by Marc Levy, Gene Puskar, Michael Casey And Patrick Whittle in Clairton
CLAIRTON, Pa. (AP) — Explosions at a U.S. Steel plant that shook the ground near Pittsburgh left one dead and sent at least 10 to hospitals Monday, with emergency workers still searching the badly charred rubble hours later for a missing worker, officials said.
One worker was pulled from the wreckage hours after the explosions sent black smoke spiralling into the midday sky in the Mon Valley, a region of the state synonymous with steel for more than a century.
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