apnews.com/article/indonesia-china-nickel-plant-explosion-e27a80240ab9376273ee906c3d8ecbdb |access-date=26 December 2023}}</ref>
|-
|26 December 2023
|{{flag|Liberia}}
|[[Totota]]
|40
|83
|A fuel truck crashed and exploded while residents were collecting spilled fuel.<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 December 2023 |title= Liberia fuel tanker explosion kills more than 40 |work=BBC |url= https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-67826868 |access-date=28 December 2023}}</ref>
|-
|17 January 2024
|{{flag|Thailand}}
|[[Sala Khao]], [[Suphan Buri province]]
|23
|0
|Explosion at a fireworks factory.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-17 |title=Rescue Worker: 18 dead in Thai Fireworks Factory Explosion |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/rescue-worker-18-dead-in-thai-fireworks-factory-explosion/7443527.html |access-date=2024-01-17 |website=VOA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-18 |title=Remains of fireworks explosion victims taken to Thai temple where families give DNA to identify them |url=https://apnews.com/article/thailand-suphan-buri-fireworks-factory-explosion-8bb9ce325ab8d7f238a2c695140df693 |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=Associated Press}}</ref>
|-
|6 February 2024
|{{flag|India}}
|[[Bairagarh, Harda|Bairagarh]], [[Madhya Pradesh]]
|11
|100+
|Explosion at a fireworks factory.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-06 |title=11 killed, over 100 hurt in blast at cracker factory in Madhya Pradesh's Harda |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/explosion-at-firecracker-factory-in-madhya-pradeshs-harda-several-people-trapped-ambulances-on-spot-2498199-2024-02-06 |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=India Today}}</ref>
|-
|17 February 2024
|{{flag|India}}
|[[Virudhunagar]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
|10
|7
|'''[[2024 Virudhunagar explosions]]''': Explosion at a fireworks factory.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-17 |title=10 dead, 7 injured in explosion at firecracker unit in Tamil Nadu |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/tamil-nadu/explosion-at-firecracker-unit-in-tamil-nadus-virudhunagar-2899032 |access-date=2024-02-18 |website=Deccan Herald}}</ref>
|-
|11 March 2024
|{{flag|China}}
|[[Anhui]]
|7
|24
|Explosion at the [[Xieqiao]] coal mine.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-12 |title=Seven people die, 2 missing after blast in coal mine in Eastern China
 |url=https://thesun.my/world/seven-people-die-2-missing-after-blast-in-coal-mine-in-eastern-china-FB12205624 |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=The Sun}}</ref>
|-
|13 March 2024
|{{flag|China}}
|[[Yanjiao]], [[Hebei]]
|7
|27
|Explosion at a fried chicken shop.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-14 |title=Probe begins after 7 killed, 27 injured in fried chicken shop explosion in China |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/china/probe-begins-after-7-killed-27-injured-fried-chicken-shop-explosion-china-2024-03-14/ |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=Reuters}}</ref>
|-
|27 April 2024
|{{flag|Cambodia}}
|[[Kampong Speu province]]
|20
|Several
|Ammunition exploded at a military base.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-27 |title=20 Cambodian soldiers killed in ammunition explosion at a military base |url=https://apnews.com/article/cambodia-soldiers-killed-ammunition-explosion-4522aa562f144ec0f1edc8f11afbe39d |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=Associated Press}}</ref>
|-
|23 May 2024
|{{flag|Tanzania}}
|[[Morogoro Region]]
|11
|2
|Explosion at the Mtibwa Sugar Factory caused by an electrical fault at a steam pipe.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 May 2024 |title=Explosion at a sugar factory in eastern Tanzania kills 11 workers, including 3 foreigners |url=https://apnews.com/article/tanzania-sugar-factory-blast-mtibwa-317295def5aa83ef4069c33467bdef8e |access-date=24 May 2024 |website=Associated Press}}</ref>
|-
|23 May 2024
|{{flag|India}}
|[[Dombivli]], [[Maharashtra]]
|10
|64
|'''[[2024 Thane explosion]]''': Explosion of four boilers caused a fire in a chemical factory.<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 May 2024 |title=Dombivli chemical unit blast occurred in reactor, not boiler; Delhi experts to probe cause: Maharashtra Minister |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/thane-chemical-factory-blast-occurred-in-reactor-not-boiler-delhi-experts-to-probe-cause-maharashtra-labour-minister-suresh-khade/cid/2022977 |access-date=22 August 2024 |work=Telegraph India}}</ref>
|-
|28 May 2024
|{{flag|United States}}
|[[Youngstown, Ohio]]
|1
|7+
|'''[[Realty Building explosion]]''': A suspected gas explosion mostly destroyed the first floor of the Realty Tower, causing it to later be demolished.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Haynes |first=Noelle |date=2024-06-18 |title=Youngstown's historic Realty building to be demolished after deadly explosion |url=https://www.cleveland19.com/2024/06/18/youngstowns-historic-realty-building-be-demolished-after-deadly-explosion/ |access-date=2024-06-24 |work=[[Cleveland 19]]}}</ref>
|-
|18 June 2024
|{{flag|Chad}}
|[[N'Djamena]]
|9
|46+
|'''[[N'Djamena ammunition depot explosions]]''': A fire caused several explosions in a military ammunition depot.<ref>{{Cite news |date=19 June 2024 |title=Nine killed in blasts at Chad ammunition depot, health minister says |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/nine-killed-blasts-chad-ammunition-depot-health-minister-says-2024-06-19/ |access-date=19 June 2024 |work=Reuters}}</ref>
|-
|29 June 2024
|{{flag|Philippines}}
|[[Zamboanga City]]
|5
|38
|Explosion at a firecracker warehouse.<ref>{{Cite news |date=29 June 2024 |title=5 dead, 38 injured after firecracker warehouse exploded in Zamboanga City|url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/mindanao/death-toll-injured-firecracker-warehouse-explosion-zamboanga-city-june-29-2024/ |access-date=22 August 2024 |work=Rappler}}</ref>
|-
|30 June 2024
|{{flag|Turkey}}
|[[İzmir]]
|5
|63
|Explosion of a [[propane]] tank inside a restaurant.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 July 2024 |title=A propane tank explosion in western Turkey has killed 5 people and injured 63 others |url=https://apnews.com/article/turkey-restaurant-explosion-izmir-propane-tank-648b78fbd8ea45a789ce0aa319e38b09 |access-date=1 July 2024 |work=Associated Press}}</ref>
|-
|23 July 2024
|{{flag|Mexico}}
|[[Tequila, Jalisco]]
|6
|2
|Explosion inside a [[tequila]] factory owned by [[Jose Cuervo]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-25 |title=Death toll rises to 6 in explosion and fire at tequila factory in Mexico |url=https://apnews.com/article/mexico-tequila-jose-cuervo-distillery-explosion-a232b20e32cdc164537e1d0a7243402d |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=AP News}}</ref>
|-
|1 August 2024
|{{flag|Russia}}
|[[Nizhny Tagil]], [[Sverdlovsk Oblast]]
|10
|15
|A gas explosion caused an apartment block to collapse.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://apnews.com/article/russia-gas-explosion-building-collapse-nizhny-tagil-b31f7c9e7629de72e82479ac5c6ada4a |title=Death toll from apartment block collapse in Russia's Ural Mountains reaches 10 as search ends |date=3 August 2024 |work=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=3 August 2024}}</ref>
|-
|21 August 2024
|{{flag|India}}
|[[Anakapalli district]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]
|18
|37
|'''[[Atchutapuram pharmaceutical factory explosion]]''': Explosion at a pharmaceutical factory.<ref>{{cite news |title=Explosion and fire at a pharmaceutical plant in India kill at least 18 workers |url=https://apnews.com/article/india-factory-explosion-fire-casualties-0fbda5eaf8276d476ed4f189cf64f987 |date=22 August 2024 |work=Associated Press}}</ref>
|-
|30 August 2024
|{{flag|Australia}}
|[[Bororen]], [[Queensland]]
|0
|0
|'''[[2024 Bruce Highway explosion]]'''
|-
|8 September 2024
|{{flag|Nigeria}}
|[[Agaie]], [[Niger State]]
|52
|Unknown
|Explosion caused by a collision between a fuel truck and a truck carrying cattle that also affected two other vehicles.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-09 |title=Fuel tanker explosion in Nigeria kills at least 52 people |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0909/1469111-nigeria-explosion/ |access-date=2024-09-09 |website=RTE}}</ref>
|-
|14 September 2024
|{{flag|Haiti}}
|[[Miragoane]]
|26
|40
|A fuel truck overturned before exploding as bystanders tried to collect gasoline.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 September 2024 |title=The number of people killed in Haiti after a tanker truck exploded rises to 26 |url=https://apnews.com/article/haiti-truck-explosion-killed-miragoane-56e3fe9bf34bdf3535a5daca98e6ced3 |access-date=17 September 2024 |website=Associated Press}}</ref>
|-
|27 September 2024
|{{flag|Russia}}
|[[Makhachkala]], [[Dagestan]]
|13
|23
|A petrol station exploded.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 28, 2024 |title=An explosion and fire at a service station kills 13 in Russia's Dagestan |url=https://apnews.com/article/dagestan-explosion-fire-gas-station-396f8c21f8b43c8ea77bc5c7a2448b7d |work=Associated Press}}</ref>
|-
|12 October 2024
|{{flag|Russia}}
|[[Grozny]], [[Chechnya]]
|4
|5
|A petrol station exploded.<ref>{{cite web | date=12 October 2024 | url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/four-dead-after-fuel-station-blast-russias-chechnya-ministry-2024-10-12/ | title=Four dead after fuel station blast in Chechnya, ministry says | publisher=Reuters}}</ref>
|-
|15 October 2024
|{{flag|Nigeria}}
|[[Majiya]], [[Jigawa State]]
|170+
|100+
|'''[[2024 Majiya fuel tanker explosion]]''': An overturned fuel truck exploded while bystanders were trying to collect its cargo.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/10/19/well-never-forget-town-grieves-after-deadly-nigeria-fuel-tanker-blast |title='We'll never forget': Town grieves after deadly Nigeria fuel tanker blast |website=Al Jazeera |date=19 October 2024}}</ref>
|-
|22 October 2024
|{{flag|Uganda}}
|[[Kigogwa]]
|11
|Unknown
|An overturned fuel truck exploded while bystanders were trying to collect its cargo. Four buildings were also destroyed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Matsiko |first=Grace |date=2024-10-22 |title=Uganda Fuel Truck Explosion Kills 11 |url=https://www.barrons.com/news/uganda-fuel-truck-explosion-kills-at-least-10-9bcc3b5b |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=Barron's |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|30 October 2024
|{{flag|Mexico}}
|[[Xaloztoc]], [[Tlaxcala State]]
|12
|1
|Explosion and fire caused by molten steel interacting with water at a steel factory.<ref>{{Cite web |title=12 dead and 1 injured in explosion at steel plant in central Mexico |url=https://apnews.com/article/mexico-steel-plant-explosion-dead-f4325776bc8d70acee8c5022b939c394 |access-date=2024-10-31 |website=Associated Press |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|31 October 2024
|{{flag|Russia}}
|[[Cherkessk]], [[Karachay-Cherkessia]]
|5
|4
|Gas explosion at a residential building.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-31 |title=Gas explosion in southern Russia kills 5 people and injures another 4 |url=https://apnews.com/article/russia-gas-explosion-casualties-46da9781f44e665e7aa3881c236e8b34 |access-date=2024-10-31 |website=Associated Press |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|12 November 2024
|{{flag|United States}}
|[[Louisville, Kentucky]]
|2
|12
|'''[[Louisville factory explosion]]''': Explosion caused by hazardous materials in a commercial workplace building.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-12 |title=2 dead and others hurt after explosion at a business in Louisville, Kentucky, neighborhood |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/12/us/explosion-louisville-kentucky/index.html |access-date=2024-11-12 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-12 |title=11 injured in Louisville explosion, shelter-in-place order issued for 'hazardous materials incident' |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/louisville-residents-ordered-shelter-place-hazardous-materials-inciden-rcna179856 |access-date=2024-11-12 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref>
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==See also==
* [[List of accidents and incidents involving transport or storage of ammunition]]
* [[List of ammonium nitrate disasters]]
* [[List of boiler explosions]]
* [[List of boiling liquid expanding vapor explosions]]
* [[List of pipeline accidents]]
* [[Gas explosion#List of gas explosions|List of gas explosions]]

==References==
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