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2 dead, 10 injured in US Steel plant explosion in Pennsylvania

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*Video shows previous coverage of the plant explosion.

CLAIRTON, Pa. (AP) — An explosion at a U.S. Steel plant near Pittsburgh left two dead and sent at least 10 to hospitals Monday and heavily damaged the sprawling facility, officials said.

One worker was found alive in the wreckage hours after the explosion sent black smoke spiraling into the midday sky in the Mon Valley, a region of the state synonymous with steel for more than a century. Allegheny County Emergency Services said a fire at the plant started around 10:51 a.m.

Penn College students build steel globe for Little League World Series

WILLIAMSPORT, LYCOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Little League World Series is back, meaning hundreds of thousands of fans from all across the world will be visiting Lycoming County.

Excitement for it spreading not just globally, but at one nearby college. A plasma cutter makes cutting through steel look as easy as scissors on paper.

Cutting out ‘Sydney’ is nothing compared to making components to build a seven-foot-tall, 12-hundred-pound stainless steel globe.. To be put on display at the Little League World Series in South Williamsport.

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