Worker recounts East Providence manufacturing plant explosion

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — An employee of Aspen Aerogels is speaking out after an oven exploded at the East Providence manufacturing plant Wednesday.

The explosion sent 11 employees to the hospital, including Callitia Alice Hartley, a conversion operator at the plant.

“I’m saying I’m alive, but in my head I know I could’ve died, and that’s still my first thought,” Hartley said…

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