Aftermath of the explosion and fire at the Imperial Sugar Company's plant fire in Port Wentworth, Ga. which killed 14 and injured scores. AP Photo/POOL hide caption ...

Firefighters fight a blaze Feb. 8, 2008, at the Imperial Sugar Company after an explosion Thursday night ripped apart the plant on the Savannah River in Port Wentworth, Ga.

Imperial Sugar Co. agreed to pay $6 million in fines in a long-negotiated settlement with federal regulators over safety violations found in the wake of a February 2008 explosion in a Georgia ...

May 20: Imperial Sugar Co. assigns two members of its board of directors to conduct their own investigation of the explosion. June 16: Imperial Sugar Co. workers fire up the boilers, marking a ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – 17 years ago, Feb. 7, 2008, an explosion at the Imperial Sugar refinery in Port Wentworth rocked the ...

Shelathia Harvey, 31, of Hinesville, was operating a Bosch machine used in the refining, packing and transporting of sugar when the explosion tore through the plant, the lawsuit states.

Based in Sugar Land, Texas, Imperial Sugar was bought by Louis Dreyfus Commodities Sugar Holdings LLC in a merger last June. A phone message and email seeking comment from the company were not ...

Imperial Sugar resumed refining sugar at its Georgia plant in June, 16 months after the explosion. The company says it has adopted voluntary standards to minimize dust hazards and included new ...

SAVANNAH, GA. — Federal officials said Friday that Imperial Sugar Co. should face fines of more than $8.7 million for violations at two plants, including a Georgia facility where an explosion ...

Though it sells one of the world’s oldest commodities, Imperial Sugar Co. is spicing up its selections. As the Sugar Land company adapts to changing consumer preferences by offering new ...

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Imperial Sugar Co said an explosion late Thursday damaged its refinery in Port Wentworth, Georgia and injured a number of workers. The company said the number and severity ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – 17 years ago, Feb. 7, 2008, an explosion at the Imperial Sugar refinery in Port Wentworth rocked the community. Over those years, WSAV News 3 has covered the event, the ...