U.S. Steel released preliminary findings about the potential cause of Monday's deadly explosion at U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works. U.S. Steel spokeswoman Amanda Malkowski said in a statement on Friday that "preliminary indications lead us to believe" that the explosion happened when a gas valve was flushed in preparation for planned maintenance.

U.S. Steel says it believes a gas valve failure led to the explosion Monday morning at its Clairton Coke Works, in which two workers died and 10 others were injured.

U.S. Steel on Friday pinned the blame for the deadly explosion Monday at the Clairton Coke Works on a valve failure that led to coke oven gas igniting, according to the company’s preliminary findings.