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State shaken by Kinston report
By JULIA BOBBITT AND KAVITA PILLAI | September 24KINSTON - Leaders of the investigation into the West Pharmaceuticals plant explosion held a public meeting Thursday after releasing a report indicating that the plant didn't do everything it could to prevent the disaster. Lead Investigator Stephen Selk said the Jan. 29, 2003, explosion occurred when ACumist, a combustible dust used by the plant, accumulated above a suspended ceiling and ignited. The dust had accumulated to between 1/4 and 1/2 of an inch, he said, and national fire codes only allow 1/32 of an inch.
