CLAIRTON, Pa. (AP) — For Don Furko, Aug. 11, 2025, was a normal shift. Until it became the shift he would never forget. At 10:47 a.m., U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works outside Pittsburgh — a sprawling ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The fatal explosion last week at U.S. Steel’s Pittsburgh-area coal-processing plant has revived debate about its future just as the iconic American company was emerging from a long ...

According to a Facebook post reporting the incident, East Holmes Fire & EMS states that the information indicates the ...

This is the back of the safety helmet worn by a steelworker listening to Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s meeting with media at the Clairton Coke Works, a U.S. Steel plant, in Clairton on Tuesday.

Near the wharf, Renee Hough, a utility technician in charge of loading coke, sat in the cab of the plant’s screening station when the explosion ripped through the air, blinding her in black dust. “My ...