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PUC approves UGI's plan to improve leak detection
State regulators have endorsed a plan by UGI Utilities to improve natural gas leak monitoring in Allentown, following the fatal 2011 blast that killed five people at 13th and Allen streets. The decision by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission means...Tags: UGI Utilities, Allentown, Energy Resources, Emergency Incidents
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TV channel offices attacked in Libya's Benghazi
ReutersBENGHAZI, Libya, June 13 (Reuters) - A bomb exploded outside a television station in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Thursday, damaging a wall but causing no injuries, an employee said. The blast also created a large whole in the ground outside...Tags: Benghazi, Muammar Gaddafi, Television Industry, Libya, Emergency Incidents
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At least one dead in Louisiana chemical plant explosion
HOUSTON -- At least one person died and another is missing and presumed dead after an explosion Thursday at a petrochemical plant in the central Louisiana town of Geismar, authorities said. Another 49 people were removed from the plant by ambulance,...
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Inspector in collapsed building case found dead of apparent suicide
The Philadelphia InquirerPHILADELPHIA Philadelphia city officials say they have found nothing to fault in the performance of a city building inspector who apparently committed suicide Wednesday night, a week after six fatalities at a demolition site that had been one of his...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Government, Crime, Law and Justice, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Career and Workplace
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Blast at Louisiana petrochemical plant kills 1, injures 77
HOUSTON — At least one person was killed and 77 injured Thursday in an explosion and fire at a petrochemical plant in the Louisiana town of Geismar, part of a heavily industrial region known as “Cancer Alley.” “This has been a...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Government, Industrial Component, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Water Pollution
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1 dead in La. plant explosion
GEISMAR, La. - A ground-rattling explosion Thursday at a chemical plant in Louisiana ignited a blaze that killed one person and injured dozens of others, authorities said. Witnesses described a chaotic scene of towering flames and workers scrambling...Tags: Emergency Incidents
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Explosion at Louisiana chemical plant kills 1, injures 73
ReutersGEISMAR, Louisiana (Reuters) - An explosion and fire killed one person and injured 73 at the Williams Olefins chemical plant in Geismar, Louisiana, on Thursday, unsettling an industrial town where authorities ordered people to remain indoors for hours...Tags: Williams Companies Incorporated, Environmental Issues, Hospitals and Clinics, BP Plc, Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion (2013)
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Bottle bomb explosion at Sykesville restaurant leads to four arrests
One man and three teenage boys have been arrested by police in Sykesville after patrons dining outdoors at a restaurant had a homemade explosive device thrown in their direction from a moving vehicle Wednesday night, the Maryland State Fire Marshal...
Tags: Carroll County (Maryland), Juvenile Delinquency, Emergency Incidents, Sykesville, Prosecution
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Two dead in Dutch North Sea gas platform accident
ReutersPARIS (Reuters) - Two people died and one was injured in an accident on a North Sea gas platform belonging to French oil and gas utility GDF Suez, the company said on Friday. At the time of the incident, the L5A platform, 103 kilometers north of Den...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Emergency Incidents
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Boy raises over $500 for West, Texas, school
When he packed to go to Texas, Cordell Vitense brought a jar filled with $503.43. That money was given to Tommy Muska, the mayor of West, Texas, the site of a deadly fertilizer plant explosion in April. Cordell, 8, wanted to help the school in...
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One dead, 73 injured in Louisiana plant explosion -governor
ReutersJune 13 (Reuters) - The explosion and fire at the Williams Olefins chemical plant in Geismar, Louisiana, killed one person and injured 73 others, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal said on Thursday. Officials previously had reported one dead and 33 injured....Tags: Politics, Government, Emergency Incidents, Executive Branch
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One dead, 73 injured in Louisiana plant explosion: governor
Reuters(Reuters) - The explosion and fire at the Williams Olefins chemical plant in Geismar, Louisiana, killed one person and injured 73 others, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal said on Thursday. Officials previously had reported one dead and 33 injured....Tags: Politics, Government, Emergency Incidents, Executive Branch
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