Sentence examples for chain of explosions from inspiring English sources
Israeli officials spoke variously of a suicide bomber, a booby-trapped building, or a sophisticated device which set off a chain of explosions.
A fire set off a chain of explosions at a U.S.-controlled munitions dump, sending ordnance shrieking into residential areas, killing at least six.
Problems with Albania's decaying munitions were apparent earlier this month, when a depot outside Tirana, Albania's capital, erupted in a chain of explosions, killing at least 22 people, injuring at least 300 others and destroying hundreds of homes.
CAIRO, June 4 (Reuters) — Egyptian artillery opened fire last night on Israeli positions across the southern sector of the Suez Canal, leaving fires burning and causing a chain of explosions, a military spokes man said today.
The security official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly, said the blast set off a chain of explosions, apparently caused by ammunition inside the truck, damaging a nearby gas pump and several shops.
The rapid chain of explosions that destroyed a warehouse district in the Chinese port of Tianjin could become one of the world's deadliest disasters for fire crews as at least 21 firefighters are confirmed dead with scores of others still missing.
In that event sea water might be forced into the superheated interior of the earth, creating a chain of explosion which would "transcend the imagination of most human beings and possibly produce a tidal wave a mile high, overwhelming the inhabitants of Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Berkely, Oakland, Los Angeles, & San Diago.
Tuesday to watch as the Loizeauxes set off a chain reaction of explosions that will force a storied but tired property to collapse upon itself.
The attack took the form of a chain reaction of explosions, beginning in a car equipped with a tank of liquefied petroleum gas and spreading to other parked cars with similar tanks, Mr. Sahin said.
Prosecutors said Mr. Defreitas came up with a sinister plan intended to cause a chain reaction of explosions along a pipeline that runs between the airport and other parts of New York City.
