Two dead and over 20 hurt after chemical spill at West Virginia plant

Two people have died, and 19 others were hospitalized after a chemical spill occurred at a West Virginia plant, authorities said. The leak occurred at the Catalyst Refiners plant, a silver recovery business in Institute, around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday morning as workers were preparing to shut down part of the facility, Kanawha County Commission Emergency Management Director C.W. Sigman said. A chemical gas reaction occurred at the plant involving nitric acid and another substance. It caused “a violent reaction of chemicals and it instantaneously overreacted,” Sigman said. Two people died and 19 others were hospitalized due to a chemical spill at a silver recovery business in West Virginia Wednesday morning (AP)Nineteen people were hospitalized and seven ambulance workers were injured while responding to the leak. This is a breaking news story...