1. Too many people live without electricity or still buy drinking water from tanker trucks depositing the precious liquid in old chemical drums. 2. No oil slicks stained the sides of the barge, no cast-off chemical drums littered the banks. 3. The Appalachian foothills here are a forlorn landscape of double-wides, rusting chemical drums and bald tires littering the roadside. 4. A chemical drum exploded Tuesday at the Pfizer Corp. manufacturing plant, injuring six people, two seriously, authorities said. 5. A chemical drum exploded at the Pfizer Corp. research lab Tuesday, blowing the roof off a warehouse and injuring seven people, two critically, authorities said. 6. A chemical drum exploded Tuesday at the Pfizer Corp. research lab, injuring five people, two critically, authorities said. 7. The chemical drum smoldered, then exploded, setting off a fire that was contained to the metal building, Power said. 8. The chemical drum began to smolder and then exploded, setting off a fire that was contained to the small metal storage building, Power said. |