Wednesday, June 15, 2016

The all clear has been given at the site of an explosion at the Veolia plant in South Philadelphia


All clear given after plant explosion in South Philadelphia






Updated 6 mins ago

SOUTH PHILADELPHIA -- The all clear has been given at the site of an explosion at the Veolia plant in South Philadelphia.

Residents had been briefly told to stay indoors.





It happened at the Veolia plant at 26th and Christian shortly after 3 p.m.

One person suffered a minor injury after being hit by flying glass outside the building.

All employees are accounted for and are okay, officials said.

Veolia officials said in a statement the incident was contained to the facility and there was no fire.

The statement goes on to say that thermal energy services are uninterrupted.

"The company will conduct a full investigation to determine what happened," the statement continued.

Initial reports were that the explosion was at the PECO plant.


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