An electrical explosion at a building site in Perth’s north has left a tradesman injured with severe burns.
The explosion set off a huge fire at one of the two Saudi Aramco sites,the Saudi Interior Ministry said.
A Taliban suicide car bomber targeted a police station in the Afghan capital on Wednesday,killing 14 people and wounding 145,most of them civilians,officials said in one of the worst attacks in Kabul this year.
"I thought it was a plane crash,"said an eyewitness of the"massive"gas explosion in suburban Christchurch that left six people injured and prompted an evacuation.
The explosion hurled large pieces of concrete up to 45 metres away and sent pieces of metal 90 metres across the street.
The boat exploded at Runaway Bay Marina and the man suffered burns to his arms,legs and face.
Explosive experts combed the crater,and no bomb elements were initially found,the nearby city of Limburg said in a statement.
The attack occurred close to a giant national museum that is under construction near the pyramids and that is scheduled to open next year.
It was the deadliest industrial accident in U.S. history. In April 1947,the Port of Texas City was rocked by a series of explosions that left over 500 dead.
Police are unsure whether the head trauma found on the body was caused by the explosion.
Police said the explosion was so powerful it blew open the container's doors.