In 1980, a dropped socket wrench triggered a chain reaction inside a Titan II missile silo—putting a 9-megaton warhead at the brink of detonation. The world came terrifyingly close to disaster.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Gladstone Fire Department confirmed one man died in an explosion Saturday morning that completely destroyed a single-family residence in Gladstone. The call was received ...

City police told 11 News that officers took a 46-year-old man into custody after officers and fire officials were called around 12:40 p.m. for an "explosion" on South Gilmor Street. Advertisement ...

An explosion in outside Kansas City, Missouri, destroyed a home and killed one person and a dog. The incident was felt across multiple towns, officials said.