(File Photo: Source for Photo: The Clairton Coke Works, a U.S. Steel coking plant, is seen Tuesday, Aug 12, 2025, in Clairton, Penn. (Sean Stipp/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review via AP)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Clairton, PA) A recent confirmation from hospital officials states that seven of the ten people that got injuries from the explosion that took place at the U.S. Steel Clairton Coke works plant on Monday got released. According to a UPMC spokesperson, three patients are still being treated at UPMC Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh. No word was given on their condition. Thirty-nine-year-old Timothy Quinn and fifty-two-year-old Steven Menefee of Clairton were the two people that were killed from this explosion in Clairton on Monday. The number of the people that got treated at the scene of this explosion is unknown. The cause of this explosion is still being investigated. Routine maintenance had been scheduled in Batteries 13 and 14 of the U.S. Steel Clairton Coke works plant, which is where this explosion happened. Several batteries of that same plant are still shut down from the explosion. A GoFundMe campaign to assist the families of those who were injured and the families of both Quinn and Menefee by United Steelworkers Local 1557 can be found below: