There's "concern whether the debris entered buildings and air conditioners." An 86-year-old underground steam pipe exploded in New York City Thursday morning, spewing dangerous asbestos-tainted debris ...

An explosion in a steam pipe at the Vicinity Energy plant temporarily knocked out heat and hot water to the University of Pennsylvania on Sunday and damaged the Grays Ferry facility, according to the ...

The steam pipes are sometimes prone to rupture, however. In 1989, a gigantic steam explosion ripped through a street, killing three people and sending mud and debris several stories into the air. That ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- An underground steam pipe explosion tore through a Manhattan street near Grand Central Terminal on Wednesday, swallowing a tow truck and killing one person as hundreds of others ran ...

NEW YORK — An underground steam pipe explosion tore through a Manhattan street near Grand Central Terminal on Wednesday, swallowing a tow truck and killing one person as hundreds of others ran for ...

BEIJING, China -- An official report says a high-pressure steam pipe has exploded at a power station in central China, killing 21 people and injuring five others. The official newspaper of Hubei ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A tow-truck driver and his passenger who were burned when a huge steam-pipe explosion blew a crater in a Manhattan street last month have sued the city's utility provider, accusing it ...