Dam break damages 12 homes
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An earthen dam holding back a retention pond broke at a power plant run by the nation’s largest public utility, releasing a frigid mix of water, ash and mud that damaged 12 homes and put hundreds of acres of rural land underwater.
The 40-acre pond was used by the Tennessee Valley Authority to hold ash from the coal-burning Kingston Steam Plant in Harriman.
Authorities said no one was seriously injured or hospitalized.
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