Six missing in U.S. sugar refinery blast, fire (Reuters)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Fri, 02/08/2008 - 10:21am

Dozens of people were injured, some of them seriously, in an explosion at a sugar refinery in Port Wentowrth, Georgia on Thursday night, local authorities said.<br /><br />REUTERS/GraphicsReuters - Six people were missing on Friday after an explosion and fire at a sugar refinery in the U.S. state of Georgia, with police saying that rescuers were now focusing on a recovery operation.




 

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