SALT LAKE CO., Utah

According to the West Valley City PD, callers from West Valley City, Taylorsville & Murray reported hearing a loud explosion just before 3 a.m. Wed.

Outdoor home surveillance camera footage also showed a flash of light.

“We got calls that were just, you know, hundreds of yards apart from each other, a mile apart from each other and that’s just not typical,” said Lt. Bill Merritt with West Valley City police.

Merritt said that a West Valley City officer was one of the spectators & reported seeing the large flashes of light & the large boom, too.

Officers responded in the area of some reports & couldn’t locate any odd activity or objects that could have fallen.

Police had no immediate information on what the explosion could be, but the investigation was ongoing Wed morning.

“I’ve never seen anything like this in my career,” Merritt said. “Very bizarre.”

https://kslnewsradio.com/utah/very-bizarre-large-explosion-heard-across-multiple-cities-in-salt-lake-valley/2174088/

DURANT, Oklahoma

One person was injured in a house fire and explosion in Durant Tuesday afternoon.

According to the Durant FD, it happened at a home at the corner of Georgia Street and Second Avenue around 3:15 p.m.

The department said that Choctaw Fire took over, and one person was taken to the hospital to be treated for burn injuries.

Fire officials are investigating the cause of the fire and explosion, but it possibly stemmed from a gas leak.

https://www.kxii.com/2025/01/22/one-injured-durant-house-fire/?outputType=amp

COFFEYVILLE, Kansas

A fire at a Montgomery Co refinery has been extinguished.

KGGF Radio says the Coffeyville FD was called to assist crews a reported fire in the naphtha hydrotreater unit at CVR Energy around 2 p.m. Tuesday. 

CVR Energy told KGGF that employees were evacuated the building to staging areas outside of the plant, and all employees have been accounted for. 

There is no official word on any injuries or extent of any damage.

Company officials will conduct a thorough investigation into the incident.

Emergency personnel are asking people to avoid the area around the refinery.

https://x.com/griffish_ashley/status/1881831018208137350?s=46
https://www.kake.com/home/fire-extinguished-at-southeast-kansas-refinery/article_3f458f68-d84b-11ef-a5d8-f78e2c4ec80f.html

Nairn, UK

Firefighters are tackling an underground fire below a street in Nairn.

2 local fire crews have been at the scene for over an hour after smoke was spotted billowing from beneath an access pit on Church St, near Specsavers at the junction with the High St.

Parts of the High St & Church St are cordoned off.

A Scottish Fire & Rescue Service spokesman said efforts to extinguish the flames were continuing.

He said: “We were alerted to reports of a fire at the location at 11.12 am today and remain in attendance. The smoke was coming from a self-contained access pit.”

It is understood there has been no evacuation of buildings nearby, although the SFRS spokesman could not confirm this.

https://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/news/breaking-underground-fire-closes-down-nairn-streets-372401/

TOLEDO, Ohio

The Andersons is investigating after a grain bin collapsed Tuesday night in south Toledo.

Andersons said the one-million-bushel capacity grain bin, located at 440 Kuhlman Drive, collapsed at approximately 9:10 p.m.

The company said no one was on-site at the time of the collapse and no injuries were reported.

"The cause of the bin failure has not yet been established, and an investigation is underway.”

https://www.wtol.com/article/news/local/andersons-grain-bin-collapses-south-toledo/512-6028900a-0949-465d-bbd3-b791d1478440