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Mobile units to monitor air quality around Clairton Coke Works following deadly explosion

The Allegheny County Health Department announced that Mobile Air Units will be deployed in the Mon Valley as part of an ongoing investigation.

Local groups joining forces to help people in Clairton after deadly plant explosion

When horrific situations strike in the Pittsburgh area, such like the U.S. Steel Clairton coke plant explosion that killed ...
Finance & Commerce5h

Air quality concerns linger in wake of U.S. Steel plant explosion

Allegheny County is boosting air monitoring after a deadly explosion at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works, a plant with a ...
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U.S. Steel: Gas-valve failure likely cause of deadly explosion at Clairton Coke Works

U.S. Steel says it believes a gas valve failure led to the explosion Monday morning at its Clairton Coke Works, in which two ...
Inside Climate News7h

‘It Didn’t Have to Be This Way’: After Another Explosion at Clairton Coke Works, Advocates Call for Accountability

The deadly blast at the U.S. Steel facility outside Pittsburgh was just the latest in a series of recent workplace accidents.
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In Clairton, a community deals with a fatal explosion at the U.S. Steel plant

Todd Barrett was with a crew of laborers at the Clairton coke works that morning when they all felt something. It was an ...

2nd person killed in U.S. Steel explosion remembered as loving man with strong faith

Family members tell Pittsburgh's Action News 4 Steven Menefee, a father of two, was a loving man who would give you the shirt ...
The Mon Valley Independent17h

Allegheny County steps up pollution checks after Clairton blast

Regulators are temporarily stepping up pollution monitoring in the Mon Valley after a deadly explosion at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works on Monday sparked worry about the release of toxic gases.