NORFOLK, Neb. (AP) - A worker was critically burned in an
explosion at the Nucor power plant.
Jeremy Monk, 28, of Martinsville, Ind., was in critical
condition Sunday night at St. Elizabeth Regional Medical Center in
Lincoln, a nursing supervisor said. Monk was flown to the hospital
after the explosion Saturday evening.
Firefighters were able put out the fire and got Monk and another
injured worker away from it. Jason Ingram, 29, of Rio Rancho, N.M.,
was treated and released for smoke inhalation.
It was not known what caused the explosion, the Norfolk Fire
Division said. No other details were immediately available.


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