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Live updates: Explosion at US Steel plant near Pittsburgh kills 2, injures 10

Two people are dead and 10 others injured after an explosion at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works near Pittsburgh. The ...

Steelworkers were pushing coke out of ovens when deadly explosion rocked Pennsylvania plant

CLAIRTON, Pa. (AP) — Investigators are working to determine the cause of an explosion that rocked a steel plant outside ...

1 dead, 10 injured, 1 unaccounted for in explosion at Pennsylvania steel coking plant

• At least one person is dead, 10 injured and one unaccounted for in an explosion at the Clairton Coke Works in Pittsburgh, ...

Devoted dad of 3 was among the 2 steel workers killed in explosion at Pennsylvania plant

A devoted dad has been identified as one of the two steel workers killed from an explosion at a Pennsylvania steel plant on ...

2 dead, 10 hurt after explosion at Pittsburgh-area U.S. Steel coke facility

The explosion, followed by several smaller blasts, could be felt in the nearby community and prompted county officials to ...
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A worker’s story of the deadly explosion at the Clairton coke plant

Don Furko is a mechanical maintenance planner who this week reached his 25th anniversary at the plant. He was working in a ...

2nd man killed in U.S. Steel explosion remembered as loving man with strong faith

Family members tell Pittsburgh's Action News 4 Steven Menefee, a father of two, was a loving man who would give you the shirt ...

Air quality concerns linger in the wake of steel plant explosion in Pennsylvania

Allegheny County is increasing air quality monitoring after an explosion at a U.S. Steel plant south of Pittsburgh killed two ...
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Clairton Coke Works, site of Monday’s explosion, has a history of problems

The U.S. Steel plant in Clairton, Pa., where an explosion killed two workers and injured 10 on Monday, has a history of ...