1.   As the fire gained in intensity, it erupted in a series of thunderous explosions and the steel hull glowed bright red.

2.   A thunderous explosion demolished a popular steakhouse and bar Monday afternoon as workers began preparing for the dinnertime rush.

3.   Almost simultaneously, a thunderous explosion gripped the earth and shook it.

4.   NATO troops were guarding the half-built Serbian Orthodox cathedral here after a thunderous explosion damaged the interior and woke the city early Sunday.

5.   The law was enacted after an interstate gas pipeline ruptured last March in Edison, N.J., touching off a thunderous explosion and fireball at a apartment complex.

6.   The skies over Kabul lit up with flashes, and thunderous explosions rumbled through the night, witnesses said.

7.   The thunderous explosion blew in the windows, cutting many of the children, who were then carried out into a scene of fire and smoke and chaos.

8.   Then a thunderous explosion lit up the sky.

9.   Thunderous explosions lit the night sky over Kabul as the U.S.-led assault began after nightfall.

10.   A series of thunderous explosions rocked Baghdad before dawn Saturday as U.S. and British forces pressed with the punishing air offensive against Iraq for the third straight night.