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Photo: Peel Paramedics Twitter Fifteen people were injured Thursday night when two men detonated an improvised explosive device inside an Indian restaurant in Mississauga, Ontario, Canadian authorities said. Several of the injured restaurant-goers were taken to a local hospital, while three are in critical condition at a Toronto trauma center, Peel Regional Police said. “We have no indication to call it a hate crime or any kind of terrorism act,” Peel Regional Police Sgt....

Aftermath of apartment-building explosion in Silver Spring, Maryland.Photo: Drew Angerer/GettyAn explosion at an apartment building in Silver Spring, Maryland, has left 14 people hospitalized — three with “serious” injuries.The incident occurred Thursday morning at the Friendly Garden Apartments, about 20 minutes north of Washington, D.C., according to several news outlets includingNBC WashingtonandABC News.In a media briefing Friday morning, Montgomery County Fire Chief Scott Goldstein said thenumber of people injured had climbed to 14, up from the 10 initially reported....

BYU dorm explosion.Photo: BYU Police Department An explosion took place at a Brigham Young University dorm over the weekend after an attempt at concocting homemade rocket fuel went very wrong. Around 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, Utah authorities responded to a fire alarm at an on-campus residence, BYU police said in astatement. Upon arrival, they found “the fire sprinklers had been activated and were flooding the main floor.” “The subsequent investigation revealed that a resident had been making homemade rocket fuel on the stove when the volatile mixture suddenly exploded into a fireball,” police wrote, noting that the flames “engulfed the walls and ceiling around the stove and the intense heat tripped the fire sprinkler system....

Smoke emanates from Union Pacific’s Bailey Yard after a railroad car fire.Photo:Ryan Herzog/The Telegraph via AP Ryan Herzog/The Telegraph via AP Evacuations were ordered in western Nebraska after an explosion inside a shipping container on a rail yard. The explosion took place at around 12 p.m. local time on Thursday at Union Pacific’s Bailey Yard — the world’s largest railyard — in North Platte, Nebraska, according to a post fromNorth Platte Volunteer Fire Department on X(formerly known as Twitter)....

At least 24 people were injured – including four critically – when an explosion rocked the fifth arrondissement in Paris on Wednesday afternoon, multiple news agencies report. ABDULMONAM EASSA/AFP Getty Witnesses told the BBCthat they had smelled gas before the explosion, which occurred next to the Val de Grâce church. Christopher Gaglione was inside his bar, which is next to the church, at the time. The fire was contained shortly after, Paris police chief Laurent Nunez told reporters, per the BBC....

Photo: twitter An explosion on a movie set in Santa Clarita, California left three people suffering critical burns. The fire department tweeted the explosion had taken place on Rye Canyon Loop, while the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Stationtweeted a photoof the smoke from the set. The Sheriff’s Station said there were “reports of a loud explosion” in the area. It’s unclear what movie was in production at the time. Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories....

Photo: AFP via Getty Images At least three people are dead and 16 others were injured after two blasts exploded at a military hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday. The blast detonated at the Sardar Mohammad Daoud Khan National Military Hospital, in the 10th district, which houses 400 beds,tweetedSaeed Khosty, a spokesman for the Taliban-organized Interior Ministry. Special forces responded to the scene, and Khosty said there were causalities, with more information to come....

Niagara Falls bridge crash.Photo:CBP/X CBP/X Thecar that crashed at a high speed and explodedat the U.S.-Canada border crossing near Niagara Falls, N.Y., on Wednesday, killing both passengers inside, had no link to terrorism, the FBI said Wednesday night. “A search of the scene revealed no explosive materials, and no terrorism nexus was identified,” the agencysaid in a statement. “The matter has been turned over to the Niagara Falls Police Department as a traffic investigation....

Photo: Ng Han Guan/AP/REX/Shutterstock The device was detonated at 1 p.m. Beijing time near the embassy’s southeast corner,CNN reports. The suspect was the only person injured and is expected to survive the wound to his hand. Sanitation worker Li Shaohui, 58, told Reuters he felt the ground shake, making people in the area scream. “I thought first there was big a car crash,” he said, adding that the smoke quickly cleared....

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall.Photo:Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty An explosive device was detonated outside Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office over the weekend, as the state continues grappling with the state Supreme Court’s recent ruling thatfrozen embryos will now legally be considered childrenin the state. The statement continued: “The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency will be leading the investigation, and we are urging anyone with information to contact them immediately....

RNC headquarters.Photo: Google Maps An explosive device was reportedly found at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. The RNC and DNC did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment. There was reportedly at least one improvised explosive device found on Capitol grounds, NBC Newsreported. Mayor Muriel Bowser confirmed to CNN that the authorities responded to credible reports of two incendiary devices that had been found, but would not go into further detail....

Photo: Getty Images; Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Potential explosive devices were found in packages addressed to former secretary of stateHillary Clintonand former PresidentBarack Obama, the Secret Service confirmed in a statement on Wednesday. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders released a statement condemning the attacks. In another incident on Wednesday morning, the NYPD responded to a suspicious device discovered in New York City’s Time Warner Center, where CNN is based,the outlet reported, citing a law enforcement source....

A man is in FBI custody after explosives were allegedly found in luggage that he had checked at an airport in Pennsylvania. On Monday, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA)stopped an “explosive device"from being put on a flight at Lehigh Valley International Airport, the agency said in a release on Wednesday. During a routine screening for checked baggage, the suitcase “triggered an alarm,” and a TSA agent checked to see what was inside....