11.   Guests heard a deafening blast, then were showered with glass and ceiling tiles as the lobby filled with smoke.

12.   Newsmen in a nearby office block heard a deafening blast.

13.   Rural Chinese welcomed the new year with deafening blasts of fireworks, traditionally meant to scare off evil.

14.   Rural Chinese welcomed the new year with deafening blasts of fireworks, originally meant to scare off evil.

15.   Rural Chinese welcomed the new year with deafening blasts of fireworks, by tradition meant to scare off evil.

16.   Seven-year-old Jasmin is haunted by memories of the shells that rained on his town for half his life, shattering windows with deafening blasts.

17.   The deafening blast sent shrapnel, nails and flame through the restaurant and sprayed bits of glass and debris onto the street outside.

18.   But the deafening blast miraculously failed to hit three other tankers and a fuel storage depot.

19.   Witnesses told reporters a deafening blast was followed by piercing flashes of light.

20.   Legislators were meeting when a deafening blast occurred, and dust and broken glass came flying in, CBC reported.