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I just saw this on the AP wire. I hope and pray the injuries aren't serious. Does anybody know the details?
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Silo explodes at Ohio lumber company
The Associated Press
10/1/2003, 10:43 a.m. CT
NEW KNOXVILLE, Ohio (AP) -- A silo at a lumber company in western Ohio exploded Wednesday, injuring seven firefighters and an undetermined number of lumber yard employees, the fire chief said.
Fire Chief Scott Sehroer did not know the extent of the injuries. Witnesses said two people were taken by helicopter to a hospital.
Sehroer said firefighters got a call shortly before 7 a.m. about a fire at the Hoge Lumber Co. They were hosing down dust in an effort to avoid an explosion when the explosion occurred, he said.
"What we had here was a dust silo that feeds the boiler for the lumber company," Sehroer said. "They've had fires in these before."
A woman who answered the telephone at the lumber yard said no one was available to talk.
"We're keeping our lines open for emergencies," she said before hanging up.
Fire departments from New Knoxville, New Breman, Wapakoneta and St. Marys Township responded.
New Knoxville, a village of about 900 people, is about 50 miles north of Dayton.
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Silo explodes at Ohio lumber company
The Associated Press
10/1/2003, 10:43 a.m. CT
NEW KNOXVILLE, Ohio (AP) -- A silo at a lumber company in western Ohio exploded Wednesday, injuring seven firefighters and an undetermined number of lumber yard employees, the fire chief said.
Fire Chief Scott Sehroer did not know the extent of the injuries. Witnesses said two people were taken by helicopter to a hospital.
Sehroer said firefighters got a call shortly before 7 a.m. about a fire at the Hoge Lumber Co. They were hosing down dust in an effort to avoid an explosion when the explosion occurred, he said.
"What we had here was a dust silo that feeds the boiler for the lumber company," Sehroer said. "They've had fires in these before."
A woman who answered the telephone at the lumber yard said no one was available to talk.
"We're keeping our lines open for emergencies," she said before hanging up.
Fire departments from New Knoxville, New Breman, Wapakoneta and St. Marys Township responded.
New Knoxville, a village of about 900 people, is about 50 miles north of Dayton.
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