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  • Explosion, fire at pharmaceutical plant in Kinston, N.C.; at least three critically injured

    01/29/2003 11:49:22 AM PST · by HAL9000 · 18 replies · 342+ views
    Associated Press | January 29, 2003
    KINSTON, N.C. (AP) -- An explosion and fire rocked a pharmaceutical company Wednesday afternoon, and at least three people were critically injured, authorities said. A man who lives near the West Pharmaceutical plant said debris flew in the air and the woods behind the plant were also on fire. The explosion was reported at 1:27 p.m., said Lee Pearson of the Highway Patrol office in Williamston. The cause was not immediately known. "We've got a lot of units out there,'' he said. A spokeswoman at Lenoir Memorial Hospital said three people were at the hospital in critical condition with...