Mrs Hills first knew of the damage when she heard "a large explosion".

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It is easy to become obsessed with watching the markets like a viewer of disaster movies, ever hoping for a large explosion and spectacular fiery demise.

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New York came out best of all, with home values rising 6.2% a year, thanks in large part to the explosion in Wall Street wealth.

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The explosion left a large crater in the middle of the plant, Kistner said.

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The blaze was discovered at 16:50 BST by a police officer who noticed "a large amount of smoke and heard an explosion on some wasteland near to the travellers site".

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"The Japanese government is saying that the containment's OK, but that belies belief when you see the violence of the explosion, " said John Large, a nuclear consultant, referring to the current troubles at the plant.

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The greatest challenge may be in forming alliances among the explosion of independent developers building applications large and small on the Web.

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But to a large degree that growth in net worth represents the explosion in asset prices--the quadrupling of stock prices over the decade, the 50% rise in home values.

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The jury heard he was not at home at the time of the explosion, but two neighbours heard a very large bang and saw someone running back to a car, before it drove off.

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The U.S. Chemical Safety Board said in a news release that it was deploying a "large investigation team" to the scene of the fire and explosion.

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