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20,000 evacuated after Ukraine military ammunitions depot catches fire

20,000 evacuated after Ukraine military ammunitions depot catches fire

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One of Ukraine’s largest ammunition depots caught fire Thursday, sending large-caliber artillery rounds flying around the region.

Around 20,000 were evacuated in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region near the border with Russia. A 25-mile area around the depot has been closed for flights.

There was a fire at the same arsenal in 2015, but the military managed to quickly put it out before munitions detonated. The depot held about 138,000 metric tons of ordnance.

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Quebec train derailment explosion decimates small border town

Quebec train derailment explosion decimates small border town

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Thirteen people confirmed dead and 37 missing after a train derailment and explosion in Lac-Megantic, Quebec early Saturday. The driverless, runaway fuel train that exploded in a deadly ball of flames in the center of the small Quebec town started rumbling down an empty track just minutes after a fire crew had extinguished a blaze in one of its parked locomotives according to witnesses.
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10th Anniversary of Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster

10th Anniversary of Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster

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On Feb. 1, 2003, seven astronauts died when the U.S. space shuttle Columbia broke apart during re-entry into the earth’s atmosphere. Columbia disappeared from radar screens while it was over Texas, 16 minutes before it was due to land at Cape Canaveral in Florida. Several white trails of smoke were seen coming from shuttle.

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A look back at the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill

A look back at the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill

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BP has plead guilty to felony misconduct and agreed to pay $4.5 billion in penalties for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The disaster was the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. Eleven oil rig workers were killed and 4.9 million barrels of oil spewed into the Gulf over 87 days. Here’s a look back at the oil spill and recovery efforts.

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