Sugar dust likely culprit in refinery blast

摘要

Table sugar is sometimes an ingredient in homemade firecrackers. Amateur rocket builders like to use a mix of sugar and potassium nitrite as fuel. Imperial Sugar Company experienced an explosion and fire at its sugar refinery in Port Wentworth, Ga., near Savannah the evening of 7 February. The plant burned for a week, eight workers died, and 20 or so more are scarred for life.