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  Imperial Sugar Plant Explosion 67 Were Injured. The Imperial Sugar Co. plant in Port Wentworth, Georgia exploded on February 7, 2008. The impact of the Imperial Sugar Co. plant explosion was felt by people living in South Carolina and Savannah, Georgia, and flames from the plant could be seen for miles. The morning after […]

Imperial Sugar Plant Explosion

 

Imperial Sugar Plant Explosion 67 Were Injured. The Imperial Sugar Co. plant in Port Wentworth, Georgia exploded on February 7, 2008. The impact of the Imperial Sugar Co. plant explosion was felt by people living in South Carolina and Savannah, Georgia, and flames from the plant could be seen for miles.

The morning after the Imperial Sugar Co. plant explosion, 62 people where reported injured and another six where missing. The Imperial Sugar Co. plant is the largest employer in Port Wentworth, and their where about 100 workers at the facility at the time of the blast.

The Imperial Sugar Co. plant explosion occurred at 7:00 p.m. in a silo used to store refined sugar prior to packaging. According to news reports, the Imperial Sugar Co. explosion was the result of a sugar dust explosion. When sugar dust is aerosolized, it can get ionically charged and ignite from just a bit of static electricity.

Plants where a lot of sugar dust is present are classified by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration as “hazardous locations,” the same classification as coal preparation plants and producers of plastics, medicines and fireworks, according to the OSHA Web site.

Ambulances and emergency workers from 12 counties in Georgia and South Carolina

According to news reports, ambulances and emergency workers from 12 counties in Georgia and South Carolina had been called in to assist at the scene. Emergency personnel spent the first hour following the Imperial Sugar Co. explosion pulling people out of the building and struggled to stop the spread of the fire.

Efforts to control the blaze started by the Imperial Sugar Company Plant Explosion where hampered by water pressure problems. Tugboats from the nearby Savannah River where called in and turned water cannons onto the blaze, and fire officials had to divert water from homes along I-95 in order to fight the fire.

At least 62 people where injured in the Imperial Sugar Co. plant explosion, while 6 others where reported missing. All of the injured where taken to area hospitals, where 40 were treated and released, while13 were admitted. Nine people with severe burns where taken to a burn center in Augusta Georgia.

By the next morning, the search for the six missing victims of the Imperial Sugar Co. plant explosion had turned into a recovery effort. The U.S. Coast Guard closed the Savannah River around the port and Coast Guard helicopters searched the river for anyone who might have been thrown into the water.

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