An explosion last month at a munitions storage facility on Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, occurred when Japanese soldiers accidentally detonated a fuse on a World War II-era anti-tank shell, Japan’s ...

INVESTIGATING. EARLIER THIS MORNING, THE CITY OF LAUREL HAD TO CANCEL THEIR MAIN STREET FESTIVAL PARADE BECAUSE OF A PROPANE EXPLOSION. THIS HAPPENED AT THE INTERSECTION OF FOURTH AND MAIN STREETS.

The blast occurred when a tank containing byproducts from oil drilling operations exploded and caught fire. Fire crews were then dispatched to the site, near the General Motors Proving Ground, at ...