About 120 employees of the Imperial Sugar refinery in Port Wentworth--roughly a third of the workforce--have returned to the site for work. The company’s president says the returning workers are needed to help ship over 100 truckloads of bagged sugar that were undamaged from the explosion and fire at the plant February 7th. The explosion resulted in the deaths of nine people, with dozens injured. 16 people remain in the hospital. The packaging area was destroyed in the incident. Less damaged was the refinery itself, although it remains closed. Company officials hope to finish repairs and new construction for the plant by the end of this year.
