Do they know what caused the ConAgra plant explosion?
June 9 (Bloomberg) — A roof collapse at a ConAgra Foods Inc. plant has injured 32 workers and left three others missing, the company said. An explosion at the factory in Garner, North Carolina, which makes Slim Jim meat snacks, caused extensive damage to the roof, Garner Police Sergeant Joe Binns said today in an interview. No deaths have been reported and hazardous-material teams were on the scene, Binns said. Search-and-rescue teams were looking for the missing workers hours after the 11:30 a.m. incident, about seven miles from Raleigh, Teresa Paulsen, a spokeswoman for ConAgra, said in a telephone interview. Officials previously said only two people were still missing. “We don’t have any information conclusively on the cause, we don’t want to speculate,” Paulsen said of the explosion and collapse Sources: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/06/09/north.carolina.collapse/ 2 dead, 1 missing after Slim Jim plant explosion Story Highlights * NEW: Police: Teams looking for missing person, trying to recover two bodies * Part of roof collapses in explosion at ConAgra Foods plant in North Carolina * At least 38 taken to hospitals; four said to be in critical condition * Officials don’t know cause of blast updated 10:21 p.m. EDT, Tue June 9, 2009 (CNN) — Two people were found dead and a third person is still believed missing in a North Carolina food plant heavily damaged in a morning explosion, police said Tuesday night. Four people were in critical condition after the explosion at the ConAgra Foods plant in the town of Garner, CNN affiliate WRAL-TV reported. The explosion, reported about 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, caused sections of the roof to collapse. Search efforts for those missing were slowed by ammonia leaks and a fi
June 9 (Bloomberg) — A roof collapse at a ConAgra Foods Inc. plant has injured 32 workers and left three others missing, the company said. An explosion at the factory in Garner, North Carolina, which makes Slim Jim meat snacks, caused extensive damage to the roof, Garner Police Sergeant Joe Binns said today in an interview. No deaths have been reported and hazardous-material teams were on the scene, Binns said. Search-and-rescue teams were looking for the missing workers hours after the 11:30 a.m. incident, about seven miles from Raleigh, Teresa Paulsen, a spokeswoman for ConAgra, said in a telephone interview. Officials previously said only two people were still missing. “We don’t have any information conclusively on the cause, we don’t want to speculate,” Paulsen said of the explosion and collapse. The U.S. Chemical Safety Board, a Washington-based agency charged with investigating industrial chemical accidents, has sent a team to the site, it said in an e-mailed statement. The boar
