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
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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