NY cosmetics factory blast kills one, injures dozens
One person was killed and approximately three dozen injured in an explosion and fire last week at a cosmetics factory in New York state. Seven of the injured were firefighters who were inside the facility, responding to a first blast, when a second explosion occurred.
News sources say the incident at the Verla International cosmetics factory in New Windsor, New York, began last Monday morning and continued into the night, as fire crews fought the blaze that followed the explosion. The body of an employee killed in the incident was not recovered until 7:40 p.m.