SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Imperial Sugar Co. confirmed Monday that there are six dead and two persons missing following an explosion at its sugar refinery located near Savannah, Ga., Thursday.

Volatile dust was blamed Friday in an explosion that leveled a sugar ... as the Dixie Crystals plant — was one of the largest employers in this tiny city of 5,000 just west of Savannah and ...

At least 40 workers were injured - some critically - Thursday night in an explosion and fire at the old Dixie Crystals sugar refinery ... spokesman for the Savannah-Chatham police department.

PORT WENTWORTH, GA ... The refinery -- known as the Dixie Crystals plant -- was one of the largest employers in this town of 5,000 just northwest of Savannah and a core part of its economy ...

The Feb. 7 fire at the plant just outside Savannah ... service Saturday in Savannah, Ga. Most of those who work at Imperial Sugar — known here as Dixie Crystals — have lived in this area ...

Timeline of Savannah Foods and Industries ... The loss is blamed on the high cost of raw sugar. December: A strike at a Dixie Crystal packaging plant in Ohio affects the local plant.

The Imperial Sugar plant outside Savannah, known for its Dixie Crystals brand ... related to combustible dust at the Port Wentworth, Ga., site and a similar plant in Gramercy, La.

The Chattanooga-based Dixie Group, Inc. plans to consolidate its carpet tufting operations in Eton, Ga., into its tufting ... He said the plant consolidations were a result of the economic ...

For a split second, Donald Farmer thought he was going to meet his maker when the Imperial Sugar refinery plant exploded ... of Hinesville, Ga., about 30 miles from Savannah, didn't realize ...

GA (WTOC) - To so many people, the Imperial Sugar refinery is more than a factory: it's where they grew up, it's part of their family. The Simoneaux family was one of the first families to move from ...