5 workers hurt in fire and explosion at Oklahoma paper mill
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May 15, 2019
MUSKOGEE, Okla. (AP) — Officials say a fire and subsequent explosion at a Georgia-Pacific paper mill in eastern Oklahoma injured five workers and left two firefighters with heat exhaustion.
Muskogee County Emergency Medical Service operations director Ron Morris says four injured workers were taken to a hospital with smoke inhalation and undisclosed "minor trauma." A fifth worker was treated at the scene.
Georgia-Pacific spokeswoman Karen Cole said two people were still hospitalized Tuesday in stable condition.
The fire and explosion that followed occurred shortly before 10 p.m. Monday at the...
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