Ammonia Leak Sends Rhode Island Workers to Hospital

Thirteen employees at a food processing plant were overcome by fumes
Thirteen employees at a food processing plant were overcome by fumes
More than 60 engines and ladders used to help extinguish the blaze
An individual who allegedly broke into a Woonsocket manufacturing plant and set fires in several locations, and whose identity became known after a surveillance photograph of him was posted to Rhode Island's Most Wanted website, was indicted today by a federal grand jury on a charge of arson.
For decades, the mill's wooden surfaces had been saturated by spilled fuel, lubricants and flammable chemicals used in the manufacturing processes.
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