The South Pacific blast may have consumed its own methane — but using this idea against the greenhouse gas is controversial.

The explosion took place at 19:29 local time on Friday at a coal mine in northern China.

For more than a century, coal mining’s deadliest disasters have exposed the persistent dangers of methane, coal dust, flooding and collapse underground. From Benxihu to modern Shanxi, these ...

Eighty-two people were killed, and two others are still missing after a gas explosion happened at a coal mine in China's northern Shanxi province operated by Tongzhou Group, according to local ...

The explosion happened less than a month after safety inspectors visited the facility on April 9, PEOPLE said. That inspection produced a report recommending improvements to address risks from methane ...

The explosion is the latest accident in the locality of Sutatausa, the site of another deadly mine disaster in 2023.

This is the dramatic moment a giant fireball erupted after a cluster of methane-filled red balloons exploded on power lines near a busy cafe. CCTV footage shows diners seated on the restaurant terrace ...