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A mammoth explosion rocked Columbus, Ohio, early Thursday morning. A deadly explosion accident occurred during the pre-dawn hours at the Yenkin-Majestic Paints campus-like facility located in an industrial park in Columbus. The cause of the catastrophic fire and explosion at the paint plant has to be identified. By midday Thursday, the fire at the facility had been extinguished. The Yenkin-Majestic Paints plant consisted of five separate buildings, the explosion and fire gutting one of them. Whether or not any major…

A massive K-Solv chemical plant fire has been raging out of control for a couple of hours in Channelview in Harris County. According to K-Solv, at about the two-hour mark of the colossal blaze, no workers at the chemical plant have been seriously injured or killed. The company maintains that all of its workers are accounted for as of this time. While there may be certainty about accounting for employees, firefighters at the scene of the K-Solv chemical plant fire…

A natural gas explosion case ended up being criminally prosecuted in Rockland County, New York. Ultimately, and as will be discussed in more detail in a moment, the true facts of the matter revealed that the State of New York had taken legal action against the wrong party when it came to a catastrophic natural gas explosion. Before diving deeper into the aftermath of this particular natural gas explosion, a consideration of the incident itself is important and illuminating. A subcontractor…

A chemical plant accident can have catastrophic consequences. Loss of life and people who otherwise suffer severe, even debilitating injuries oftentimes stem from these types of disasters. A federal governmental agency known as the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board exists to promptly investigate chemical plant accidents and prepare detail reports on why an incident occurred, including an explosion accident. Unfortunately, the investigatory agency has fallen what some describe as hopelessly behind in its work to ascertain the cause…

Residents of a home in Ontario, California, in San Bernardino County, maintained a huge stash of commercial grade fireworks somewhere on their property. Evidently, these individuals “shot-off” these powerful fireworks at all hours of the day or night, with no regard for the peace, quiet, and comfort of their neighbors. According to people who live in the neighborhood, they have reported the illegal use of fireworks in the past by those individuals living in the residence where the explosion occurred….