World's deadliest explosions!

Do you like watching explosion, most of us may say yes.. as it's human nature, we are very curious to see something which is not routine to us.

And you know humans have used explosives in many ways so fare like for war, science, freak accidents, destruction, etc.. I hope you will find this post informative which is all about the most deadliest explosions we have ever seen..

The Halifax explosion, December 6, 1917

The town of Halifax (Nova Scotia, Canada) was destroyed by the explosion of a cargo ship loaded with military explosives. About two thousand people were killed and almost ten thousands were injured. Until the first nuclear blast, it was the largest man-made explosion in recorded history with an equivalent force of 2.9 kilotons of TNT.
Source: Wikimedia Commons

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The Hindenburg catastrophe, May 6, 1937

This photo, taken at almost the split second that the Hindenburg exploded, shows the 804-foot German zeppelin—loaded with flammable hydrogen gas—just before the second and third explosions send the ship crashing to the earth over the Lakehurst Naval Air Station in Lakehurst, N.J.
Photo: AP

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The fate of USS Shaw, December 7, 1941

The forward magazine of USS Shaw (DD-373) explodes during the second Japanese attack wave in Pearl Harbor.
Photo: NHHC

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Cataño oil refinery fire, 23 October 2009

There was a major gasoline tank explosion at the Caribbean Petroleum Corporation oil refinery and oil depot in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. The blast was seen and heard from 50 miles away and left a smoke plume as high as 30,000 feet. The detonation caused a magnitude 3.0 earthquake and blew glass around the city.
Photo: CSB

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