Explosions at U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works plant kills two people and injures at least ten people

(FIle Photo: Source for Photo: The Clairton Coke Works, a U.S. Steel coking plant, is seen Monday, Aug 11, 2025, in Clairton, Penn. (AP Photo/Gene Puskar)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Clairton, PA) Multiple explosions occurred at the U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works in Clairton yesterday which killed two people and injured at least ten others. This incident started with a fire yesterday morning. Thirty-nine-year-old Timothy Quinn was the first person that was killed from those explosions that was identified yesterday. The second person that was killed in those explosions has not been identified yet as of last night. According to Allegheny Health Network, seven patients from the U.S. Steel plant in Clairton got treated and within a few hours and five were discharged.