https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/apr/27/steelmaking-restarts-at-tatas-port-talbot-works-after-explosion
Production has returned to normal at one of the UK’s largest steelworks where two workers were injured following a large explosion.
An investigation into the cause of the incident at Tata Steel’s integrated works at Port Talbot in the early hours of Friday is under way after the outbreak of fires caused by molten metal coming into contact with cold water on a railway track.
The explosion and fire lit up the nearby town in south Wales and could be heard up to 15 miles away while residents’ houses shook, leading to fears of another tragedy like the one in 2001 in which three men died.
Stephen Davies, a Unite union representative for the site, said the two injured men had been on the train carrying molten metal and suffered superficial burns in the incident, one to the back of his head and the other to his chest.
“It was like a scene from Independence Day. A big ball of flame, followed by a massive mushroom of smoke. It was unbelievable.”