Monday, May 01, 2006
Spill, Fire Shuts Down Ind. Steel Plant
cbs2chicago.com
A fire sparked by a spill of about 200 tons of molten iron has shut down part of Mittal Steel USA's plant at Indiana Harbor.
Company officials say the 2,000-degree liquid metal that started the fire spilled Friday night from a giant ladle when a crane's hoist became entangled with the ladle's tilting mechanism.
A fire sparked by a spill of about 200 tons of molten iron has shut down part of Mittal Steel USA's plant at Indiana Harbor.
Company officials say the 2,000-degree liquid metal that started the fire spilled Friday night from a giant ladle when a crane's hoist became entangled with the ladle's tilting mechanism.
