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When Sugar Became Shrapnel: The Night Port Wentworth Exploded
When Sugar Became Shrapnel: The Night Port Wentworth Exploded
The ordinary smell of sweetness turned scorched and the basement shook as sugar dust that had settled across every beam and conveyor became explosive shrapnel; 112 workers were inside the Dixie Crystal refinery on February 7, 2008, and within minutes 14 would be dead - how did a commonplace kitchen ingredient become a building-killing weapon no one had been warned about?
In this episode, we tell the account of the Port Wentworth disaster, following the evening shift at the Imperial/ Dixie Crystal refinery and the hidden hazards in…
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