Worker injured, houses rattled, 800K in damages in refinery blast south of Los AngelesPARAMOUNT, Calif. — An explosion at a Los Angeles-area oil refinery rattled nearby houses and caused hundreds of thousands in damage, but left just one worker with minor injuries and required no evacuations at the plant or the surrounding neighborhood, authorities said Thursday. Out of the frying pan: Motorists who brew fuel from cooking oil are burning down the houseEDMONDS, Wash. — Trying to live green and beat high gasoline prices, some enterprising Americans are turning cooking oil into biodiesel in their garages. Problem is, some of these do-it-yourselfers are burning down the house. Committee: Bayer CropScience engaged in campaign of secrecy following deadly plant explosionWASHINGTON — Bayer CropScience withheld information from emergency responders after a deadly explosion at a West Virginia chemical plant last summer, and has since used a terrorism-related law to keep some documents secret, a congressional committee said Tuesday. Australian coroner says 3 asylum seekers died by drowning after boat explosion; 2 missingSYDNEY — Three people killed last week in the explosion of a boat carrying asylum seekers in Australian waters died by drowning, a coroner said Monday. 18 people dead after explosives catch fire at coal mine in central China18 people dead in coal mine explosion in China BEIJING — China’s state television says 18 people have died and six are injured after three-story warehouse blew up at a coal mine in central China. |