Tagged: Refinery Explosion

6:05pm

Wed February 9, 2011
Anacortes Explosion

Suit filed over deaths at Tesoro Refinery

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The families of six Tesoro Corporation refinery workers killed in an explosion at an Anacortes site last April have filed a wrongful-death suit against the company Wednesday. 

The Seattle Times' Jim Brunner reports the suit alleges Tesoro was negligent in addressing the conditions that resulted in the blast, which killed seven people. In addition to the six families, a contractor injured in the explosion has also joined the suit.

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