Incident Report

Subject:                   West Pharmaceutical Plant North Carolina     

Date of Email reporting Incident:  23/02/03

Report Detail:

Smoke billows from the West Pharmaceutical plant in Kinston, North Carolina after a huge explosion ripped apart the plant January 29, 2003. Investigators began interviewing workers on Jan. 30 to find a cause for the huge explosion and fire that destroyed the pharmaceutical equipment plant, killing three people and injuring 38 others. Photo by Ellen Ozier/Reuters

Remains of West Pharmaceutical Services in Kinston, after a huge explosion ripped apart the North Carolina pharmaceutical supply plant, January 30, 2003. At least three people were killed and dozens were injured in the January 29 blast. REUTERS/Ellen Ozier

Firefighters walk in front of rubble at West Pharmaceutical Services in Kinston, North Carolina, January 30, 2003. At least three people were killed in the blast, which blew the roof and doors hundreds of feet away and engulfed the building in flames and thick black smoke. REUTERS/Ellen Ozier

Firefighters take a break from battling a blaze at West Pharmaceutical Services in Kinston, North Carolina, January 30, 2003. Firefighters are still working to put out the fire from the explosion at the plant that killed at least three people and critically injured many others. The blast of unknown origin blew the roof and doors hundreds of feet away and engulfed the building in flames and thick black smoke. REUTERS/Ellen Ozier

Emergency personnel work to put out a fire that was caused by an explosion that took place at the West Pharmaceutical plant in Kinston, North Carolina on January 29, 2003. There have been many reported injuries with possible fatalities. REUTERS/Ellen Ozier

Johnnie Mosley (C), Mayor of the City of Kinston, North Carolina, briefs the media near the site of an explosion that occurred January 29, 2003 at the West Pharmaceutical plant. Mosley confirmed that out of the 134 who were at the plant when the explosion occurred, two are dead, three are still missing, six are in critical condition at area burn centers and fourteen are in area hospitals being treated for injuries sustained in the blast. REUTERS/Ellen Ozier