Blast at Intel’s Arizona plant injures seven, investigation under way

Yesterday afternoon, a blast occurred at Intel’s Arizona plant just outside Phoenix, injuring seven people with one suffering from severe burns. According to Phoenix Business Journal , the incident took place in a solvent waste treatment room at Fab 22 — not far from Fab 32 which will be manufacturing 22nm chips — but Intel Vice President Josh Walden assured us that “there was no damage or release of chemicals to the community,” and production has already resumed in both facilities. The company is currently looking into the possible causes of this accident — you’ll know it when we have an update, and we wish the victims a quick recovery. [Image courtesy of neepster ] Blast at Intel’s Arizona plant injures seven, investigation under way originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 08 Jun 2011 01:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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