CHICAGO: A powerful explosion ripped through a chemical plant in Illinois injuring four people, with three others still unaccounted for, fire officials said on Saturday.

The blast took place at a silicone plant in Waukegan, 40 miles (65 kilometers) north of Chicago, late on Friday night.

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