Three dead in North Carolina ConAgra plant blast....not my Slim Jims
WILMINGTON, North Carolina (Reuters) - Three workers died when an explosion caused a roof collapse at a ConAgra Foods Inc processing plant in North Carolina, and more than 40 people were injured, the company and police said on Wednesday.
The 500,000-square-foot (46,000-sq-meter) plant in Garner, south of the state capital of Raleigh, employed 900 people in three shifts and made Slim Jim meat sticks, ConAgra said.
Tuesday's explosion started a fire and blew out a wall that fell onto a row of parked cars, crushing them. People at the scene reported a strong smell of ammonia fumes.
The cause of the blast was unknown.