On Wednesday, a car caught fire and exploded near Wall Street in Lower Manhattan, sending thick black smoke into the air near one of New York City’s busiest financial and tourist districts.

Two Azerbaijani servicemen were injured in a mine explosion in the Kalbajar region, according to the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry.

A gas buildup triggered an explosion at a coal mine in Colombia’s central Cundinamarca department, leaving 14 miners trapped and two others evacuated, local authorities reported.

An explosion at a fireworks plant in central China’s Hunan Province on Monday killed three people and injured 25 others, including two in serious condition, according to a local emergency management bureau.

A Panama-flagged cargo vessel, operated by a South Korean shipping company, caught fire after an explosion while anchored in the Strait of Hormuz late Monday, according to government officials. No casualties have been reported.

One person has been killed and another injured in an explosion at the National Oncology Centre in Baku.

United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon has confirmed the death of an Indonesian peacekeeper who was critically injured in a blast at a base in southern Lebanon, marking another fatal incident involving UN personnel in the region in recent weeks.

At least 10 people were killed and around 40 others injured after a boiler explosion inside a power plant in India’s central state of Chhattisgarh, according to local media reports.