An explosion and fire erupted in a Hayward residential area on Thursday, destroying homes, shutting down a freeway and injuring six people after a construction crew struck an underground gas line, according to firefighters,

Alameda County firefighters on Thursday responded to an explosion and fire in an area densely populated with residential homes in a blast that destroyed homes, shut down a freeway and injured six people.

A suspected gas explosion sparked a fire and partial building collapse at the Silver Lake Nursing Home in Bristol Township, Pennsylvania, triggering a Level 2 mass casualty response with at least 2 people killed and multiple injured.

North Carolina officials say 11 firefighters and two people were injured in a house fire explosion in the Piedmont region of North Carolina

Police and firefighters reportedly swarmed a military factory near Salisbury on Thursday evening following an incident. Chemring Counter Measures was "rocked by an explosion", UKNIP reports, which prompted emergency services to attend the scene.

The blast reportedly happened at Chemring Countermeasures facility near Salisbury at around 5.30pm today with police, fire and ambulance crews racing to the scene