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Massive Meteor Explosion Equal To 300 Tons Of TNT Triggers Sonic Boom, Rattling East Coast
Residents across New England were left stunned after a powerful double boom rattled buildings and shook the ground, triggering reports to police and earthquake officials. The cause, however, came from above. The strange event happened around 2:30 p.m. Saturday when people from Connecticut to Canada reported hearing loud blasts, feeling buildings shake, or seeing a bright object streak across the sky. The American Meteor Society said the source was not an earthquake or an explosion. Instead, officials said a 3-foot-wide meteor entered Earth's atmosphere near the New Hampshire-Massachusetts b…
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Nest Cam Captures Mysterious Boom, Bright Light That Jolted NJ Town Awake
A sudden boom and blinding flash lit up the night sky in one North Jersey town early Tuesday, Sept. 2, jolting residents awake and sending a flurry of calls to police (scroll for video). Lauren Manning’s Nest camera caught the moment at 1:54 a.m. — a split-second burst of light followed by a deafening boom. She said the blast shook her entire Hopatcong house and woke her family from a dead sleep. Within minutes, neighbors in the Sussex County borough were posting online that they, too, saw the light and heard the boom. Some described it as feeling like an explosion. Vie…
Business
Exploding Pressure Washers, Injuries Spark Massive Recall Of 780K Machines
About 780,000 electric pressure washers are being recalled after parts exploded and injured dozens of people. TTI Outdoor Power Equipment issued the recall for around 764,000 Ryobi brushless electric pressure washers sold in the US, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced on Thursday, Aug. 28. About 16,000 power washers were sold in Canada. The recall affects two types of power washers: the 2300 PSI model RY142300 and the 2700 PSI model RY142711VNM. The machines' capacitors can overheat and burst, sending parts flying toward users and bystanders. South Carolina-base…
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Second Victim In Fatal US Steel's Clairton Coke Works Explosion Identified
The second person killed in Monday’s deadly explosion at the U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works has been identified as 52-year-old Steven Menefee of Clairton, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office announced. Menefee was pronounced dead at the scene after being pulled from the rubble Monday evening, officials said. He and Timothy Quinn, 39, of Westmoreland County, were both killed when the blast tore through the nation’s largest coke manufacturing facility just before 11 a.m. on Aug. 11. Timothy Quinn Facebook/Timothy Quinn @timothy.quinn.31 Ten others were injured in …
Business
Nippon Steel Deal Could Change After Deadly Clairton Coke Works Explosion: US Steel
U.S. Steel says its multi-billion-dollar Nippon Steel deal remains on track despite the Aug. 11 explosion at the Clairton Coke Works that killed two workers and injured 10. But at a press conference Tuesday, Aug. 12, the company hinted changes to the agreement could be coming — and won’t be known until the investigation into the deadly blast is complete. The facility was preparing for routine maintenance when a gas build-up triggered an explosion at coke oven batteries 13 and 14 at 10:51 a.m., Allegheny County Emergency Services said. The pressure valve released to batteries 19 and 20, creat…
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Clairton Coke Works Worker ID'd As ‘Mama’s Boy’, Dad, Mentor After US Steel Explosion
The second victim of the deadly explosion at the U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works was a “mama’s boy” and devoted father of three who was raising five children, Governor Josh Shapiro said Tuesday, Aug. 12. Family identified him as 39-year-old Timothy Quinn a second-generation steelworker who followed his father into the industry and worked at the Clairton Coke Works for years. Quinn was deeply devoted to his family, helping raise his three children along with his girlfriend Lucy’s two children, friends said. According to his public social media, Quinn was a heater at U.S. Steel, previously wor…
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2 Dead, 10 Injured; Timelapse Video Shows Fatal Explosions At US Steel Clairton Coke
A timelapse video and photos captured by the Breathe Project show the massive plume from a deadly explosion at the U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works on Monday, Aug. 11, that has now left two people dead two missing, and 10 injured, officials confirmed later Monday night. The explosion happened at 10:51 a.m. between coke oven batteries 13 and 14 inside the sprawling coking facility along the Monongahela River in Clairton, sparking a fire and a large-scale emergency response, according to Allegheny County Emergency Services (ACES). There were multiple secondary explosions, officials explained. B…
Police & Fire
Disgruntled Ex-Employee Bombed Supervisor’s SUV In Burlington County: Feds
A 43-year-old disgruntled ex-employee from Warminster, PA was arrested and charged after he placed a bomb near his supervisor’s vehicle in South Jersey last month, detonating an explosion, authorities announced Thursday, Aug. 7. On Saturday, July 26 at 2:42 a.m., an explosive device went off near a silver Ford Explorer parked in the victim’s driveway in Delran, Acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba said. The explosion caused a debris field extending out approximately 100 feet in diameter, with various nails and bolts lodged in both the body of the Ford Explorer and in adjacent residential homes, …
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3 Sheriff’s Deputies Killed In Explosion At LA Training Facility
A routine morning at a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department training center turned deadly when a powerful explosion ripped through the facility, killing three deputies and sending shockwaves through the law enforcement community. The blast erupted just before 7:30 a.m. Friday, July 18, at the Biscailuz Training Center in Monterey Park, a site that houses the department’s Special Enforcement Bureau and bomb squad, according to the Los Angeles Times. It was the department's biggest loss of life incident since 1857. The explosion occurred as members of the bomb squad were moving explosives…
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1 Killed, 2 Injured After Explosion On Boat In Hudson River Off Manhattan's West Side
A man was killed and two others injured after an explosion on board a sewage transport boat docked in the Hudson River. It happened around 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 24, off Manhattan near the North River Wastewater Treatment Plant, according to the US Coast Guard. The incident, in the area of West 135th Street, was reportedly "linked to 'hot work' aboard a docked boat," the Coast Guard said. The North River wastewater treatment plant is built on a 28-acre reinforced concrete platform over the Hudson River. The identity of the victim has not yet been rel…
Police & Fire
Man Sent Chilling Email Before Deadly NJ Explosion That Claimed His Life And One More: Report
A man who perished in a South Jersey home explosion over the weekend reportedly sent a haunting email to his ex-girlfriend just minutes before the blaze, NBC10 reports. The explosion broke out around 2 a.m. Sunday, May 12, at a home on Tranquility Court and Orion Way in Washington Township, Gloucester County, authorities said. First responders arriving at 13 Tranquility Ct. found the home fully engulfed in flames. Two bodies — a man and a woman — were recovered from the rubble, police said. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. Neighbors and an ex-girlfriend, Nicole Ruiz, iden…
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New Jersey Man Killed In Mysterious Pennsylvania Apartment Explosion: Coroner
A 26-year-old New Jersey who died after a mysterious explosion in his Pennsylvania apartment, is being remembered by friends and family as a kind, adventurous soul who brought joy to everyone he met. Timothy Zeh, born on March 12, 1998, in Bethlehem, PA, had spent his entire life in Phillipsburg, NJ before moving to Easton. He passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, from injuries sustained in an explosion inside his apartment on West Milton Street, officials said. Zeh, a 2016 graduate of Warren County Technical School, was known for his love of fishing, hiking, animals, and collecting rocks…
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Deadly Cybertruck Explosion At Trump Hotel in Las Vegas Investigated As Possible Terror Act
Authorities are investigating a deadly explosion involving a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas. The explosion claimed the life of one individual and left seven others injured, prompting a joint inquiry by local law enforcement and the FBI. The incident is being investigated as a possible terrorist act, ABC News and CNN are reporting. The incident occurred around 8:40 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 1, near the hotel’s valet area. Witnesses reported hearing a loud explosion followed by a fire that engulfed the vehicle. First responders quickly arrived…
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Mysterious Loud Boom Rocks Central Jersey: Did You Feel It?
Multiple Central Jersey residents were baffled by a loud boom that shook their houses on Wednesday, Oct. 30. Ring app users reported hearing and feeling the massive explosion around noon. One person speculated some commotion at Naval Weapons Station Earle, in Colts Neck, and another said this is not the first time that the boom has occurred. "This has been going on for a few months and nobody knows what it is," they wrote, noting it's "very strange" and seems to be getting "more widespread and louder." The boom was reported from West Long Branch to Trenton. One resident i…
Traffic
Truck Driver Killed In Route 3 Explosion ID'd, 29 NJ Transit Passengers Escape Injury
Authorities have identified the truck driver killed in the crash and explosion earlier this week on Route 3 in Clifton. Luis Santiago, 55, of Linden, was operating the commercial truck that clipped an NJ Transit bus carrying 29 passengers in the eastbound lanes Monday morning, July 22, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Clifton Police Chief Thomas Rinaldi said. Santiago's truck then crashed into a barrier near Valley Road and Grove Street, causing the vehicle to erupt in flames. Santiago's body was found after firefighters put out the blaze. There were no …
Police & Fire
2 Hospitalized By Explosion At Industrial Gas Supply Company In NJ Town
Two people were injured after an explosion at an industrial gas company in Branchburg on the early morning of Wednesday, June 5, authorities said. At 4:30 a.m., first responders arrived at 197 Meister Ave. and found smoke visible from the Air Liquide building, Branchburg police said in a release. Two people suffering from chemical burns were transported to a nearby hospital for further treatment, police said. Air Liquide is a French industrial gas supplier, its website says. First responders were able to deem the location safe and the scene has been cleared, police said. Meister Avenue…
Police & Fire
Videos Capture Newark Housing Authority Building Explosion
Video footage captured the moment a building owned by the Newark Housing Authority exploded last week. Six people, including one with severe burns, were injured in the explosion at 39 S. Pine Lane on Friday, July 21, just after 6:05 p.m., a spokeswoman for the Newark Police Department said (scroll for videos). The explosion collapsed the building, leaving 31 people displaced. The Department of Public Works removed the residual debris Saturday, as members of Newark’s Office of Violence Prevention and Trauma Recovery provided support to affected individuals and families. Video footage…
Obituaries
Dad Dies After Being Badly Burned In NJ Christmas Bonfire
A cozy Christmas took a tragic turn for a 25-year-old dad and aspiring police officer from South Jersey, who died after being burned in an explosion. James Davis was building a bonfire in the backyard at his in-laws' Mullica Township home while his wife, Nicole, and their 1-year-old daughter, Elliana, played inside with the rest of the family, NJ Advance Media reports. All of a sudden, Nicole heard a loud BOOM, she said on a GoFundMe page, originally launched to help pay off medical bills. Then, her dad started yelling "James is on fire." The family rushed to Davis' aide and frantically f…
Police & Fire
Landscapers Sparked Explosive Fire At North Jersey White Castle, Officials Say
A two-alarm fire at a North Jersey White Castle that left workers with burns was sparked by a substance used by landscapers that got into the restaurant's electrical system, officials said. An employee at the Westfield Avenue restaurant in Elizabeth went to plug something in, sparking an explosion around 11 a.m. Friday, April 29, abc7 reports. City spokesperson Ruby Contreras confirmed a landscaper was spraying something that got into the electrical wires. Three victims, allegedly including a maintenance worker and landscaper, were taken to Saint Barnabas Medical Center. Firefighter…
Police & Fire
Victim Burned In Fiery Explosion At Warren County Home
A fiery Warren County home explosion caused one person to suffer a burn to the head and brought more than a dozen emergency crews to the scene. The Mansfield Township Fire Company responded to a home on Willever Lake Road off Jackson Valley Road and confirmed the fully-involved blaze around 9:30 a.m. on Monday, April 25, the department said. Several surrounding departments also responded and immediately began attacking the fire and providing mutual aid, MTFC said. A medical helicopter was on standby as crews worked to douse the blaze, which included multiple explosions, initial reports sa…
Police & Fire
Flammable Material In Glass & Vapor House Started Deadly Hoboken Fire: Prosecutor
The cause of a fire that destroyed several businesses and left two people dead in Hoboken has been identified, authorities announced. The Dec. 20 Jackson Street fire began in the back of the building at Glass & Vapor House LLC and the Cause has been ruled an accident, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Investigators believe the presence of flammable material within that business likely contributed to the fire. An on-duty Hoboken police officer heard a loud explosion in the area around 12:20 a.m. that day, Suarez said. First responders arriving at the scene found an activ…
Police & Fire
2 Airlifted In South Jersey Home Explosion, 4 Dogs Missing
Two women were airlifted to area hospitals and at least four dogs were missing following an explosion in Vineland Wednesday, multiple news outlets were reporting. Police rescued one person from the rubble while the other walked out of the Cornucopia Avenue home her own around 12:30 p.m., abc6 reports. The home exploded with such force that the walls blew off raining holiday decorations and building debris across the yard– leave nothing but the building’s foundation, multiple outlets say. The force of the explosion blew the walls out of the building and only left the cement foundation stan…
News
NJ Man Dies Trying To Light Fire Pit, Police Say
A 56-year-old Union County man died while trying to light a fire pit but instead sparked an explosion that may have killed him, local police said. Officers arriving at the home on Warwick Road in Hillside found the man with burns covering nearly 75 percent of his body just before 4 p.m. Monday, Hillside Police Det. Natalie Ogonowski said. The man likely added an unknown accelerant to light the fire pit, causing an explosion, Ogonowki said.
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Heroes
: Officer, Firefighter Save Life Of Junior Responder, 17, Critically Injured In Explosion
UPDATE: A firefighter and a police officer saved the life of a junior firefighter when he was critically injured in an explosion behind a Ridgefield Park restaurant, authorities said Monday. The 17-year-old Ridgefield Park High School senior remained in stable but critical condition following several surgeries at Hackensack University Medical Center, they said. The junior firefighter, whose name was withheld because of his age, had completed a training exercise before the call came in at 2:12 p.m. Sunday, Fire Chief John Antola Jr. said. A fire had erupted in a makeshift wooden garbage b…
News
Junior Firefighter Critically Injured In Ridgefield Park Blaze
UPDATE: A firefighter and police officer saved the life of a junior firefighter from Ridgefield Park when he was critically injured in an explosion behind a village restaurant, authorities said Monday. The 17-year-old Ridgefield Park High School senior remained in stable but critical condition following several surgeries at Hackensack University Medical Center, they said. The junior firefighter, whose name was withheld because of his age, had completed a training exercise before the call came in at 2:12 p.m. Sunday, Fire Chief John Antola Jr. said. A fire had erupted in a makeshift wo…
Police & Fire
Mobile Crane Goes Up In Flames On Route 80, Fire Truck Involved In Crash
Flames destroyed a mobile crane Thursday afternoon off Route 80 in Totowa, while a Wayne fire truck headed to the scene was involved in a minor crash. The westbound highway just before Minnisink Road was closed as firefighters from Wayne and Totowa and members of the West Paterson Fire Department doused the flames, which spread to nearby brush, shortly before 3 p.m. People nearby reported hearing an explosion. A large hydraulic fuel spill required attention. A New Jersey State Police trooper required medical attention for a minor injury from tire debris, responders said. The driver…
Police & Fire
Workers Burned In Explosion At Carlstadt Cosmetics Plant
A mixture at a Carlstadt cosmetics plant exploded Tuesday, seriously injuring a worker, authorities said. The 58-year-old employee was taken to St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston after she was burned in the explosion at JCS Global Distribution around 1 p.m., Detective Sgt. John Cleary said. The victim had been mixing cosmetic products in a 55-gallon barrel at the Barrell Avenue plant when the mixture exploded, Cleary said. "No other workers were in the immediate area when the explosion occurred," the sergeant said, "but the building was evacuated as a precaution." OSHA was notified…
Police & Fire
Update
: Victim, 48, In Ridgefield House Explosion Dies
UPDATE: A 48-year-old Ridgefield man who was burned on 80% of his body when an explosion leveled his Ridgefield home on Monday succumbed to his injuries, authorities said Tuesday. Mark Schellack, who lived alone, was rescued from beneath the rubble of his garage by an off-duty police officer who lives nearby and two uniformed borough officers following the explosion on Abbott Avenue near Elizabeth Street just before 11:30 a.m. Monday. He was first taken to Hackensack University Medical Center before being flown to Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston. Family members summoned a prie…
Police & Fire
Explosions Rock Area In Saddle Brook Fire
Neighbors reported hearing explosions in a smoky Tuesday afternoon fire in a Saddle Brook home. The 64-year-old homeowner got safely out of the Lanza Avenue residence after the fire broke out shortly before 1:50 p.m., Police Chief Robert Kugler said. However, a half-dozen or so house cats of hers may or may not have made it, the chief said. The two-alarm blaze collapsed the rear of the home and tore through the rest, he said, adding that homes on either side were damaged by heat and flames. Saddle Brook firefighters were joined by their colleagues from Elmwood Park, Fair Lawn, Garfield, …
Police & Fire
Photos
: Electrical Explosion Draws Large Response To Hasbrouck Heights Hilton
Firefighters quickly doused an electrical fire that followed a small explosion Friday morning at the Hilton Hotel in Hasbrouck Heights. No injuries were at the evacuated hotel just off northbound Route 17. The explosion occurred in a basement electrical panel at the rear loading area just after 7 a.m., instantly drawing firefighters from Hackensack, Hasbrouck Heights, Little Ferry, Moonachie South Hackensack and Wood-Ridge, responders said. Firefighters doused the blaze, evacuated the hotel, searched for possible victims, then ventilated the building. Guests were allowed to return about tw…
Police & Fire
9 Boys Injured, Three Seriously, In South Blooming Grove Camp Dorm Fire
UPDATE: Nine teenage boys were injured in an Orange County camp dormitory explosion and fire just after midnight Friday in South Blooming Grove, authorities reported. All were from Brooklyn, they said. Three were seriously injured and the others sustained minor injuries, fire officials said. The Cromwell Hill bungalow was fully engulfed in flames, according to reports. A medical chopper was used to transport some of the victims to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla. Monroe, Washingtonville, Chester, Woodbury and Kyrias Joel were among the responding companies. Orange and Rockland…
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