Nation IN BRIEF : TEXAS : Husband Feared Blast, Widow Says

The widow of a millwright killed in an explosion at the Arco Chemical Co. in Channelview, Tex., said her husband called her half an hour before the blast, saying workers restarting equipment there were afraid it might explode. Lori Davis, 26, said her husband, Michael, had been working at the plant Thursday for Austin Industrial Inc., a subcontractor at Arco Chemical. Davis, 24, called home about 11:15 p.m., she said. Davis died in a blast minutes later along with 16 others. The couple were married June 9. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration continued searching Sunday for a cause of the blast.