7 hours ago Death toll rises above 140 in Nigeria tanker explosion: emergency agency

At least 94 people have died in northern Nigeria when a crashed fuel tanker exploded near locals who had gathered to retrieve fuel

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8 hours ago Benwell explosion: Boy, 7, dies and six injured as house destroyed in horror incident in Newcastle

Six flats in a residential road were ‘badly affected’ by the explosion, which happened shortly before 1am on Wednesday

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8 hours ago Newcastle explosion: Boy, 7, dies and six injured as house destroyed in horror incident

Six flats in a residential road were ‘badly affected’ by the explosion, which happened shortly before 1am on Wednesday

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8 hours ago Boy, seven, dies and six taken to hospital after house explosion on Newcastle street

Northumbria Police said the young boy had died at the scene

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9 hours ago Police fear boy, eight, reported missing along with his mother in Ireland may have been killed months earlier as murder investigation is opened

A murder investigation has been launched in the disappearance of Kyran Durnin, from Drogheda, Co Louth. His mother has since been found alive in the UK, according to the Irish Times.

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11 hours ago Newcastle Explosion: Harrowing aerial photos show devastation after three houses obliterated and four people including child left in hospital

Three adults and a child were rushed to hospital following the blaze which ripped through three homes, sending flames billowing into the sky.

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12 hours ago Child and three adults in hospital after fire tears through home after ‘explosion’

Engineers from Northern Gas Networks attended the scene of the fire in Violet Close in Newcastle

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14 hours ago Newcastle 'explosion' LIVE: Homes damaged in blast as gas engineers and fire crews flood to scene

A huge house fire broke out in Violet Close, Newcastle, at around 12.45am on Wednesday morning as engineers from Northern Gas Networks, fire crews and police rushed to the scene

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19 hours ago Boy, 12, dies after a tree fell on him while playing with a friend in his backyard

A gust of wind knocked the tree onto the seventh-grader

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