History of coal miners inventiveness in clothing their families. Mining has always been dangerous, because of methane gas explosions, roof cave-ins, and the difficulty of mines rescue. The worst single disaster in British coal mining history was at Senghenydd in the South Wales coalfield. On the morning of 14 October 1913 an explosion and subsequent fire killed 436 men and boys. It followed a series of many extensive Mining accidents such as The Oaks explosion of 1866 and the Hartley Colliery Disaster of 1862. Most of the explosions were caused by firedamp ignitions followed by coal dust explosions. Deaths were mainly caused by carbon
17 December 2016 Istanbul explosions Çanakkale, Hatay, Ankara, and Erzincan. 17 December 2016 Istanbul explosions On December 17, 2016, at around 21:30 (UTC+3) four masked people attacked the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) office in the Beylikdüzü district of Istanbul, located at a shopping mall. The attackers managed to overcome the security personnel and started a fire, which caused the explosions of the two gas tubes inside the building. One police officer and a security guard sustained minor injuries. In the same night, shots were fired by unidentified assailants at the HDP headquarters in Darıca, Kocaeli Province. Attacks towards other HDP offices across the country have