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When Sugar Became Fuel: The Night Port Wentworth Exploded
When Sugar Became Fuel: The Night Port Wentworth Exploded
The sweet, familiar smell in a sugar refinery turned into an unstoppable weapon that tore through a plant in minutes and burned for seven days; investigators later noted the industry had known about dust explosions since 1926 - an 82-year warning left unheeded. Who chose not to act, and why did that decision cost lives in the dark tunnels beneath the silos?
In this episode, we tell the story of the Dixie Crystal refinery on the night of February 7, 2008, describing the plant, the people working there, the sequence of the blast and the…
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