{"id":100528,"date":"2026-01-30T08:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T08:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/100528\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T08:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T08:23:08","slug":"explosion-at-pennsylvania-plant-injures-4-people-sends-them-to-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/100528\/","title":{"rendered":"Explosion at Pennsylvania plant injures 4 people, sends them to hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">An explosion was reported at a metal fabricating plant on Thursday night <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/northeast\/pennsylvania\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">in Pennsylvania<\/a>, according to officials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">At least four people were transported to the hospital with injuries in connection with the incident at the Langeloth Metallurgical Company facility on Langeloth Road in Smith Township in Washington County, WTAE reported.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/disaster-response\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">hazardous materials <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/disaster-response\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">team <\/a>was called to the facility following the explosion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/oklahoma-ammonia-gas-leak-prompts-hundreds-evacuations-least-36-people-hospitalized\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">OKLAHOMA AMMONIA GAS LEAK PROMPTS HUNDREDS OF EVACUATIONS AS AT LEAST 36 PEOPLE HOSPITALIZED<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/smoke-pa-metal-factory-explosion-aerial-view.png\" alt=\"Explosion at metal fabricating plant in Pennsylvania\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>An explosion was reported at a metal fabricating plant in Pennsylvania. (KDKA)<\/p>\n<p>The incident was reported at about 6:15 p.m., according to the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Apparently, they were transferring some kind of chemical from a tanker to a stationary tank, and something went wrong and something exploded,&#8221; Smith Township Fire Chief Brandon Kriznik said, according to WTAE.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/smoke-pa-metal-factory-explosion-aerial.png\" alt=\"Explosion reported at metal fabricating plant\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>At least four people were transported to the hospital with injuries in connection with the incident at the Langeloth Metallurgical Company facility. (KDKA)<\/p>\n<p>Washington County officials issued a shelter-in-place notice for the Langeloth neighborhood over concerns about a potential release of hydrogen peroxide into the air, although the notice has since been lifted.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/la-blast-killed-teen-ripped-through-apartment-building-linked-homemade-explosives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">LA BLAST THAT KILLED TEEN, RIPPED THROUGH APARTMENT BUILDING LINKED TO HOMEMADE EXPLOSIVES<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/smoke-pa-metal-factory-explosion.png\" alt=\"Smoke at metal fabricating plant\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>The incident was reported at about 6:15 p.m. (Larry Thomas via Storyful)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The county has notified the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/environmental\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">U.S. Environmental Protection Agency<\/a> and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, which local emergency management officials said is standard procedure in a chemical incident.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everything&#8217;s good. There was nothing released that can harm anybody, and everybody can rest tonight knowing that everything&#8217;s good here,&#8221; Kriznik said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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