Sentence examples for explosions blew off from inspiring English sources

Minutes later and some 100 feet to the north, two more explosions blew off a pair of larger, heavier covers from square sidewalk electrical boxes a few feet apart.

A gas explosion blew off three manhole covers in downtown Newark yesterday, injuring seven pedestrians.

As Captain Goodwin prepared one of his boasted breech-loading cannons for exhibition, a premature explosion blew off one of the inventor's hands and blinded him.

Firefighters responded after an explosion blew off a manhole cover about 9 30 p.m. in the 900 block of Leggett Avenue in Longwood, fire officials and a spokeswoman for Con Edison said.

When an explosion blew off Unit 4's roof on 15 March, plant operators assumed the cause was hydrogen and they feared it had come from fuel in the pool that had been exposed to air.

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Nikola will tell his story of how he became the victim of a terrifying landmine accident at age 3. The explosion blew off three of his fingers, resulting in an amputation at the wrist.

That the explosion blew off his left hand completely, as well as ripping open his stomach, suggests that he may have been getting ready to use the bomb.

A natural-gas explosion blew off the back of a two-story apartment building in Brooklyn yesterday morning, leaving a resident fighting for his life and the shattered dwelling looking like a charred dollhouse.

Some news reports indicated that the explosion blew off both of his legs, but this is not supported by family accounts or military records.

Reactor No 4 had been shut down for maintenance checks when the quake and subsequent tsunami struck, but a hydrogen explosion days later blew off its roof and exposed the fuel pool, located 100 feet above ground, to the elements.