Iowa officials have ordered a company to clean up and stabilize its shingle recycling plant where an explosion and fire last week that injured around a dozen people and forced
The Marengo plant, which had about 30 employees, was still in a "pilot program phase" Dec. 8 when solvent in a tank exploded and started a fire in the building.
As firefighters responded to an explosion and fire at the C6-Zero plant in Marengo, Iowa, they didn't know the chemicals inside and the plant's sprinkler system didn't go off and appeared to not be working, according to Marengo Police Chief Ben Gray.