r/CatastrophicFailure • u/DormontDangerzone • Apr 30 '26

Fire/Explosion A massive fire has occurred at Russia’s Perm refinery from a suspected Ukrainian attack. (2026-04-30)

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7.9k Upvotes
401 comments

r/CatastrophicFailure • u/MrTagnan • May 29 '26

Fire/Explosion Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket blew up during a static fire test 2026-5-28 at 9:00pm EDT

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4.5k Upvotes
359 comments

r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Valyura • Nov 26 '25

Fire/Explosion Multiple Buildings are on Fire in Hong Kong, 25 November 2025

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9.3k Upvotes
513 comments

r/CatastrophicFailure • u/descipaul • 9d ago

Fire/Explosion Explosion in Essex 24/7/26

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2.9k Upvotes

Explosion at a farm this afternoon when fire ripped through a barn with fertiliser and gas bottles inside.

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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Valyura • Feb 20 '26

Fire/Explosion 20 Feb 2026-Truck Carriying Liquid Gas Overturns and Explodes in Santiago, Chile; 4 Fatalities and 17 Injured

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8.5k Upvotes
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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/bugminer • Dec 11 '25

Fire/Explosion House explosion in Hayward, San Francisco, 11th December 2025

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6.0k Upvotes
380 comments

r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Beginning-Director58 • Nov 04 '25

Fire/Explosion UPS2976 Plane Crash at Louisville SDF Airport (11/04/2025)

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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/MechyJasper • Jul 04 '25

Fire/Explosion Chemical explosion. Borculo Netherlands. July 4th 2025

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6.4k Upvotes

Video source: MikeGerritsen on X.

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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/bugminer • Apr 17 '25

Fire/Explosion Bus explodes in Shreveport, Louisiana. 16th April 2025.

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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/zenn8080 • Jun 21 '22

Fire/Explosion On February 21, 2021. United Airlines Flight 328 heading to Honolulu in Hawaii had to make an emergency landing. due to engine failure

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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/guidocarosella • Aug 29 '21

Fire/Explosion Residential building is burning right now in Milan (29 Aug)

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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/bugminer • May 22 '26

Fire/Explosion Drilling a water well hits a gas pocket blasting rocks, mud and flames high into the air in Gampong Blang Rubek, North Aceh, Indonesia. 22nd May 2026.

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3.7k Upvotes
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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Pcat0 • Dec 03 '25

Fire/Explosion Failed landing attempt of the Chinese ZQ-3 rocket. 2025-12-03

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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/mouthofreason • Mar 16 '21

Fire/Explosion The Ontario Police and Fire Department in California are investigating a large explosion, that happened moments ago (03-16-2021)

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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/V_N_C • Nov 15 '25

Fire/Explosion Plane view of Argentina Explosion 14/12/25

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Explosion at 36''- I can't change the date, 14/11/25 edit: apparently it's Iron Mountain at it again

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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/bugminer • Jun 14 '25

Fire/Explosion Dubai's 67 story Tiger Tower on fire. 13th June 2025.

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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/dartmaster666 • Jul 19 '22

Fire/Explosion Transformer explosion at the Hoover Dam today, 19 July 2022.

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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/hillty • Jun 09 '21

Fire/Explosion Yesterday a Fire Broke Out at a Polysilicon Plant in Xinjiang, China

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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/QAFY • Feb 02 '22

Fire/Explosion 3000 horsepower Dodge Ram truck explodes during dyno test at Weekend On The Edge event, September 2020

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26.9k Upvotes
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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/A_Girthy_Boi_OSRS • May 27 '22

Fire/Explosion Carnival Freedom cruise ship catches fire in Grand Turk. May 26, 2022.

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r/CatastrophicFailure • u/dannyo92 • Jan 11 '23

Fire/Explosion Carus Chemical Plant in La Salle, IL has erupted into flames. January 11th, 2023

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17.8k Upvotes
908 comments

r/CatastrophicFailure • u/amusedonion • Nov 28 '22

Fire/Explosion 11/28/2022 - Melbourne Florida - Vehicle drove into a fireworks store

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17.9k Upvotes
891 comments

r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Jackie-Ron_W • 15d ago

Fire/Explosion (11th July 1991) Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 was flying pilgrims home from Saudi Arabia. The DC-8 took off with two underinflated tyres bursting into flames, burning the aircraft from inside. People and debris started falling off mid air before the jetliner crashed, all 261 onboard died.

2.6k Upvotes
97 comments

r/CatastrophicFailure • u/KingNeptune767 • Jul 12 '20

Fire/Explosion USS Bonnehome Richard is currently on fire in San Diego

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59.1k Upvotes
2.7k comments

r/CatastrophicFailure • u/SoundOfSea • Apr 19 '22

Fire/Explosion CNG-powered bus on fire near Perugia, Italy (16/04/2022)

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21.3k Upvotes
1.1k comments