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Worker Hurt In Explosion At New Brighton Steel Plant

NEW BRIGHTON (KDKA) -- One worker was hurt in an explosion at a steel plant in New Brighton Thursday.

A furnace exploded around 11 a.m. at Damascus Steel Casting Company.

According to emergency dispatchers, one worker was burned and flown to a Pittsburgh area hospital in unknown condition.

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