3 Missing After ConAgra Plant Roof Collapse in Garner, NC … Update: 2 Deceased, 1 Missing
A part of the roof has collapsed at the ConAgra Food Inc plant in Garner, NC after a major explosion occurred. It is being reported that there are three employees missing.
“They’ve had a major explosion,” a local WRAL reporter said. There is a partial collapse of the roof at the front, middle and back of the facility creating a HazMat situation, CNN said. The cause of the explosion was undetermined, and the incident was “not totally contained,” according to a police spokesman cited by CNN.
At least 20 people were sent to area hospitals. One employee cited by CNN said a number of his co-workers sustained burns
UPDATE I: Two employees have been killed and one is missing after an explosion at ConAgra.
Shortly after 6 p.m. authorities announced they located the body of one of the three missing employees inside the building. Then around 9 p.m. they announced they found a second body.
Garner Police Sgt. Joe Binns did not say how the bodies were found inside the plant, but he did say they were found in the same general area.