Dozens of people are wounded and trapped under rubble after an explosion occurred Monday at a U.S. Steel plant in western Pennsylvania.
Emergency workers on site are trying to rescue those who are still trapped, according to the Associated Press.
Abigail Gardner, director of communications for Allegheny County, said that there are no confirmed fatalities at the Clairton Coke Works, which is near Pittsburgh.
The county’s emergency services department said a fire at the plant started around 10:51 a.m. and that first-responders have transported at least five people to medical facilities. The emergency services did not provide any more details on the people transported and said it was an “active scene.”
The plant, one of four major U.S. Steel plants in Pennsylvania that employ several thousand workers, is considered the largest coking operation in North America.
