One day, when it has heard enough, the stone will explode, setting its supplicants free from their torments.
Set a timer to remember the hard-boiled eggs, or they may explode Setting alarms or timers to trigger your memory can help, too.
Rasool Mohammed Hassan, a police officer, said he was alone at the checkpoint when a car driving slowly past buses exploded, setting cars ablaze.
One plane crashed through the roof of another two-car garage and exploded, setting fire to the home of a couple who were showering and dressing for work.
A second American soldier in two days was killed in Kunar Province when two improvised bombs exploded, setting off a firefight between American and enemy forces, said Maj. Mark McCann, a spokesman for the coalition.
Alarm Was Partly Disabled, Rig Worker Says The emergency alarm on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig was not fully activated on the day it caught fire and exploded, setting off the spill in the gulf, a rig worker told a government panel investigating the accident.
This is not the first fertilizer explosion to devastate an entire community: in 1947, Texas City, Texas, was the site of what has been called "the worst industrial accident in U.S. history," in which a ship carrying twenty-three hundred tofs of ammonium nitrate fertilizer caught fire and exploded, setting off a chain reaction that killed nearly six hundred people.
Approximately 30 minutes later, the tanker exploded, setting eight houses on fire.
The vehicle exploded, setting off its stowed ammunition, and the other tanks withdrew.
In the latest in a string of railroad accidents, residents of a West Virginia town were evacuated on Monday, when a train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded, setting at least one home ablaze. .
