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Steel Plant Worker Injured After Explosion

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A worker at a the Edgar Thomson Plant in Braddock was flown to the hospital overnight.

Our news partners at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette say that around 1:30 police were notified of an explosion at the steel plant, located in the 1300-block of Braddock Avenue.

Firefighters responded to the scene, but a supervisor told the Post-Gazette that there was no indication of a fire.

The worker was flown to UPMC Mercy.

Their condition is unknown.

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