2 workers killed in explosions at Toledo recycling facility
What's new: Fire crews warned residents to avoid smoke as investigators examined chemical tanks and a partial roof collapse.
Two workers were killed and several others suffered minor injuries after a series of explosions ripped through a Brent Industries facility in Toledo, Ohio, before 5 a.m. Tuesday. Toledo Fire Chief Allison Armstrong said the blasts happened during a shift change and ruptured chemical tanks, while part of the roof collapsed and the building caught fire. Firefighters searched the site but pulled back when conditions worsened and more explosions threatened crews. Officials later recovered the bodies of a man and a woman from the rubble. Authorities said the cause was not immediately known, and environmental monitoring had not detected a hazardous air threat.