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Danvers ink company agrees to work with feds in disaster probe
By Globe Staff
The ink manufacture involved in last month's massive industrial explosion in Danvers began making its employees available today for voluntary interviews with federal investigators from the US Chemical Safety Board.
CAI Inc. had resisted earlier efforts by the safety board, which threatened on Monday to use subpoenas to get access to employees and company documents.
"We welcome this cooperation from the company today; it represents progress for the CSB investigation and allows us to begin to get to the bottom of why this horrific explosion occurred," said John Vorderbrueggen, the lead investigator for the board, in a statement.
The explosion on Nov. 22 damaged some 70 homes but caused no deaths or serious injuries. Investigators are still trying to determine what sparked the blast.
CAI employees began speaking with investigators this afternoon after meeting with company officials this morning. The interviews are scheduled to continue tomorrow.
The investigators also gave the company a list of document investigators want to review, including chemical inventories, training records, operating procedures, and safety programs.
