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Jury awards $15M to family of man who died in 2020 Belle chemical plant explosion
West Virginia Ohio Kentucky National News Watch Weather Sports Community About Us. A jury awarded $15 million to the family of John Gillenwater, who died in a 2020 explosion at the Optima-owned chemical plant in Belle, according to the family’s attorney, Scott Segal.
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