News - Port Wentworth, Georgia
PORT WENTWORTH, Ga. (AP) -- Firefighters finally doused the last flames Thursday of a deadly sugar refinery blast, a week after the refinery ignited. An eighth victim badly burned in the explosion died in a hospital.
Firefighters found another body in the wreckage of a Georgia sugar refinery Saturday, the fifth confirmed fatality from an explosion at the refinery. Three employees at the Imperial Sugar plant in Port Wentworth were still missing, the Savannah Morning News reported.
A Georgia official Friday revised the number of confirmed dead in an explosion and fire at a sugar refinery near Savannah from six to three, CNN said. The number was lowered after officials said the initial death toll was premature, CNN reported.
PORT WENTWORTH, Ga. (AP) -- An explosion and fire at a sprawling sugar refinery rattled this Savannah suburb Thursday night, severely injuring dozens of people and sending authorities into a nearby river to search for possible victims, officials said.
By Eric Curl, Savannah Morning News, Ga. Dec. 2--Port Wentworth City Council decided it was better to pay now than later regarding a plan to provide for the city's future water needs.
