{"id":6155,"date":"2026-04-23T18:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T01:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abovecloud.xyz\/?p=6155"},"modified":"2026-04-23T18:28:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T01:28:49","slug":"two-die-following-chemical-leak-in-west-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abovecloud.xyz\/?p=6155","title":{"rendered":"Two die following chemical leak in West Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Two people \u200bdied following a chemical leak at a \u200csilver catalyst plant in Kanawha County, West Virginia, on Wednesday, officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"956\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/abovecloud.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-19.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abovecloud.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-19.png 956w, https:\/\/abovecloud.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-19-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/abovecloud.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-19-768x547.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 956px) 100vw, 956px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident occurred at Catalyst \u200bRefiners in the unincorporated community of Institute, \u200bthe county commission said in a statement \u2060posted on Facebook, adding one person was \u200bin critical condition.<br><br>More than 30 people, including \u200bseven emergency responders, were transported or traveled to hospital, some as a precaution, Kanawha County Deputy Attorney Christopher \u200bSettles said.<br><br>&#8220;There will be national, state and local \u200binvestigations about this chemical release,&#8221; Kanawha County Commission President \u200cBen \u2060Salango said at a news conference.<br><br>County officials said they believed a chemical reaction had created deadly hydrogen sulfide gas during cleaning and \u200bdecontamination of \u200bthe plant \u2060in preparation for its closure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ames Goldsmith Corporation owned the plant, Salango \u200bsaid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Frank Barber, the president of Ames \u200bGoldsmith \u2060Corporation, said those who died were employees of the company, ABC News reported, citing a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u2060corporation \u200bdid not immediately respond \u200bto a Reuters&#8217; request for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reprinted from Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two people \u200bdied following a chemical leak at a \u200csilver [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6156,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[5262,5260,1865],"class_list":["post-6155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usa","tag-chemical","tag-following","tag-two"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.0 - 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