Explosion probed at WTI incinerator

EAST LIVERPOOL — Ohio Environmental Protection Agency officials are investigating an explosion Tuesday at a hazardous waste incinerator.

Mike Settles, an OEPA spokesman, said Waste Technologies Industries has 15 days from the explosion to explain to the state what happened.

WTI spokesperson Raymond J. Wayne issued a statement that said an explosion occurred just before 2 p.m. in a pipe as part of the incineration process. One unnamed WTI worker was taken to the East Liverpool City Hospital for what was believed initially to be a broken collar bone. Settles said the injury was apparently minor.

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