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Associated Press - July 29, 2009 11:45 PM ET
FULTON, Miss. (AP) - Officials say one person has been killed and others injured in an explosion at a copper tubing plant in northeast Mississippi.
The Mueller Copper Tube plant in Fulton, Miss., is owned by Memphis, Tenn.-based Mueller Industries.
Itawamba County Coroner Steven McNeece says 29-year-old Phillip Cason Hosch of Sulligent, Ala., died in the blast that happened about 4 p.m. McNeese did not have other details.
Itawamba County Sheriff Chris Dickinson told WTVA-TV in nearby Tupelo that a medical helicopter and ambulances were sent. McNeece says it's unclear how many were hurt, though some were sent to a nearby hospital.
An official with Mueller Industries says the company is still assessing the damage.
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