RADFORD, Va. (AP) — Investigators are looking for the cause of an acid leak that injured one worker at an ammunition plant in Radford.
The U.S. Army and BAE Systems Inc. say the incident occurred late Sunday as on-site fire crews at the Radford Army Ammunition Plant were trying to cool several overheated spent nitric acid tanks. One tank containing the acid oleum began leaking.
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