User blog comment:Fliu/Chapter 949: Victory at Udon/@comment-29391896-20190719113120/@comment-108.83.222.210-20190720040557

If the explosion didn't kill Vergo then the building collapsing on his head probably did the trick, not to mention the poison gas that was flooding the entire area. As for the world pirates, yes they are one of the few examples of characters with significance dying from an explosion. We haven't seen Pedro come back yet so he is likely another one. Although, in my experience the odds of surviving an explosion seem to decrease when there are other factors likely to kill someone if the explosion doesn't do the job.