A massive explosion at a paper mill in Maine, which sent a huge plume of thick, black smoke into the air, was caught on video Wednesday afternoon.
No injuries were reported but much of the building was destroyed, according to reports. “I’m just so happy that everyone’s OK.Thank our lucky stars and the man upstairs,” Kristen Goodhart of nearby Farmington, whose son works at the mill, told WCSH-TV of Portland.
The blast was considered a significant blow to the state’s paper industry, which had already been suffering the effects of the coronavirus shutdown, as well as a consolidation that saw five other mills close between 2014 and 2016, the Bangor Daily News reported.