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  • n  a large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb)
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  • 5 hurt in natural gas explosion, nearby residents evacuated
    PLYMOUTH, Wash. -- Authorities say five workers were injured after a large explosion and fire Monday morning at a natural gas processing plant in the eastern Washington town of Plymouth. Officials said the blast likely happened in a pump house at the Williams Northwest Pipeline natural gas facility. The explosion sent a mushroom-shaped cloud towering into the air around 8:30 a.m. and shook ...
    April 1, 2014 - NorthWest Cable News
  • 4 hurt, 400 evacuated after Washington plant fire
    PLYMOUTH, Wash. (AP) — A large explosion and fire Monday at natural gas processing plant near the Washington-Oregon border injured four workers and led to the evacuation of about 200 people from nearby homes as flames and a mushroom-shaped cloud of black smoke reached high into the air.
    April 1, 2014 - Erie Times-News
  • 4 hurt, 200 evacuated after Washington plant fire
    PLYMOUTH, Wash. (AP) — A large explosion and fire Monday at natural gas processing plant near the Washington-Oregon border injured four workers and led to the evacuation of about 200 people from nearby homes as flames and a mushroom-shaped cloud of black smoke reached high into the air.
    March 31, 2014 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News

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