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    Preliminary Findings Confirm Kinston, North Carolina Fire Was Explosion Of Plastic Powder

    June 19, 2003
    Investigators from the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) claim a massive blast at the West Pharmaceutical Services plant in Kinston, which killed six workers and injured dozen others, was an explosion of fine plastic powder used in the manufacturing of rubber products

    Source WRAL

    Investigators from the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) claim a massive blast at the West Pharmaceutical Services plant in Kinston, which killed six workers and injured dozen others, was an explosion of fine plastic powder used in the manufacturing of rubber products

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