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At least two people were believed to be missing, said Allegheny County Police, which confirmed on Facebook there had been one fatality. Police and emergency vehicles gather at the entrance of US Steel Clairton Coke Works after an explosion.Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo It added that “multiple individuals have been treated for additional injuries. The status of those individuals is not known at this time.” Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania posted on X that “dozens” had been wounded. Advertisement US Steel said the incident happened at around 11:00 am (4pm Irish time) on Monday and that emergency teams were immediately dispatched to the scene. “During times like this, U.S. Steel employees come together to extend their love, prayers, and support to everyone affected,” David Burritt, CEO of the company, said in a statement. “It felt like thunder,” Zachary Buday, a construction worker near the scene, told WTAE-TV. “Shook the scaffold, shook my chest, and shook the building, and then when we saw the dark smoke coming up from the steel mill and put two and two together, and it’s like something bad happened.” Some US media outlets reported that people were still trapped under the rubble of the explosion. Videos on social media appeared to show firefighters battling the blaze in front of a gutted industrial building, under a thick plume of white smoke. 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