Port Wentworth, GA- Refinery Explosion/Fire 02-07-08

[Truck4 48]

Date: 02-07-08

Time: 1930hrs

Location: Imperial Sugar- Oxnard Drive X Savanna River

Departments: Port Wentworth FD, Savanna FD, numerous FDand EMS units from Chatham and Liberty Counties; Savanna/Chatham PD; US Coast Guard Station Savanna (including air assests); Medivacs: LifeStar, Hunter Army Airfield (3 helicopters), Georgia Medical

Description: Suspected sugar dust explosion in a silo causing fire and collapse of (2) large 4-story brick buildings. (3) Dead, (3) Missing, (18) injured- (20) injured and transported: (15) Critical, (3) Serious

Writer: Truck4

Links:

http://savannahnow.com/node/444690

http://wtoc.com/Global/category.asp?C=125278

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080208/ap_on_.../refinery_blast