Friday, September 24, 2010
Fire Leaves Workers In Critical Condition
KENTUCKY....
A flash fire erupted at the Kingsford Charcoal Plant just south of Burnside in southern Kentucky just before noon Friday, injuring four people working atop outdoor storage tanks during a regular production shutdown for maintenance work. The injured workers suffered burns to their upper bodies. Plant manager Tom Burkenpas says the workers were using a cutting torch while working along conveyors on top of storage tanks when the flash fire ignited. The four workers were identified as Dana Mayrand, Jerry King, Gayson Roberts and Jamie Dancy, all between ages 35 and 45. Three were taken to the University of Kentucky Hospital in Lexington where Mayrand, Roberts and Dancy were listed in critical condition Friday afternoon. Burnside is about 85 miles south of Lexington.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 8:33 PM 
