A June 9, 2009, explosion at a ConAgra Foods plant in Garner killed three workers and sent dozens more to area hospitals with burns and other injuries.
A town and factory paused on Wednesday to remember four people killed from an explosion at the Slim Jim plant in Garner a year ago.
Nine months after four people were killed in a natural gas explosion at a ConAgra Foods Inc. plant in Garner, company officials said Wednesday that they plan to close the plant next year.
Nine months after four people were killed in an explosion at the ConAgra Foods plant in Garner, company officials said they plan to close the plant and eliminate 450 jobs.
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board outlines a resolution officials say could prevent explosions like the one that killed four people last year at the ConAgra Foods plant in Garner.
Curtis Ray Poppe, 55, died last Thursday, five months after the blast at the ConAgra plant in Garner.
ConAgra Foods announced Wednesday evening that it will lay off about 300 employees as a result of a fatal explosion at its Garner plant.
A Slim Jim snack plant in Garner held a dedication ceremony and picnic Saturday in remembrance of a deadly blast.
Some employees of the ConAgra Foods plant in Garner returned to work Sunday after a fatal explosion shut down the facility last month.
Production will restart at a Garner food plant seven weeks after an explosion rocked the facility and killed three workers.
For ConAgra Foods employees who lived through the explosion and their families, seats Wednesday for the minor league baseball game were free.
David Stradley, a Raleigh lawyer representing two ConAgra Foods plant workers, said Wednesday he has new evidence implicating Southern Industrial Constructors Inc. in the blast.
As local residents paused to remember the victims of a fatal explosion a week ago in the ConAgra Foods plant, some workers returned to the plant Tuesday.
Garner officials observed a moment of silence to mark the one-week anniversary of a fatal explosion at a ConAgra Foods plant.
Two ConAgra Foods workers filed suit Monday against a mechanical contractor, blaming the company for a fatal plant explosion last week.
Louis Junior Watson's funeral had to be moved to a Johnston Community College auditorium because his small church couldn't accommodate the expected crowd.
Families began to bury their dead Sunday; five days after an explosion ripped a hole in the Slim Jim plant in Garner.
The natural gas leak was contained into that room and was ignited when one of the electrical components in that room started, officials said.
Local clergy and officials remembered killed and injured ConAgra Foods employees during a candlelight vigil Friday night at Wake Baptist Grove Church.
A public candlelight prayer vigil is being held to remember fallen and injured ConAgra Foods employees.
Three days after a fatal explosion, investigators got their first look inside the ConAgra Foods plant in Garner to begin looking for the cause of the blast.
Anthony McLean, the brother of one of the three people killed in the ConAgra Foods plant explosion in Garner, relates memories of his sister and says the company should be held responsible.
The plant has become a gathering place for employees. A steady stream of workers arrived on Thursday to share their stories and deal with the events of this week.
As investigators try to determine the cause of an explosion at a Garner food plant, company officials and local residents are rallying to support workers.
A team of 25 agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrived in Garner late Wednesday to assist the Wake County Fire Marshal in investigating the cause of the ConAgra Foods plant explosion.
ConAgra Foods employee Tracy Hinton said she found the strength to crawl out of the Garner plant following a Tuesday explosion by thinking of her 6-year-old daughter.
Family members of ConAgra Foods employee Louis Junior Watson said Wednesday they were told he died while helping a co-worker try to escape.
Search teams recovered the bodies of three people killed in a Tuesday explosion at a ConAgra Foods plant in Garner.
Local ConAgra Foods employees and their families sought information about the future of the Garner plant at the Senior Center in Garner Wednesday.
Doctors at the North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center at UNC Hospitals continued on Wednesday to treat patients injured in the ConAgra Foods plant explosion.
About 300 workers were in the plant at 4851 Jones Sausage Road in Garner at the time of the 11:30 a.m. Tuesday blast. Many suffered from exposure to toxic fumes from ammonia leaks, and some also suffered severe burns.
Emergency workers say training they received while handling the ConAgra explosion and roof collapse in Garner prepared them for one of Wake County's worst industrial disasters.
About 300 workers were in the ConAgra Foods plant at 4851 Jones Sausage Road at the time of the 11:30 a.m. Tuesday explosion.
Garner Mayor Ronnie William speaks around 1:30 p.m. on the collapse of the ConAgra plant, where multiple people were injured Tuesday morning.
ConAgra employee Gail Ruffin says there was a boom and she looked up and part of the ceiling was coming down.
Sky 5 catches the immediate aftermath of an explosion and roof collapse at the Slim Jim plant in Garner.
Sky 5 footage of people involved with the roof collapse of the Slim Jim plant in Garner.
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