Ammonia release shuts down Russell Stover Candies plant
The failure of an air-conditioning unit pipe released about 22 pounds of anhydrous ammonia into the air at the Russel Stover Candies Inc.’s Iola, Kansas facility on Sept. 23, 2015, setting off alarms and sending hundreds of workers scrambling for safety.
The evacuation was successful and no workers were injured in the incident, which closed the plant for more than two hours.