[CPEO-MEF] Milan, Tenn. ammo plant explosion

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Army ammo plant explodes in Tennessee; at least one injured, two missing

Associated Press (San Francisco Chronicle)
October 13, 2004

MILAN, Tenn.  -- A thunderous explosion tore through a storage building 
at an Army ammunition plant Wednesday, causing at least one serious 
injury and creating a blast that could be heard for miles. Two people 
were reported missing.

Mayor George Killebrew said one person was airlifted to a hospital, 
while authorities searched for two others caught in the explosion at the 
Milan Army Ammunition plant. The cause was not immediately determined, 
but FBI agent George Bolds had been told by authorities that the blast 
appeared to be an accident.

"As far as we know, they were moving some barrels of some sort of 
volatile material and one of the barrels flashed," Bolds said.

…

for the entire article, see
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2004/10/13/national1805EDT0684.DTL

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