Gas-Fed Fire Injures 9 at Coke Process Plant
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From Associated Press
PITTSBURGH — Fire at an LTV Steel Co. coke plant injured nine people, three seriously, police said Monday.
The blaze broke out in a building containing combustible gas that is produced in baking coal to make coke, which is used in making iron, LTV spokeswoman Debbie Kuvalich said.
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