Kansas elevator explosion- An explosion at a Kansas grain elevator killed three workers and shot a fireball so high into the sky that it could be seen in Missouri, officials said Sunday.
Trey Cocking, the city manager in the northeast Kansas town of Atchison, confirmed the deaths and said three other people remain missing after Saturday night's blast at the Bartlett Grain Co. elevator. He said authorities planned to bring in equipment to dig through rubble Sunday.
The explosion could be seen and felt across the town, shaking homes and businesses up to 4 miles away. The cause was not immediately known, though grain elevator mishaps often occur after grain dust becomes suspended in the air and turns explosive in the right conditions.
Bartlett Grain President Bill Fellows said in a release that 11 workers were involved in loading a train of corn when the explosion happened about 7 p.m. Saturday. He said several of those 11 workers escaped injury, but that there were fatalities and some injuries. He said the number of deaths were undetermined.
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Trey Cocking, the city manager in the northeast Kansas town of Atchison, confirmed the deaths and said three other people remain missing after Saturday night's blast at the Bartlett Grain Co. elevator. He said authorities planned to bring in equipment to dig through rubble Sunday.
The explosion could be seen and felt across the town, shaking homes and businesses up to 4 miles away. The cause was not immediately known, though grain elevator mishaps often occur after grain dust becomes suspended in the air and turns explosive in the right conditions.
Bartlett Grain President Bill Fellows said in a release that 11 workers were involved in loading a train of corn when the explosion happened about 7 p.m. Saturday. He said several of those 11 workers escaped injury, but that there were fatalities and some injuries. He said the number of deaths were undetermined.
Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/3-dead-kansas-grain-explosion-others-missing-085053933.html
