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DANVERS - A lawyer for residents whose homes were damaged in the massive explosion in Danvers three years ago says a Kentucky-based chemical company delivered a tanker of chemicals to an ink and paint factory, contributing to an inferno that destroyed or damaged nearly 100 homes and businesses.

In a public meeting yesterday with Danvers town officials, lawyer Jan Schlichtmann said a worker for Ashland Inc., based in Covington, Ky., also participated in filling up the 2,000-gallon mixing tank that overheated inside the CAI/Arnel factory, causing an explosion that nearly flattened the Danversport neighborhood.

"We believe this was part of a routine practice," Schlichtmann said of the ...

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