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Explosion at Coors Brewery Kills Two

One person was killed and another was missing immediately after a storage tank exploded Tuesday at the Coors brewery in Elkton, Virginia, company officials said. The other worker was found dead after an eight hour search, according to AP wire reports.Two employees of industrial contractor E.A. Breeden Inc. of Elkton were welding at the plant's wastewater treatment facility when the nearby tank exploded. Neither employee's name was immediately released, according to AP.Investigators had not determined the cause of the explosion.

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