Wisconsin City Lifts Evacuation Order After Refinery Explosion

Wisconsin City Lifts Evacuation Order After Refinery Explosion
Dark smoke rises from Husky Energy oil refinery following an explosion in Superior, Wisconsin on Apr. 26, 2018. REUTERS/Robert King/Duluth News Tribune
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Milwaukee, WI—Tens of thousands of residents of a northern Wisconsin city were cleared to return to their homes on Friday, the day after a blast at a Husky Energy Inc refinery injured at least 15 people, a local official said.

Investigators searched for the cause of the massive Thursday morning explosion at the refinery, capable of processing up to 38,000 barrels of oil a day, which shook the city of Superior, Wisconsin, home to about 27,000 people.