Update: One Dead, One Missing after Industrial Plant Blast in Toledo, OH
Editor's Note: Family members told the media Tuesday morning that Mary Allen perished in the explosion.
A woman was killed and a co-worker remains missing following explosions at a Toledo industrial cleaning facility early Tuesday.
Firefighters found a woman's body inside the structure during a search. She was pronounced dead.
Toledo Fire Chief Allison Armstrong told WKYC early in the operation: "We're still actively searching because we do believe there are spaces in the building where survivors could be."
"Initially, they had explosions so we had to stay back a little bit, use our master streams like you see on the ladder truck. But also there was a water line that ruptured in the building that gave us really low water pressure. We had to tap a couple different hydrants, and we were having issues with that to get the water shut off."
Part of the structure collapsed during the two-alarm fire where crews continue to operate at the incident reported about 5 a.m.
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Susan Nicol is the news editor for Firehouse.com. She is a life member and active with the Brunswick Volunteer Ambulance & Rescue Company, Oxford Fire Company and Brunswick Vol. Fire Co. Susie has been an EMT in Maryland since 1976. Susie is vice-president of the Frederick County Fire/Rescue Museum. She is on the executive committee of Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association. She also is part of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) Region II EMS Council. Susie is a board member of the American Trauma Society, Maryland Division. Prior to joining the Firehouse team, she was a staff writer for The Frederick News-Post, covering fire, law enforcement, court and legislative issues.