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1 killed, 1 injured in W.Va. chemical plant blast


Flames shoot into the air at the Bayer Plant in Institute, W.Va., Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. An explosion at the chemical plant, which sent a fireball hundreds of feet into the air and could be felt miles away, occurred about 10:25 p.m. Thursday, killing one worker and injuring another.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. (AP) _ Federal officials are investigating the cause of a plant explosion that rocked an area west of Charleston, hurling a fireball hundreds of feet into the air, killing one worker and injuring a second.



Among many other chemicals, the Bayer CropScience plant produces methyl isocyanate, which killed at least 15,000 people in the infamous leak at a Union Carbide pesticide factory in Bhopal, India in 1984. But the chemical was not involved in the explosion, Kanawha County Emergency Management Director Dale Petry said, and was stored in steel-wrapped underground containers that were far from the blast.



State Department of Environmental Protection spokeswoman Kathy Cosco said the primary chemical involved, methyl isobutyl ketone, is highly flammable but not especially toxic.

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W.Va. teacher accused of sending porn to minor

August 30, 2008

SHINNSTON, W.Va. (AP) _ A Harrison County fine arts teacher has been arrested for allegedly sending sexually explicit material to a minor.

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Allegheny Power seeks rate increase

August 30, 2008

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) _ Allegheny Power is asking the West Virginia Public Service Commission to raise its rates by about 18 percent.



The company made the request on Friday.

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W.Va. Guard helps Texas brace for Gustav

August 30, 2008

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) _ Members of the West Virginia Air Guard are heading to Texas to help officials there prepare for the possible landfall of Hurricane Gustav.

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WVU president hired back at law firm

August 30, 2008

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) _ Former West Virginia University President Mike Garrison is returning to practice law.

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West Nile threat looms again in W.Va. county

August 28, 2008

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) _ A mosquito carrying the West Nile virus has been found in Kanawha County for the third time in three months.

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