A massive explosion “leveled” an industrial plant, shook houses over 15 miles away, and left a fire raging in a Chicago suburb. Four people have been…
A massive explosion “leveled” an industrial plant, shook houses over 15 miles away, and left a fire raging in a Chicago suburb.
Four people have been hospitalized, according to the Chicago Tribune, after an explosion at a silicone factory in Gurnee, a suburb to the north of Chicago.
“We have fire and structural damage indicative of an explosion,” Steve Lenzi, spokesman for the Waukegan Fire Department, told the Tribune. “There is very heavy damage.”
The blast went off on May 3 at AB Specialty Silicones, a silicone plant in an industrial facility, according to Waukegan fire and police officials, reported WGNTV.
The explosion was felt and heard in many neighboring towns and suburbs, according to reports and videos on social media which captured the moment of the explosion at around 9:30 p.
