Four Arraigned in Deaths of Nine at Fireworks Plant
United Press International
CANFIELD, Ohio —
Four men were arraigned Wednesday on involuntary manslaughter charges in the deaths of nine workers last week in an explosion at an illegal fireworks factory.
The blast at the storage shed for bootleg fireworks destroyed the building, shattering windows of nearby homes and hurling workers’ bodies hundreds of feet.
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