A blast at Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated involved equipment that handles carbon dioxide, City firefighters said they ...
CLAIRTON, Pa. (AP) — For Don Furko, Aug. 11, 2025, was a normal shift. Until it became the shift he would never forget. At 10:47 a.m., U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works outside Pittsburgh — a sprawling ...
CLAIRTON, Pa. — The U.S. Chemical Safety Board and Hazard Investigation Board has issued interim safety recommendations for U.S. Steel following the deadly explosion that happened at the Clairton Coke ...
Takeaways from AP and Public Source's report on pollution and safety issues at Pittsburgh coke plant
On Aug. 11, 2025, an explosion at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works outside Pittsburgh — a 392-acre riverside industrial facility and the largest of its kind in the Western Hemisphere — killed two U.S.
Near the wharf, Renee Hough, a utility technician in charge of loading coke, sat in the cab of the plant’s screening station when the explosion ripped through the air, blinding her in black dust. “My ...
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