explosions

Traces the last few minutes before a burning French munitions ship exploded to bring death and destruction to the city of Halifax.

Details the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill that occurred on April 20, 2010, including how it happened, what oil company officials did about the catastrophe, and what it took to finally stop the leak. Describes the aftermath in both the political world and the environmental world.

Presents an introduction to forensic science, explaining how fires and bombs destroy evidence at crime scenes and describes how information is recovered, including basic fire characteristics, what investigators look for, and how they process what they find.

Provides an account of the disaster that occurred on December 6, 1917, when two ships carrying munitions and relief supplies to Europe collided, causing an explosion that leveled the towns of Halifax and Dartmouth and resulted in the deaths of nearly two thousand people.

Examines the tools and techniques used by forensic scientists during criminal investigations that involve explosions or crashes, and including a related case study.

The Hardy boys investigate when young Jimmy Quayle is accused of attempted murder in a mysterious warehouse explosion.

Describes the events of the Texas City disaster of 1947, in which bags of fertilizer exploded on a docked ship, and discusses its causes, tragic cost, and aftermath.

Describes the one hundred most devastating fires in history and profiles the heroes who fought them.

Recounts the events surrounding the 1917 explosion of a munitions ship off the coast of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and explains what the explosion and its aftermath taught scientists about the potential effects of the atom bomb.