explosions

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Fourth of July fireworks sparked dangerous explosions and raging fires across Southern California, leaving several injured and displacing families.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 2026

On Tuesday, explosions were reported in Sirik, Qeshm and Bandar Abbas, sites in or near the strait, according to Iranian media.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 8, 2026

This energy release, often called heating, plays an important role in determining how matter is expelled during stellar explosions.

From Science Daily • Jul. 8, 2026

BBC Verify has been analysing video footage of the blasts, which shows the explosions happened approximately 125m from the Four Seasons hotel, on the pavement of Shoukry al-Quowatly, a major thoroughfare running through the capital.

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2026

At times there are chains of reverberating explosions, shaking everything: the imagination, as we say, is staggered.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas