KWCH - Kansas News and Weather - Worker In Critical Condition After Pratt County Explosion
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Building after explosion. (courtesy: Pratt Tribune)By Megahn Snyder (PRATT COUNTY, Kan.)
A Pratt County industrial worker is in critical condition at a Wichita hospital with burns he suffered in a workplace explosion.
Pratt County Emergency Manager Marc McManaman tell us the victim and another man were working at Central Kansas Crude, a steel building near the airport. Just after 3:00 something sparked some fumes from a semi truck inside and caused the blast.
Airport Manager Reid Bell says the explosion was powerful enough to blow out the front wall of the building and put a bulge in the back.
Another worker suffered minor injuries. He refused treatment at the scene.
An investigator with the Kansas State Fire Marshal's office will look for a cause.
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