August 11, 2025 at 19:02 EDTDaily Item
An explosion at a U.S. Steel plant that shook the ground near Pittsburgh left one dead and sent at least 10 to hospitals with emergency workers still searching the badly charred rubble hours later for a missing worker. An Allegheny County spokesperson says an explosion followed by several smaller blasts happened Monday morning at the Clairton Coke Works. The plant is a massive industrial facility along the Monongahela River south of Pittsburgh, and is considered the largest coking operation in North America. The explosion sent black smoke spiralling into the midday sky in the Mon Valley, a region of the state synonymous with steel. Officials said a rescue operation was ongoing Monday.
