Woods Cross News

The ingredients for Karen Petersen's lime chicken pasta with spinach fettuccini made in a slow cooker displayed at her home in Woods Cross.

Seven years ago, as Woods Cross officials contemplated approving the Morningside Estates subdivision, their biggest concern was whether a wall would protect homes if a passing train ignited weeds along tracks at the edge of the Silver Eagle Refinery.

Every day, the three-pilot, two-helicopter unit of the Utah Highway Patrol shows that even a small airborne agency can do big things - and stay very busy.

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board plans to release surveillance video Tuesday showing the ignition and explosion that damaged homes in Woods Cross on Nov.

Surveillance camera video shows a 100-foot fireball ripping through a Utah refinery during a gas explosion that knocked a nearby home off its foundation earlier this month.

Federal investigators released dramatic surveillance video on Tuesday, showing the powerful blast at the Silver Eagle Refinery in Woods Cross earlier this month, an explosion they now say could have been prevented.

A legislative report says North Carolina's program to clean leaking gasoline and oil from commercial underground storage tanks won't finish for another 25 years at the current rate.

Woods Cross city officials say Silver Eagle Refining has made great strides since a Jan.

Federal investigators with the Chemical Safety Board of the United States have declared that a recent explosion that damaged homes alongside a Woods Cross , Utah refinery was triggered when a pipe burst.

A refinery explosion that severely damaged 10 homes this week was caused by a burst pipe that sprayed hydrogen gas onto a nearby heater, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board's lead investigator said.

A pipe with hundreds of pounds of pressurized hydrogen suffered a "catastrophic failure" that started Wednesday's explosion at the Silver Eagle Refinery, a federal investigator said Saturday.

" City officials said it's not their fault and homeowners need to take responsibility.

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board had it first day of investigations at the Silver Eagle refinery in Woods Cross Thursday.

WOODS CROSS, Utah - It's a waiting game for homeowners in the area near the Silver Eagle Refinery.

Investigators are trying to figure out what caused a huge refinery fire in Woods Cross just 36 hours ago.

An explosion Wednesday morning at a refinery shook homes throughout south Davis County and left at least three homes uninhabitable due to structural damage.

An explosion rocked the 10,250 barrel-per-day Silver Eagle refinery near Salt Lake City, Utah, on Wednesday morning, according to local media reports.

The election for mayor of Woods Cross is already in the bag for Mayor Kent Parry, who is running unopposed for re-election. But the election is still up in the air for the four candidates vying for two open seats on the Woods Cross City Council.

Flames lit up the sky above the Tesoro Refinery in Salt Lake City Wednesday night - destroying some equipment and trailers.

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