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Explosions at US Steel's Clairton Mill in Pennsylvania: What to Know

Multiple people have been injured in Pennsylvania, and several medical helicopters have been dispatched to the area.
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U.S. Steel: Gas-valve failure likely cause of deadly explosion at Clairton Coke Works

U.S. Steel says it believes a gas valve failure led to the explosion Monday morning at its Clairton Coke Works, in which two ...

Steelworkers were pushing coke out of ovens when deadly explosion rocked Pennsylvania plant

CLAIRTON, Pa. (AP) — Investigators are working to determine the cause of an explosion that rocked a steel plant outside ...

Explosion at US Steel Clairton Coke Works plant happened while crews were flushing gas valve

U.S. Steel has released new details on what investigators believe caused the explosion at the Clairton Coke Works plant that ...

Preliminary findings from U.S. Steel suggest what may have caused deadly Clairton Coke Works explosion

U.S. Steel released preliminary findings about the potential cause of Monday's deadly explosion at U.S. Steel Clairton Coke ...
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‘It Didn’t Have to Be This Way’: After Another Explosion at Clairton Coke Works, Advocates Call for Accountability

The deadly blast at the U.S. Steel facility outside Pittsburgh was just the latest in a series of recent workplace accidents.

The ballad of Clairton: an all American City in mourning

Clairton, Pennsylvania was rocked Tuesday by an explosion at the U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works. Clairton Mayor Richard ...