Dozens hurt in sugar plant blast and fire
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From Times Wire Reports
An explosion and fire at a sprawling sugar refinery rattled the Savannah suburb of Port Wentworth, severely injuring dozens of people and sending authorities into a nearby river to search for possible victims, officials said.
No deaths were immediately reported, and there was no word on what caused the blast at the Imperial Sugar factory, officials said.
As many as 100 people may have been injured in the blast.
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