Rescuers: Deaths likely at Ga. refinery (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Fri, 02/08/2008 - 11:57am

Firefighters continue to fight a fire at the Imperial Sugar Company after an explosion last night ripped apart the plant on the Savannah River Friday, Feb. 8, 2008, in Port Wentworth, Ga.<br /><br />Six people are uncounted for and more than 30 people where taken to local hospitals with severe injuries after the blast.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Stephen Morton)AP - Authorities searching for at least six people missing in an explosion that engulfed a sugar refinery in flames said Friday they expect to find some plant workers dead.




 

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